McAffee wacks thousands of PC's

SteamWake · 04-22-10, 10:03 AM

Mcaffee pushed a virus profile update with a false positive in it which deletes a vital system file SVCHOST.EXE effectivly crippling thousands of PC's.

This effects Windows XP service pack 3 machines.

I have been personally affected by this 'glitch' and am still trying to recover from it. I have a thread in the computer issue section going if you want to check in.

Then again if you were affected by this chances are you wont be reading this today.

http://gizmodo.com/5521176/mcafee-up...s-xp-computers

04-22-10, 10:03 AM	#1
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	McAffee wacks thousands of PC's Mcaffee pushed a virus profile update with a false positive in it which deletes a vital system file SVCHOST.EXE effectivly crippling thousands of PC's. This effects Windows XP service pack 3 machines. I have been personally affected by this 'glitch' and am still trying to recover from it. I have a thread in the computer issue section going if you want to check in. Then again if you were affected by this chances are you wont be reading this today. http://gizmodo.com/5521176/mcafee-up...s-xp-computers __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648