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Symantec Confirms Buggy Update Caused Bluescreening of Windows XP Machines

pcworld.com (10 months and 5 days ago)

Jul 17, 2012

Symantec last week crippled a large number of Windows XP machines when it shipped customers a defective update to its antivirus software, the company acknowledged Friday. full story

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