Yahoo Mail virus alert a mistake
p2pnet.net news:- Using the Yahoo Mail beta on a PC with Symantec’s updated antivirus software on Tuesday started alarm bells ringing, says CNET News.
It reported finding the “Feebs” worm on the Yahoo Web pages, says the story, but, “That warning was in error, Symantec said Wednesday.
“Symantec antivirus products…triggered a false-positive alert with Yahoo Mail beta,” Vincent Weafer, a senior director at Symantec Security Response, said.
Updated definitions have been issued to fix the mistake, Weafer said, accoirding to CNET, which adds:
“While Symantec downplayed the issue, the SANS Internet Storm Center reported that multiple people have seen the Symantec warning appear on their PC. One CNET News.com reader in an alarmed e-mail wrote that Yahoo Mail appeared to be hacked.”
Also See:
CNET News – Symantec incorrectly flags Yahoo Mail as a virus, February 28, 2007
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