Symantec software identifies the wrong Yahoo Mail as a virus

From the morning of February 27, when accessing the beta version of Yahoo Mail on upgraded Symantec antivirus software, users will receive a notification that the computer is infected with " Feebs ". Symantec said it was an unfortunate mistake.

In an e-mail message sent on February 28, senior director of Symantec Security Response Center, Vincent Weafer, said there was a flaw in Symantec AntiVirus identity for Yahoo Mail. .

Symantec received reports of misidentification for Yahoo Mail a few hours after the company upgraded its antivirus product line by the end of February 27. Soon after Symantec corrected this error and updated the fix.

It is not uncommon for security software to misidentify and turn legitimate programs into viruses. In November 2006, Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare security program also identified the Google Gmail application as a virus. And at the end of last year, McAfee's security tools mistakenly identified Excel and other legitimate applications as viruses. Also, at the end of last summer, Symantec's software also identified a British software program as spyware.