Windows 7: McAfee Antivirus Update Causes Problems for Home/Enterprise Customers

A buggy update released Friday by security vendor McAfee for its consumer and enterprise antivirus products, left the computers of its customers unprotected and, in some cases, unable to access the Internet.



The incident affected both home and business users, some of whom were still trying to sort out the problems caused by the updates on Monday and Tuesday, according to messages posted on McAfee's community forums and Facebook page.

The problems were introduced by McAfee updates DAT 6807, released on Friday, and the subsequent DAT 6808, depending on which product was used.

After installing these updates some home users started encountering errors when accessing the McAfee Security Center console, which prevented them from performing any action inside the program. Other users experienced a loss of Internet connection on their computers.

IMO MucAfee is one of the worst infections we deal with here.

The only way it works well is uninstalled.

It's been a natural evolution on the other end of the spectrum to near unanimity on Microsoft Security Essentials with the Windows 7 firewall. Once Avast bloated (and gadgeted) up it was dropped from recommendations seen here within six months.

IMO MucAfee is one of the worst infections we deal with here.

The only way it works well is uninstalled.

It's been a natural evolution on the other end of the spectrum to near unanimity on Microsoft Security Essentials with the Windows 7 firewall. Once Avast bloated (and gadgeted) up it was dropped from recommendations seen here within six months.

Found this interesting. The tech in the station next to me literally just resolved an internet connectivity issue deemed related to McAfee yesterday. Uninstalled McAfee, problem went away.