LarsMac;1268372 wrote: An update
BBC News - Malware suspected of 'Black Screen' issue
And it appears to be across the board in Windoze product line
Microsoft denies blame here, but I can confirm it's real, since I spent several hours working on a computer belonging wife's mother. It was completely clean on the virus scan. But even if it is malware, it's still Microsoft's fault for all the security holes that enable malware infection.
She and I got the same result. I restored the system, Microsoft installed 10 updates, then it wouldn't boot up normally.
I think it's awfully suspicious that this occurred during the biggest shopping week of the year, when they are pushing a new product. A lot of people would just buy a new computer rather than pay to fix an older one. It would be a very clever way to sell a couple hundred thousand more computers, and blame it on an honest mistake.
Hopefully in the next version of Windows 8, users will be allowed to customize what color "screen of death" they want. Currently it's limited to just black and blue.
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