Linked by David Adams on Wed 12th Nov 2008 17:09 UTC, submitted by Dan Warne
Dutch, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish users of the popular anti-virus software AVG have discovered a nasty surprise. AVG has mistakenly identified a core Windows system file, user32.dll, as a Trojan, and summarily deletes it, b0rking Windows. AVG has announced they're working on a fix.
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Member since:2007-03-04
It's hard to choose an antivirus...I had to, a few weeks ago and I chose Avast. I used ESET Nod32 previously but it didn't detect a specific virus that Avira Antivir detected, so I settled to Antivir but then they started popping up obnoxious FUD advertising everyday after daily updates, asking to buy their premium version for full protection. I removed Antivir and I'm now using Avast. So far so good, I'm glad I didn't decide to install AVG!
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Member since:2005-07-06
Member since:2006-10-08
I think AVG had it right, Windows IS the virus... 
According to the article:
"AVG has announced they're working on a fix."
Keep cool, man! Don't hesitate, you've got all the time you want. Program slowly and with your clients' benefit in mind. :-)
10: echo Looking for USER32.DLL...
goto 10
:-)
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2005-07-07
AVG IS a virus
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