Security Software AVG accidentaly removes windows component!

[6pack]

This weekend users' found their AVG software updated with a new virus definition file. Then they quickly found their computers crashing.

What was discovered was that the new virus definition file mistook user32.dll, a critical Windows component, for a container for the Trojan Horses PSW.Banker4.APSA or Generic9TBN. When the scanner went active, it deleted this critical file, thinking it contained a virus, causing the system to crash. AVG recommended users whose definitions auto-updated delete their virus definition file and cancel any scans they have running.

If your computer is affected, it will either stop booting or go into an endless reboot loop. Vista users can breathe a sigh of relief -- so far that OS has remained relatively unaffected. Windows XP users, however must now exercise extreme caution, or risk having to carry out a bothersome repair process.

source - DailyTech - Update: AVG Virus Scanner Accidentally Removes Critical Windows Component

 

[sikvik]

The problem only affects users of the Dutch, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish language versions of Windows XP.

The above from AVG virus scanner removes critical Windows file | Security and the Net

In case anyone has deleted the file, the fix in also available in the above link. I'm sure AVG has updated and fixed the issue by now..

 

[..:: Free Radical ::..]

AVG is crap (I am talking of the free version as that was what I used). So many false positives. It even detects my reconnect scripts as a malware dialer. Got rid of it long time back.