Showing posts with label viruses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label viruses. Show all posts

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Erroneous Virus Message on Windows XP

This morning, the Help Desk has received a number of calls from users indicating that McAfee Antivirus detected and deleted a virus. This has been researched by Information Resourses and identified as a false positive by the antivirus software. This message will only be displayed if the computer you are using is running Windows XP. This does not occur on Windows 7 computers.

A fix has been put in place but it may take a few hours to propagate to all systems across campus. If you see this popup message, just close the message box and click "Cancel" when prompted to perform a file restore. This will clear the message and the system will run normally. If you still have questions or concerns, contact the Customer Support Help Desk at 913-588-7995.