Microsoft kills Chrome
By Sumir Singh

Google’s browser Chrome is on a roll.  Globally, it will soon overtake Firefox and is constantly gobbling up IE’s market share.  In India, Chrome has had even more success than other countries.

Yesterday, Microsoft announced that its software was ‘accidentally’ blocking and even removing Chrome from some computers.  Microsoft has scrambled out an apology and software fix to rectify its error. The Microsoft Protection Centre has the details

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On September 30th, 2011, an incorrect detection for PWS:Win32/Zbot was identified and as a result, Google Chrome was inadvertently blocked and in some cases removed. Within a few hours, Microsoft released an update that addresses the issue. Signature versions 1.113.672.0 and higher include this update. Affected customers should manually update Microsoft Security Essentials with the latest signatures. After updating the definitions, reinstall Google Chrome. We apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused our customers.
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