Re: McAfee update: File SK_det.mcs is corrupt

From: Robert Moir (robspamtrap+msnews_at_gmail.com)
Date: 03/28/05


Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 00:03:54 +0100

Cautious Nerd wrote:
> While updating McAfee definitions, I got this message:
>
> File SK_det.mcs is corrupt.
> Downloading complete file again.
>
> I don't normally expect files to be corrupt in Win2K/SP4/NTFS,
> especially with proper shutdown (or mostly, hibernation).
> Of course, I let it download again and am rescanning. I wonder
> if it is overly paranoid to suspect that it resulted from malware?
> I realize that anything is possible, but I'm wondering about
> likelihood. Any thoughts?

This is more properly a question for McAfee tech support, but if it reports
corrupt files in the context of a download, I would suggest it could be
saying that the downloaded file is what is corrupt.



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