McAfee’s new update on antivirus has mistakenly identified legitimate files including Microsoft Excel, as virus. McAfee has issued an update admitting the error and has made available a repair utility to restore the wrongly quarantined.


McAfee’s new update on antivirus has mistakenly identified legitimate files including Microsoft Excel, as virus. McAfee has issued an update admitting the error and has made available a repair utility to restore the wrongly quarantined.

“The best way to get information regarding the false positive detection and determine if you were affected is to go to the McAfee ServicePortal and click on the link to the knowedgebase article created for this issue”. [source]

To go to the McAfee ServicePortal, click here.

To access the repair utility and restore the files, click here.

To get information on how to restore the files, click here.

 

 

 

 

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