Bobbye
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If you have McAfee security and the following describes what you are experiencing after getting this update, please read through and follow the available fix now:
The update, 5958 DAT, was released by the firm early on Wednesday (4/21/2010). Reports were that users were experiencing blue screens of death (BSoDs) and DCOM errors shortly after applying the update. The update seems to affect Windows XP SP3 users, with the post update security scan recording false positives, misdiagnosing machines as infected with W32/wecorl.a malware.
The update has since been pulled from the firm's servers,
If your computer is shutting down automatically, you must address that before you can fix anything else:
Open a command prompt: (Start> Run> type cmd> Enter> type shutdown -a which will prevent the shut down from occurring.
If I find anything more streamlined, I'll edit this post
The update, 5958 DAT, was released by the firm early on Wednesday (4/21/2010). Reports were that users were experiencing blue screens of death (BSoDs) and DCOM errors shortly after applying the update. The update seems to affect Windows XP SP3 users, with the post update security scan recording false positives, misdiagnosing machines as infected with W32/wecorl.a malware.
The update has since been pulled from the firm's servers,
If your computer is shutting down automatically, you must address that before you can fix anything else:
Open a command prompt: (Start> Run> type cmd> Enter> type shutdown -a which will prevent the shut down from occurring.
- Go to the McAfee interface through the Start menu and disable Access Protection and On-Access Scanner.
[o] Click Start> Programs> McAfee> then VirusScan Console
[o] Right-click "Access Protection" and select [/b]Disable.
- Then download extra.zip file provided by McAfee.
- Unzip the EXTRA.DAT within.
- Click Start> Run> type services.msc> "OK".
- Right-click the McAfee McShield service and select "Stop"
- Copy extra.dat to Program Files> Common Files> McAfee\Engine.
[*]Then restart the McAfee McShield service: Right-clicking on it and choosing "Start" from the context menu.
If I find anything more streamlined, I'll edit this post