Free Download Softwares

Computers in companies, Hospitals and schools around the world got stuck repeatedly rebooting themselves after an antivirus program identified a normal windows file as a virus.

MCA fee Inc confirmed that a software update it posted at 9am Eastern Time caused its antivirus program for corporate customers to misidentify a harmless file. It has posted a replacement update for download.

MCA fee could not say how many computers were affected, but judging by online posting, the number was at least in the thousands and possibly in the hundreds of thousands.

MCA fee said it did not appear that consumer versions of its software caused similar problems.  It is investigating how the error happened and will take measures”to prevent it from recurring, the company said in a statement.

The computer problem forced about third of the hospitals in Rhode Island to postpone elective surgeries and stop treating patients without traumas in emergency rooms, said Nancy Jean, a spokeswoman for the Lifespan system includes