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Symantec deletes vital XP files

According to the Financial Times, Chinese language users of XP had certain inoffensive yet vital files deleted by a Symantec update on Friday.Affected PCs that were switched off could not be restarted unless the files were reinstalled, said the FT.
Written by Tom Espiner, Contributor

According to the "http:="" www.ft.com="" cms="" s="" 4938c170-0587-11dc-b151-000b5df10621.html"="">Financial Times, Chinese language users of XP had certain inoffensive yet vital files deleted by a Symantec update on Friday.

Affected PCs that were switched off could not be restarted unless the files were reinstalled, said the FT.

The security company pushed out a later update which did not delete the files.

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