ESET antivirus: Update gives false positives for the whole Internet

An updated version of ESET's antivirus reports that the whole internet is too risky. Those who use it security of ESET and specifically the had a rough day surfing the web when they installed an update, which was released on Monday morning.ESET

After the update, the application started to display false positives for every website of the Internet, including the ESET website.

So websites such as Amazon, MSN and many others began to be labeled by the application as malicious code JavaScript.

ESET has confirmed the issues through Twitter and its forums.

"We have identified a problem with our latest update, until it is resolved we suggest you use an older version," the company said on Twitter.

“Guide for business users: http://support.eset.com/kb3008/ Household users can follow this guide: http://support.eset.com/kb3351".

ESET states:

"ESET has released an update that incorrectly blocks access to certain websites. The information has been retrieved and a new one has been developed. "

"The issue does not affect the of users. However, we would like to apologize for the incident and the inconvenience caused to our users.”

More information on the problem is available on the ESET website.

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