Symantec antivirus software update crashes some PCs

[Jack]

Bug in software used by businesses caused some Windows XP-based machines to crash repeatedly with a "blue screen of death."

A recent update to Symantec's antivirus software rendered some Windows-based PCs inoperable, the security software maker disclosed Friday.

An update earlier in the week to Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 antivirus software for businesses caused some Windows XP-based computers to crash repeatedly with a "blue screen of death," the company revealed on its Web site.

"On July 11th, 2012 Symantec Security Response started receiving reports of customers experiencing blue screens after applying the July 11th revision 18 definitions," Orla Cox, of Symantec Security Response, wrote in the post. "Machines may continue to blue screen after they reboot. This problem only appears to occur on Windows XP machines."


Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57472624-83/symantec-antivirus-software-update-crashes-some-pcs/

 

[Spirit]

I don't have both on my machines
xp and symantec

:lolz:

 

[McLovin]

Happened at TAFE, their was a machine that they have that is only there for a storage machine that has XP and has Symantec Endpoint protection on it and kept crashing. Ended up uninstalling that and installing 7 and after that worked perfectly fine again.