Yes it was mcaffee that caused it.

The only safe mode I could get it to start in was the registry management one (got to by pressing F8 during boot).

Then I copied a known 'good' copy of svchost.exe to c:\windows\system32 using a dos prompt.

Then you run a file provided by mcaffee 5959xdat_em.exe or something like that.

Then find and delete the DAT folder under virus protection. This is an important step because if you dont your back at square one again.

Then get the virus program to run a manual update... oops no internet access :doh:

Then go though the tedious process of getting the processes started again through the start up manager. To regain internet access. Then run the update.

Most of the time was lost trying to get to a safe mode prompt figure out wth was going on and the first two times I tried it Mcaffee promptly deleted svchost.exe again :stare: (forgot to delete the dat files).

Sounds simple doesent it. :D

LOL. As easy as A B Z

I'm with COMODO here. Have had a few problems with the AV update but none as damaging as the one that had just struck the McAfee users. Plus I wouldn't get so worked up if it had since it's a free app afterall.:D

I remember when Norton Borked all the network connections at work and I to fix them one by one. :doh:

That was a much easier fix though.

This one by mcaffee is really bad because there is no 'easy' fix.

I really feel for the 'average' computer user who dont even know what a dos prompt is let alone how to get to it.

With command lines like copy g:\svchost.exe c:\windows\system32\*.* ... they just look at that and their eyes glaze over.

I'm lucky I grew up with that crap.