Panda Anti Vius :-(

[joemailey]

So was anyone else affect by the panda anti virus update that happened yesterday?

 

It crippled about 50% of computers yesterday I manage. 

 

 

Panda users had a bad hair day on Wednesday, after the Spanish security software firm released an update that classified components of its own technology as malign.

As a result, enterprise PCs running the antivirus software tied themselves in something of a knot, leaving some systems either unstable or unable to access the internet. A Panda spokesman confirmed the problem while advising that the issue was well in hand.

"A bad update was published temporarily today [Wednesday] that resulted in some system files being detected by the Panda engine, a replacement update was promptly published removing the error and restoring the wrongly quarantined files," a Panda representative told El Reg.

"At present we recommend NOT rebooting systems. This will allow us to update the system with the amended update. This update will also restore files previously detected," he added.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/03/11/panda_antivirus_update_self_pwn/

 

The fix for it from Panda http://www.pandasecurity.com/usa/enterprise/support/card?id=100045

 

[cork1958]

This only effected enterprise editions of Windows? Was the free version of Panda effected also? Article doesn't say anything about those.

[joemailey]

Not sure if it affected the free version or not, but it did affect home users also. Cost me over a days work.

[+Warwagon MVC]

People sure don't love Panda today.

[joemailey]

Hopefully someone gets the sack for that kinda of mistake.

[xendrome]