"For systems that have already encountered this issue, start the computer in Safe Mode and apply the EXTRA.DAT. "Apply the EXTRA.DAT to all potentially affected systems as soon as possible," the company recommended.
#MCAFEE VIRUS PROTECTION UPDATES UPDATE#
McAfee reacted by warning users not to download today's update if they haven't already, and by posting recovery instructions and a signature update to suppress the defective one sent to users earlier. "Our initial investigation indicates that the error can result in moderate to significant performance issues on systems running Windows XP Service Pack 3," acknowledged Evers.Īffected PCs have displayed a shutdown error or blue error screen, then gone into an endless cycle of rebooting, users claimed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause."īoth users and McAfee said that the flawed update had crippled Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) machines, but not PCs running Vista or Windows 7. Eastern time, McAfee's support forum was offline, with a message reading "The McAfee Community is experiencing unusually large traffic which may cause slow page loads. "Great work McAfee! GRRRRRRRRRRR."Īs of 3:30 p.m.
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ridiculous," added Gerard, who identified himself as a senior security administrator at Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co. do they put a DAT out that kills a *VITAL* system process?" asked someone identified as Jeff Gerard on one thread. According to users on McAfee's support forum, today's update flagged Windows' "svchost.exe" file, a generic host process for services that run from other DLLs (dynamic link libraries).