NEW YORK — Computers in companies, hospitals and schools around the world got stuck repeatedly rebooting themselves Wednesday after an antivirus program identified a normal Windows file as a virus.

NEW YORK — Workplace computers across the world got stuck rebooting themselves today after an antivirus program identified a normal Windows file as a virus. Antivirus vendor McAfee Inc. confirmed that ...

Antivirus vendor McAfee Inc. confirmed that a software update caused its antivirus program for corporate customers to misidentify a harmless file. It has posted a replacement update for download.