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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: mosbear on April 21, 2010, 02:11:27 PM

Title: McAffe virusscan update causes reboots.
Post by: mosbear on April 21, 2010, 02:11:27 PM

This is the warning to anyone who uses the McAffe Virusscan with atomatic update set to "ON"

Lates .dat file pushed by the McAffe to your computer will cause the system to go down with the DCOM pop-up message displayed on the screen.
Majority of the corporate users are affected. There are some workarounds posted on the web already. The easiest one is to reboot in the 'Safe mode with networking'.

Good luck to you all.

Title: Re: McAffe virusscan update causes reboots.
Post by: Frosty on April 22, 2010, 11:14:02 AM

I dumped McAffe a long time ago since it made my computer run slower then 150 weight gear oil in the dead of winter. But thanks for the warning/post

Title: Re: McAffe virusscan update causes reboots.
Post by: ericire12 on April 22, 2010, 11:21:48 AM

I heard on the news that it was because they wrote an update wrong and it made the software recognize a standard part of windows as a virus and that is what caused all the problems..... They said they have issued a new update that has repaired the problem.