McAfee quarantines critical Windows file, kills tons of PCs

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Joseph Lorenzo Hall <joehall () gmail com>
> Date: April 21, 2010 4:14:04 PM EDT
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: McAfee quarantines critical Windows file, kills tons of PCs

> http://andreyf.tumblr.com/post/538652366/info-roundup-mcafee-kills-computers-worldwide
>
> Summary: this morning, a McAfee update has quarantined svchost.exe on
> WinXP SP3 machines worldwide. Some of the machines are stuck in a
> reboot cycle. Others have no network access. Engadget originally
> reported “millions” of computers, University of Michigan tech  
> support
> said 800,000. To top it off, their McAfee’s support site seems to be
> modulating between a server timeout and an “Undergoing Maintenanc 
> e”
> 404 error.
>
> ...
>
> --
> Joseph Lorenzo Hall
> ACCURATE Postdoctoral Research Associate
> UC Berkeley School of Information
> Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy
> http://josephhall.org/



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