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Old 21-04-2010, 19:37   #1
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*** McAfee DAT Warning ***
Hi all,

McAfee have released a DAT which detects svchost.exe as a virus and can potentially kill or cause issues with XP SP3 (possibly Vista) PC's

I'll update this in a bit with the infected DATs - there are some work arounds in place.

Symptoms:

PC reboots after McAfee update

Taskbar looks like "classic" bar - cannot change

Unable to view Event viewer Logs




Info:

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/inde...ent&id=KB68780

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Old 21-04-2010, 20:36   #2
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Thanks for this. I've already found one of our users has picked up this DAT, and has XP SP3. Luckily no ill effects to date.
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Old 21-04-2010, 22:20   #3
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More from 'el Reg:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04...alse_positive/
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Well, I had this and it totally screwed my PC up. I've had to totally re-install windows. Sent a nasty email to McAfee and have junked them as a virus protection option. They turned out to be worse than the things they are supposed to protect me from.
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