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[ PRIVACY Forum ] WARNING: McAfee Update Cripples Windows XP Systems
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Wed Apr 21 15:41:51 2010
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:16:37 -0700
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WARNING: McAfee Update Cripples Windows XP Systems
( http://www.nnsquad.org/archives/nnsquad/msg03404.html )
"McAfee pushed out a virus definition update, 5958, at 14:00 PDT that
causes false positive identification of the critical Windows system
file svchost.exe. Machines running Windows XP Service Pack 3 using the
5958 definitions will delete the file, causing many key Windows
services to fail to start. The Windows file is being mistakenly
detected as W32/wecorl.a. Failure to start svchost.exe causes Windows
to automatically reboot, hindering repair efforts."
McAfee's support forums have at least partially been crushed under load.
Repair likely involves SAFE MODE manipulations possibly beyond the
normal expertise of many users.
Comments on the implications of this can wait for now.
More at:
http://bit.ly/axNe7y (ars technica)
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
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Co-Founder, PFIR
- People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
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