Anti-Virus Software Prevents Boiler Safety Shutdown
Event Year: | 2001 | Reliability: | Likely But Unconfirmed |
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Country: | United States | ||
Industry Type: | Petroleum | ||
Description: | A TUV approved boiler safety protection system used Microsoft Excel on a PC workstation for programming. This workstation also had Norton anti-virus software running. The AV software prevented the proper communications between the PC and the protection system. |
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Impact: | The protection system was incorrectly configured and a safety shutdown that should have occured did not. |