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AVG Virus Scanner Removes Critical Windows File

Started by Nvyseal , Nov 11 2008 08:43 PM

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#1 Nvyseal

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Posted 11 November 2008 - 08:43 PM

images/news/security.jpg"The popular virus scanner AVG released an update yesterday that caused their software to mark user32.dll as a virus. Since this is a rather critical file, AVG's suggestion to remove it caused problems for users around the world who are now advised to restore the file through the Windows Recovery Console. AVG just posted an update about this (FAQ item 1574) in the support section of their site. Their forums are full of complaints."

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#2 stormrosson

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Posted 11 November 2008 - 08:52 PM

yeah AVG free 8.138a1332, wanted to quarantine it but a popup window gave me the option for AVG too ignore the warning and not quarantine the file and avoid the prob :blink:

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Posted 11 November 2008 - 09:31 PM

Hmmm, I gotta say, it's one of the stupidyest actions in 'anti-virus' I've ever heard