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McAfee update nukes innocent programs

McAfee update nukes innocent programs

Molly Wood Former Executive Editor
Molly Wood was an executive editor at CNET, author of the Molly Rants blog, and host of the tech show, Always On. When she's not enraging fanboys of all stripes, she can be found offering tech opinions on CBS and elsewhere, and offering opinions on everything else to anyone who will listen.
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A recent McAfee antivirus update unleashed a storm of false positives late last week, unwittingly quarantining or deleting . McAfee advised that it's sorry, and you should just restore those programs from your extensive and up-to-date backup collection. So, you're screwed, then.