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		account42 on July 19, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Lo... > President & CEO CrowdStrike, Former CTO of McAfee Well that's certainly a track record.

mrguyorama on July 19, 2024 | [–]

That's funny, because IIRC McAfee back in the Windows XP days did this exact same thing! They added a system file to the signature registry and caused Windows computers to BSOD on boot.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/defective-mcafee-update-causes...

delfinom on July 19, 2024 | [–]

Showing yet again that the executive class only fails upwards.

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