F-Secure wipes Mac files

by Nicole Kobie  |  Wednesday 16 March 2011
F-Secure wipes Mac files

Beta puts safe files in the trash.

F-Secure's security software has mistakenly trashed clean files on users' Macs.

The security firm admitted the beta of its Mac OS X software had a "serious false alarm", accidentally detecting safe files as malware.

"The problematic update was removed after two hours," the company said in a blog post. "Beta users who received the update have seen some of their clean files moved to Trash."

The company has released a tool to restore the files. "If you were affected by this issue, please do not empty your Trash in the meantime," it warned.

The fault didn't affect Windows or Linux users, F-Secure said.

This article originally appeared at pcpro.co.uk

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Comments: 4
DJ...
16 March 2011
 "The fault didn't affect Windows or Linux users, F-Secure said."

So why don't companies who report Windows problems state -
"The fault didn't affect Macintosh or Linux users, F-Secure said."

Oh, that's right - they'd be doing it often that newspapers would run out of ink. :-)



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F-Secure wipes Mac files?
Beta for Mac security software sounds "serious false alarm", puts safe files in the trash.

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gone4good
17 March 2011
 Perhaps it's because 90% of the people reading it would be running a Windows system?
Slatts
17 March 2011
The author wrote:
The security firm admitted the beta of its Mac OS X software had a "serious false alarm", accidentally detecting safe files as malware.


That's beta software for you.

If you want to live on the bleeding edge, you must be prepared to get the occasional cut.
.:Cyb3rGlitch:.
17 March 2011
 DJ..., I'd like to think we're capable of discussing articles without silly comments. I'm asking politely for you to consider how your post sets the tone for discussion.
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