Developer(s) | McAfee | ||||
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Initial release | 1988; 32 years ago | ||||
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Operating system | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | ||||
Type | Antivirus | ||||
License | Proprietary |
svchost.exe
) on those machines, causing machines to lose network access and, in some cases, to enter a reboot loop. McAfee rectified this by removing and replacing the faulty DAT file, version 5958, with an emergency DAT file (version 5959) and has posted a fix for the affected machines in its consumer 'KnowledgeBase'.[10][11]