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Flawed McAfee update paralyzes corporate PCs
Network World ^ | 4/21 | Gregg Keizer

Posted on 04/21/2010 1:29:45 PM PDT by Battle Hymn of the Republic

A flawed McAfee antivirus update sent enterprise administrators scrambling today as the new signatures quarantined a crucial Windows system file, crippling an unknown number of Windows XP computers, according to messages on the company's support forum.

The forum has since gone offline.

(Excerpt) Read more at networkworld.com ...


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To: GCC Catholic

I was waiting for an answer like that....thanks! Can I get it free somewhere?


61 posted on 04/21/2010 2:58:17 PM PDT by BreezyDog
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To: for-q-clinton

There was no bashing of MS users in that post.

...and he didn’t call anyone an idiot.


62 posted on 04/21/2010 3:03:11 PM PDT by Gomez (killer of threads)
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To: Battle Hymn of the Republic

We switch from McAfee last year.


63 posted on 04/21/2010 3:03:14 PM PDT by w1andsodidwe (How can you tell when the President is lying? When his lips move, of course.)
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To: cynwoody

Yep that is correct.


64 posted on 04/21/2010 3:08:05 PM PDT by valkyry1
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Thanks for that. I had a mystery case come in late this afternoon, and this pretty much describes it. I’ll fix it when I get in tomorrow AM.


65 posted on 04/21/2010 3:11:45 PM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: Riley
No problemo.

I also found a new .dat file available from Macafee that you might want to apply. Because it is possible for Macafee to re-delete svchost.exe after you do the fix. I've seen that happen today several times.

Here is the link to it:
http://www.mcafee.com/apps/downloads/security_updates/dat.asp?region=us&segment=enterprise

Try running it with /F switch and also re-doing the "expand" command fix for C:\winnt\system32\svchost.exe.

here is some additional info I just received:

It appears that a threat called w32/wecorl.a has bound itself to svchost.exe and McAfee update 5958 finds the threat but also deletes svchost.exe.
Some known symptoms or infection and/or having lost svchost.exe:

The definition update at the link is for Macafee update 5959.

66 posted on 04/21/2010 3:28:10 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.)
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To: Gomez

Just like I didn’t call anyone an idiot either.


67 posted on 04/21/2010 3:43:56 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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To: Battle Hymn of the Republic

Yep. Kept shutting my system down. Had to restore.


68 posted on 04/21/2010 3:46:52 PM PDT by swheats (America! America! God mend thine every flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law!)
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To: for-q-clinton
See...this is an example of the idiot Apple guy that gives apple users a bad name.

Flawed McAfee update paralyzes corporate PCs
Macs unaffected, of course... but you already knew that.

Good grief, You are offended by that?! That is neither insulting nor offensive to any user or to Microsoft or Windows. It just happens to be true. . . But you are offended??? Grow up. That is no where close to the offensive vile posts attacking Mac users and even individuals Windows users post in Apple and Mac threads.

69 posted on 04/21/2010 4:13:47 PM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE isAAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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To: Swordmaker
Good grief, You are offended by that?!

Where did I say I was offended. I'm just pointing out that Apple people do muddy up the windows threads. not sure who said it never happens. May have been zeagut (or whatever his screen name is).

70 posted on 04/21/2010 4:18:46 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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To: Battle Hymn of the Republic
It did screw up commerce.

How did an antivirus company release a new version that was untested? "Sorry Sir, that bullet that you bought from us had a defective primer." "We at, name the ammo company, had NO idea that you wanted to shoot it from a gun made in 1950!" I do not expect any ammo company would use that excuse.

71 posted on 04/21/2010 4:28:00 PM PDT by hadaclueonce ("Endeavor to persevere.")
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To: for-q-clinton
Where did I say I was offended. I'm just pointing out that Apple people do muddy up the windows threads. not sure who said it never happens. May have been zeagut (or whatever his screen name is).

You call that "muddy up" in a Windows thread?

The claim has been "insulting offensive" behavior of "Applebots" toward Windows users on "every Windows thread." The observation that Macs are not impacted by this event is a fair comment in a discussion of malware. The poster did not insult anyone by posting it, but you equated him and all Apple users with idiots, an insulting ad hominem attack.

72 posted on 04/21/2010 4:49:24 PM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE isAAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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To: BreezyDog
I don't use virus software either. It is a racket.

Now the computer won't even boot up in safe mode...it awaits a trip to the recycle bin.

Just thought you'd like to see what the gist of your post looks like to most of us reading here.

73 posted on 04/21/2010 5:16:46 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Battle Hymn of the Republic
"...according to messages on the company's support forum.

The forum has since gone offline."

Their computers must have been running McAfee...

74 posted on 04/21/2010 5:18:08 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier

LOL! That’s funny when you omit the guts. Read post 15 again. The point was the box worked better with the malware before the McAfee.
The other point was after 20 years of using computers and never getting a virus/spyware/malware all WITHOUT ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE my dingbat 10 year old daughter managed to do it on a box she’s had since she was two. I figure I’m way ahead of the game as far as anti-virus software brain damage goes...


75 posted on 04/21/2010 5:44:54 PM PDT by BreezyDog
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To: GCC Catholic

I’ll try the Ubuntu 10.04 on it when it comes out. Yes I see that it is free :-)


76 posted on 04/21/2010 5:56:30 PM PDT by BreezyDog
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To: BreezyDog
...20 years of using computers and never getting a virus/spyware/malware all WITHOUT ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE...

Well, I've been having unprotected sex for umpteen years, and have never gotten an STD, but that's because I'm in a monogamous relationship. I can't imagine how restricted your browsing is, if your computer has never gotten infected in that time.

Monogamous computing?

77 posted on 04/21/2010 6:02:26 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Battle Hymn of the Republic

Every PC I’ve had that came with McAfee was slow and had frequent crashes. Deleting McAfee invariably fixed it.

Between the free versions of Avast, AdAware and Spybot, I’ve had few issues with viruses and adware. It also helps to avoid web sites that push adware and to have sense enough not to click on unknown links and attachments.


78 posted on 04/21/2010 6:06:35 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Nope. Not gonna do it.)
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To: ConservativeMind

I dl’ed Avira. I saw the pop up, but for free I thought ‘big deal’. Just clicked ‘ok’ and it went away. Have both AVG and Avira now.


79 posted on 04/21/2010 7:14:31 PM PDT by ReneeLynn (Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it*s the new black. Mmm Mmm Mmm.)
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To: for-q-clinton
You notice, however, that he didn't call the users of windows computers names like we see on every Apple or Linux thread. There is a difference between saying that the OS sucks, not the users of the OS. The referenced post is extraordinarily mild compared to what you regularly see on just about any Mac/Linux thread.
80 posted on 04/21/2010 8:37:03 PM PDT by zeugma (Waco taught me everything I needed to know about the character of the U.S. Government.)
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