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alan cottrill
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beware win updates causing bsod

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Hi All.
Read in a paper the other day,about latest windows security udate causing bsod,not as you think blue screen of death,but a more serious black screen of death,this effects win xp,win7,and a few other operating systems,be for warned.
regards alan.

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Hi Folks

Alan -
The accuser, PREVX, was wrong !
They had to admit it was their own failing,
and that
no fault whatsoever lay with the microsoft updates.

It was malware they'd failed to detect/block correctly.

HTH
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Phew! :D

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Gawd, for a minute that had me going!! :-O

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