Microsoft Antivirus Flags Google Chrome as Malware
An estimated 3,000 PC owners who use Google Chrome to surf the Internet were unable to access (or in some cases, locate) the browser thanks to an error in Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) antivirus software that flagged Chrome as malware. On Friday afternoon, a post to the Microsoft Malware Protection Center Facebook page confirmed that "an incorrect detection for PWS:Win32/Zbot was ...
Microsoft Anti-Malware Tool Mistakenly Snuffs Google Chrome
Microsoft’s Security Essentials anti-malware tool has mistakenly identified Google Chrome as a password-pilfering trojan — and actually removed the browser from many users’ machines — but a fix for this rather amusing false positive is now available.
Microsoft malware signature blunder kills Google Chrome
Microsoft scrambled to revise an antivirus definition file that deleted Google's Chrome browser from users' PCs.
Microsoft falsely labels Chrome as malware
Google has released a new version of Chrome after Microsoft's antivirus software flagged the browser as malware and removed it from about 3,000 people's computers on Friday. Microsoft apologized for the problem and updated its virus definition file to correct the false-positive problem, according to a post from Ryan Naraine at ZDNet. But not before the damage was done. Even though the problem ...
Google Chrome avoids Microsoft malware designation
Google updated Chrome over the weekend to help users affected by Microsoft's errant flagging of the browser as malware.
