Trojan.FakeAlert.5 Update issue

On March 21, 2010, in BitDefender, by catalin

If you are a Windows 64-bit user and also a customer of BitDefender and you are experiencing some issues with your computer since yesterday (20 March 2010) it might be a incredible good idea to visit this URL: http://www.bitdefender.com/site/KnowledgeBase/consumer/#638

Due to a recent update for Windows 64-bit systems it is possible that BitDefender detects several Windows and BitDefender files as infected with Trojan.FakeAlert.5 .

Following this event, in some instanced BitDefender and/or Windows did not work properly anymore (PC failed to boot or certain applications did not work anymore )

In order to solve the issue please follow the instuctions below:

– If you are using Windows Vista click here
– If you are using Windows 7 click here
– If you are using Windows XP click here

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