Security News Webroot antivirus goes bananas, starts trashing Windows system files

[Winter Soldier]

I'm not a webroot user or a fan, but all the ones that are laughing now at webroot, keep in mind that tommorow the same thing also can happen with your favorite antivirus. I'm not defending Webroot too much as this error should be avoided at any cost, but no software is 100% bulletproof.

Good point, but @omidomi also got another good point.
They say: "if WSA does not work, it is your fault because you don't know how it works! "
Well, perhaps now it is time that some of them from Webroot, really take their own responsibility!

 

[Deleted member 178]

They say: "if WSA does not work, it is your fault because you don't know how it works! "

I truly believe they are right to say that... because even them don't know how to use it !

 

[Winter Soldier]

I truly believe they are right to say that... because even them don't know how to use it !

Epic post @Umbra!

 

[Deleted member 178]

Not saying that i was silently removed from the closed Beta-Tester group of Webroot's Forum....just discovered it today.

I guess the fanboy in charge of the group doesn't like my opinion.

 

[omidomi]

Good point, but @omidomi also got another good point.
They say: "if WSA does not work, it is your fault because you don't know how it works! "
Well, perhaps now it is time that some of them from Webroot, really take their own responsibility!

Great you understand whats my idea "is" cheers

 

[ExploitBlocker10]

Not saying that i was silently removed from the closed Beta-Tester group of Webroot's Forum....just discovered it today.

I guess the fanboy in charge of the group doesn't like my opinion.

You were too good for that group, you can do better Umbra

 

[Deleted member 178]

You were too good for that group, you can do better Umbra

Thx, i don't care anyway since i don't rely on AV to keep me safe.

 

[Atlas147]

This is ridiculous, I would drop webroot immediately if I were using it. If I'm not wrong something like this also happened to Panda as well in the past.

 

[Arequire]

This is ridiculous, I would drop webroot immediately if I were using it. If I'm not wrong something like this also happened to Panda as well in the past.

Yeah it did. Stopped people being able to log into Windows.

 

[marg]

Windows is Malware IMO so,get over it. Webroot was just doing its job & did it very well.!

 

[mekelek]

how does something like this not come out during their internal testing? lol..

 

[Deleted member 178]

Windows is Malware IMO so,get over it. Webroot was just doing its job & did it very well.!

And you use Windows right?

 

[In2an3_PpG]

Windows is Malware IMO so,get over it. Webroot was just doing its job & did it very well.!

And you use Windows right?

First one to come out of the anti-windows closet

 

[ExploitBlocker10]

how does something like this not come out during their internal testing? lol..

It's webroot...What internal testing ?

 

[blueblackwow65]

This is scary ,I am trying webroot now but have not seen any of these things happen on my pc windows 10 creators.

 

[In2an3_PpG]

This is funny.

Just received an email from Webroot regarding my free trial for their commercial product. Their asking me if I'm still interested.

Well after what happened, not anymore.

 

[spaceoctopus]

I truly believe they are right to say that... because even them don't know how to use it !

That was brutal! Umbra is such a badboy

 

[darko999]

Never went the Webroot way because I had my doubts. Now I see I was right.

 

[ExploitBlocker10]

Never went the Webroot way because I had my doubts. Now I see I was right.

I've always steered customers toward Kaspersky over Webroot bewtween mediocre protection and system breaking tendencies Webroot is trash in my eyes

 

[DJ Panda]

The school I go to has a few computers that are running Webroot. Haven't heard anything bad that happened to those. Another reason Avast is one of the only AVs I trust.