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Frances Griffey, Reporter  On Wednesday, April 21, many computers in U-Prep shut down due to a purported virus. It turns out, that this didn’t happen only at our school, or even in our town. This was a global event! Although McAfee could not say how many were affected, it is estimated that thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands of computers in schools, companies, and hospitals around the world got “infected” with this suspicious “virus.” The supposed virus was caused when the McAfee antivirus program responded to a new global threat to Windows PCs and mistakenly identified an ordinary Windows file as a virus. Due to this mishap, PCs were sent into an endless rebooting cycle. Within hours, the computers at U-Prep were all having this problem, and soon enough, the issue was broadcasted on the speakers and it was required that all computers in the school remain off until the unusual predicament was resolved. U-Prep’s computers were down for nearly the whole day, but by Thursday they were working normally. This surprising situation excited and alarmed numerous students across our campus. “This is a sign that computers are going to take over the world and kill us," stated a convincing Zaynab Malik (9). McAfee is blaming this incident on fresh changes to a quality control system. The McAfee website stated, “A number of customers running Windows XP have experienced problems as result of a faulty DAT file released earlier this week at 6 a.m. PDT [Pacific Daylight Time] on Wednesday, April 21." The company issued its condolences as well, reassuring its customers that their, "immediate priority is to get you back up and running.” McAfee is continuing to investigate how this perturbing error occurred and, according to the company, “is taking every measure to prevent this from reoccurring.” In a video on the company’s website, Dave DeWalt, President and CEO of McAfee, said, “I take full responsibility for what has occurred and I want to take this opportunity to offer you my deepest apologies on behalf on McAfee and underscore how extremely sorry we are.” He later added, “We’ve been acting as quickly as possible to rectify the situation, helping all affected customers get back to business as usual.” Dewalt again confidently reassured all that he and his company will "work tirelessly to regain your trust.” |
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