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Trend Micro's antivirus software has flagged benign Sharepoint code as potentially malign and nuked the files, causing the Microsoft package to fall over. After installing a dodgy update, Trend's OfficeScan tool removes a harmless JavaScript file from Sharepoint, leaving crashing servers in its wake. Aggrieved admins have …

  1. Still Water

    Killed SharePoint?

    Gets my vote then...

    1. Destroy All Monsters Silver badge

      Where there is smoke, there is fire

      SharePoint is never innocent.

      1. Andy Non Silver badge
        Trollface

        Re: Where there is smoke, there is fire

        Winter is coming for SharePoint.

        1. Destroy All Monsters Silver badge

          Re: Where there is smoke, there is fire

          Unfortunately, instead of Winter, Consultants are coming.

        2. Calleb III

          Re: Where there is smoke, there is fire

          Not possible because of HBO trademark infringement...

    2. usbac Silver badge

      Re: Killed SharePoint?

      It shows their anti-virus works. It detected the "SharePoint" virus, and cleaned it!

      Problem solved.

      1. CrazyOldCatMan Silver badge

        Re: Killed SharePoint?

        It shows their anti-virus works. It detected the "SharePoint" virus, and cleaned it! Problem solved.

        Next step - label winlogon.exe as malicious and force-install FreeBSD..

  2. Captain Badmouth
    Happy

    Virus wars

    Collateral damage?

    1. Dan 55 Silver badge
      Mushroom

      Re: Virus wars

      The first casualty of Sharepoint is innocence.

  3. a_yank_lurker

    One step at time

    Now if they find the biggest piece of malware - 'bloat.

    1. Fred Flintstone Gold badge

      Re: One step at time

      Yes, if it left Windows intact it only did a half-assed job..

      :)

  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    We're just getting into SharePoint. Unstructured information spattered everywhere.

    1. herman

      Sharepoint is a great tool for storing data. Retrieving it however...

      1. greenawayr

        Having worked with it for 8 years, I can safely say, there's many things SharePoint does badly, but finding data is not one of them.

        If you can't find it, you're doing it wrong.

        It's also NOT a great place for "Storing" data, it's a great place for working on data.

  5. Anonymous Coward
    Facepalm

    The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security

    Enumerating Badness ..

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Thumb Up

      Re: The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security

      Oh, very nice. Saving link and page so I can print and pass out. It's the way I do it as I worked on mission critical systems that can kill. By design as it was military for the most part. Healthcare too.

    2. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security

      A few good points, but it struck me how this person loves 10 year predictions, and that each time there was a 10 year prediction it seemed to be really naive and unlikely to happen.

      Scroll down to find date published - 2005.

  6. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Holy shit this is serious

    However your headline should read:

    "Trend Micro AV exposes old school businesses still using SharePoint".

    Sharepoint is very much 2007.

  7. kain preacher

    Is even possible to make share point work or at least get it to a point were homicidal rage is induced ?

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