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Article #4768McAfee libel suit (From Risks-l Digest...)
From: HAYES
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 21:43
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 21:43
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Hi.
Following is a cross-post from risks-l digest. Does anyone know more
about what exactly happened? And are they (if any) any legal problems
for the end users?
BTW, found nothing in the local paper <sigh>...
In any cases.... Happy New Year to all!
Claude.
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RISKS-LIST: RISKS-FORUM Digest Thurs 31 December 1992 Volume 14 : Issue 20
FORUM ON RISKS TO THE PUBLIC IN COMPUTERS AND RELATED SYSTEMS
ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy, Peter G. Neumann, moderator
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 11:31:38 PST
From: Peter G. Neumann <neumann@csl.sri.com>
Subject: Antiviral technology target of legal action
The Washington Post has an article by John Burgess (at least some of
which appears in today's San Francisco Chronicle) discussing a federal
judge's order to McAfee Associates of Santa Clara CA, to stop
distributing their Pro-Scan Version 2.31 and ViruCide Version 2.33 and
derivative products. Imageline Inc. of Richmond VA (maker of
PicturePak and ValuePak) has sued McAfee Associates for libel, fraud,
and other misdeeds, because those antiviral products mistakenly
identify Imageline products as containing viruses. Stay tuned for
further details.
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Claude Bersano-Hayes HAYES @ URVAX (Vanilla BITNET)
University of Richmond hayes@urvax.urich.edu (Bitnet or Internet)
Richmond, VA 23173
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!dtix!darwin.sura.net!jvnc.net!netnews.upenn.edu!netnews.cc.lehigh.edu!news From: HAYES@urvax.urich.edu Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: McAfee libel suit (From Risks-l Digest...) Message-ID: <0016.9301062041.AA14693@barnabas.cert.org> Date: 31 Dec 92 21:43:39 GMT Sender: virus-l@lehigh.edu Lines: 39 Approved: news@netnews.cc.lehigh.edu