An independent contractor for the U.S. Navy noticed his Dell Latitude running Windows XP wouldn’t boot straight into Windows. The McAfee antivirus update snafu involved the faulty DAT 5958 file. McAfee’s Tier 2 tech support didn’t seem to be working on Sunday, David Hellen says. Hellen is upset that McAfee CEO issued a formal apology for the faulty update. The vendor announced Tuesday it will offer a free one-year subscription to its automated security health-check platform.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2125112/diary-of-a-mad-mcafee-antivirus-victim.html