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Teh_Bandwagoner · 04-21-2010, 06:15 PM

http://www.thetechherald.com/article...across-the-U-S

This wreaked havoc on my office today, and apparently on a number of government offices out east as well. Deleted svchost.exe from our computers, which is a necessary system file for Windows. On the bright side, this "virus attack" let me go home early

Anyway, instruction for repairs can be found here:
http://lifehacker.com/5521266/how-to...yline=true&s=i

Note: With svchost.exe gone, I wasn't able to just drag a working file in Windows to copy it, but I was able to do it in the command prompt (Start Menu -> Run -> CMD).

04-21-2010, 06:15 PM	#1
Teh_Bandwagoner First Line Centre Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: The wagon's name is "Gaudreau" Exp:	McAfee decides that svchost.exe is a virus! http://www.thetechherald.com/article...across-the-U-S This wreaked havoc on my office today, and apparently on a number of government offices out east as well. Deleted svchost.exe from our computers, which is a necessary system file for Windows. On the bright side, this "virus attack" let me go home early Anyway, instruction for repairs can be found here: http://lifehacker.com/5521266/how-to...yline=true&s=i Note: With svchost.exe gone, I wasn't able to just drag a working file in Windows to copy it, but I was able to do it in the command prompt (Start Menu -> Run -> CMD). __________________