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Flawed AVG antivirus update cripples Windows XP PCs
Published 11/11/2008 at Latest from Computerworld
A flawed signature update to AVG Technologies' antivirus software crippled some Windows XP PCs by mistakenly deleting a critical system file, the company has confirmed.
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