Smashing Security

By Graham Cluley & Carole Theriault

018: Windows is a virus. True or False?

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Published April 27, 2017 1:00am

Security firm Webroot drops a clanger when it declared Windows was malicious and borked customers' PCs, millennials are streaming a lot of movies illegally, and blackmailers are targeting members of the Ashley Madison cheating site again.

All this and more is discussed by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by special guest Michael Hucks from PC Matic.

Show notes: Webroot antivirus goes bananas, starts trashing Windows system files - The Register. Webroot causes massive headaches after falsely flagging Windows files as malicious - Graham Cluley. Tweet by Webroot user...

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