Fjool Posted April 21, 2010 Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 Ugh... so McAfee have pushed out an update which appears to be identifying svchost.exe as a virus and deleting it from your computer, which then promptly reboots. Big problems. Go here to find a solution if this has happened to you: https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB68780 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebbidy Posted April 21, 2010 Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 its not like mcafee to have a problem like that, i have used mcafee for several years and had no problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjool Posted April 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 Pretty serious mistake. Took me two hours to trace down and fix on my machine, but now that we know what's wrong, the rest of the machines should only need 10 minutes each. It's the guys looking after hundreds of machines that I feel sorry for. Fortunately it looks like this doesn't affect the free, consumer market, only those who pay for the service... (>_ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebbidy Posted April 21, 2010 Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 yeah it must be a right pain for them using XP, but i ok as i am running win 7 and linux thank god. its a pretty big mistake to happen usually i have found mcafee to be very reliable, but if they are employing tools to do the programing now i might change to kaspersky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinner72 Posted April 21, 2010 Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 A bit like Norton quarentining (sp?) userinit.exe a year or two ago. Embarrasing and frustrating! I'd have to advise against kapersky as an alternative though zebbidy. I've spent countless hours removing it from pre-installs as it seems completely innefective against even the most common of malware. AVG all the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebbidy Posted April 21, 2010 Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 i have used kaspersky before but only for a little while, the anti virus is one of the best available on the market today, plus i have specialised programs for removing malware, adware and spyware on my comp just now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted April 21, 2010 Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 Just wondering if anyone else has tried this.. I bought my new pc 'bout 3yrs ago and decided to run some experiments with my previous (one of which was to remove all antivirus protection). In all that time I have been very careful with my approach towards website authenticity and e-mail attachments etc with that machine.The occasional online scan usually turns up a trojan or two (no big problem to sort) and maybe some spamware. Oh, and re-launching the browser generally cures any hi-jacking issues. But all in all, I don't seem to have been a victim of the new 'High Risk/Your Computer Will Explode Threat!!' that potential security package customers are warned about. Granted, I would think twice about using it for online transactions and such but am I really naive in thinking that Internet security is as impotent as Sumburgh airport security (yes, it's spelt correctly). Or is it mostly 'hype' spun by software 'pushers'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebbidy Posted April 22, 2010 Report Share Posted April 22, 2010 yeah i have tried running a desktop pc for a little while without any protection a few weeks back (my old computer) and within the space of 20 days i had several viruses, few spyware and one major malware attack which changed most of the settings in my computer. so there will always be a major risk of not running anything, but a good thing is that you can fully protect your computer without having to pay anything as there are lots of decent freeware available nowadays. internet security depends on what you do with your computer e.g. i am up to the hilt in protection because i download a few torrents and music of the web on a daily basis plus i also do most of my shopping online so im forever entering my card details. But if you do no transactions online then your security does not need too be as protective as mine, you could get away with an antivirus like AVG and Spybot search and destroy which are both free and dont take up alot of RAM to run. i hope that makes sence because it did in my head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanchez Posted April 22, 2010 Report Share Posted April 22, 2010 McAfee is a terrible program, just a step up from no protection at all. If anyone is shopping for antivirus, I'd highly recommend Kaspersky 2010. I've had it for over a year and I have yet to have any major problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinner72 Posted April 22, 2010 Report Share Posted April 22, 2010 Just wondering if anyone else has tried this.. I bought my new pc 'bout 3yrs ago and decided to run some experiments with my previous (one of which was to remove all antivirus protection). In all that time I have been very careful with my approach towards website authenticity and e-mail attachments etc with that machine.The occasional online scan usually turns up a trojan or two (no big problem to sort) and maybe some spamware. Oh, and re-launching the browser generally cures any hi-jacking issues. But all in all, I don't seem to have been a victim of the new 'High Risk/Your Computer Will Explode Threat!!' that potential security package customers are warned about. Granted, I would think twice about using it for online transactions and such but am I really naive in thinking that Internet security is as impotent as Sumburgh airport security (yes, it's spelt correctly). Or is it mostly 'hype' spun by software 'pushers'? Unquestionably 99% hype. So long as you are sensible about your browsing and avoid insecure browsers like Firefox and Safari, the chances of "attack" are virtually zero. I have had one piece of malware affect my computer in the past couple of years, same thing 3 times over, AVG caught it but as it had infected a system file it was easier to manually replace it. I eventally tracked it down to a collection of old DOS games I had stupidly downloaded and burned without scanning. Not a single incident from browsing, and I spend an unhealthy amount of time online! I consider the hundreds of "malware defender" programs to be little more than viruses themselves, feeding off the paranoia created by themselves and the media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabiaTerra Posted April 22, 2010 Report Share Posted April 22, 2010 So long as you are sensible about your browsing...Sure, if you accept limits on what you can do online, then you can avoid most of the threats that are out there. Or, you can deploy a full suite of security apps, and surf with no limits. I use AVG, Spybot and a COMODO firewall with Firefox on XP. So far nothing has got past that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebbidy Posted April 22, 2010 Report Share Posted April 22, 2010 McAfee is a terrible program, just a step up from no protection at all. thats a pretty bold statement to make without any proof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GypsyScy Posted April 22, 2010 Report Share Posted April 22, 2010 Thanks Fjool Managed to sort out my in laws computer in 10 mins as you said and have been passing your link around to other folk, some folk just think the internet is down and are not aware of the Macafee problem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanchez Posted April 26, 2010 Report Share Posted April 26, 2010 McAfee is a terrible program, just a step up from no protection at all. thats a pretty bold statement to make without any proof You're right, my apologies. For the last few years my father has used McAfee on his computer. It never caught bugs, and actually slowed things down considerably. Just the name brings back memories of being up at 1 AM trying to find where the latest virus had been stored. Anyway, just my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebbidy Posted April 26, 2010 Report Share Posted April 26, 2010 each to to their own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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