Fix McAfee DAT 5958 Update Issues

Fix McAfee DAT 5958 Update Issues

McAfee’s “DAT” file version 5958 is causing widespread problems with Windows XP SP3. The affected systems will enter a reboot loop and loose all network access. We have individual reports of other versions of Windows being affected as well.

Fix McAfee DAT 5958 Update Issues causes auto shutdown of the pc. McAfee already released a statement and already stopped the distribution of the 5958 DAT file. However, lots of PCs are already affected.

Fix McAfee DAT 5958 Update Issues

Fix McAfee DAT 5958 Update Issues | Auto Shutdown Problem

The problem is a false positive which identifies a regular Windows binary, “svchost.exe“, as “W32/Wecorl.a”, a virus. If you are affected, you will see a message like:

The file C:WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe contains the W32/Wecorl.a Virus.
Undetermined clean error, OAS denied access and continued.
Detected using Scan engine version 5400.1158 DAT version 5958.0000.

Additional information from McAfee: http://community.mcafee.com/thread/24056?tstart=0
McAfee Knowledgebase Article: https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB68780
EXTRA.DAT file: http://home.mcafee.com/VirusInfo/VirusProfile.aspx?key=265240.

Fix McAfee Pc AutoShutdown Problem

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Posted on: Friday, April 23rd, 2010 at 3:22 pm with 1 Comment.
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