Submission + - Windows Explorer identified as Malware (zdnet.com.au) 1
SJ2000 writes: Windows Explorer was quarantined last week by Kaspersky Lab's antivirus software after being falsely identified as malicious code.
The security company's systems had decided that a virus called Huhk-C was present in the explorer.exe file, leading to its confinement or, in some cases, deletion
"We proactively went out to our enterprise customers to make them aware there was this potential issue," David Emm, a senior technology consultant at Kaspersky Lab, said. "Only one corporate customer [in the UK] encountered this problem, as well as a handful of home users."
The security company's systems had decided that a virus called Huhk-C was present in the explorer.exe file, leading to its confinement or, in some cases, deletion
"We proactively went out to our enterprise customers to make them aware there was this potential issue," David Emm, a senior technology consultant at Kaspersky Lab, said. "Only one corporate customer [in the UK] encountered this problem, as well as a handful of home users."
