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Microsoft issues buggy McAfee update - XP Issue Alert

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Microsoft issues buggy McAfee update - XP Issue Alert

Microsoft has been made aware of an issue with a McAfee DAT file update - released Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - that has been causing stability issues on Windows XP client systems. The symptom is caused by a false-positive detection on a core Windows file (svchost.exe). Once the file is quarantined by McAfee, the system may encounter one of the following symptoms:

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