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Update (update) Symantec antivirus software caused a number of computer operating system Windows XP, experiencing blue screen. Symantec recognizes the problem, Friday (13/7/2012), and ensure that the experience is simply the computer blue screen Windows XP operating system.

According to Symantec, the root of the problem is there in full and root evaluation software Symantec for Windows XP latest version, dated July 11, which has been using technology rev11 and licensed SONAR (Symantec Online Network for Advanced Response).

SONAR itself is anti malware technology that monitors the presence of suspicious and dangerous thing.

"The root of this problem is an incompatibility between the three-way interaction of some third-party software that implements file system driver uses kernel stack based objects with file of a typical driver, SONAR and encryption license Windows XP Cache manager." says Orla Cox, Symantec Security Response team members in an article in the official blog.

The third thing that is causing the system to crash, so display an error blue screen.

Computer users Windows XP then reported this issue, especially those who served as Manager of information technology (it) company that uses Symantec software. A Manager IT's great company, United States Mark Daeth says, more than 1,000 systems in the workplace experienced a blue screen.

The Symantec had been improving their software and Symantec released for Windows XP version r12. "After the latest released version of Symantec, no problems reported from the new field," wrote in a statement Symantec.

In the last two months, Symantec became the second antivirus companies that made damage to the Windows operating system. Through software update in mid May, the company Avira origin Germany, also do destructive things Windows.

McAfee, Trend Micro, even Microsoft's own, also never made a fatal mistake in their software.