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"Thousands of PC users running Windows XP were left without internet access after installing an anti-virus update from Kaspersky Lab. Scores of customers took to the Russian company&amp;#039;s forums to complain that their machines had lost networking capabilities and were told to disable the security software or roll back the update.  Kaspersky has since issued a patch to rectify the issue but as affected machines had lost auto-install capabilities, users had to follow a set of instructions to manually install it. &amp;quot;We apologise for the inconvenience. It does appear that there was a hiccup with an Update pushed out causing Windows XP machines to lose internet connectivity. An update was just released that should address the issue,&amp;quot; read a statement from the firm. Kaspersky Lab&amp;#039;s founder and CEO Eugene Kaspersky made the headlines last year when he was heavily critical of Apple over its delayed response to the Flashback Trojan malware programme that hit thousands of Macs. The company entered an agreement with Facebook last October to provide security for the social network. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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