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  1. Interesting. I guess I'll go bark at the McAfee techs and see what happens. Thanks again for your time and input.
  2. I know this thread is a bit dated, but I have a question about this topic that I haven't seen discussed in any of my research relating to this problem. MBAM detected a similar situation on my system; Registry Data Items Infected: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify (Disabled.SecurityCenter) -> Bad: (1) Good: (0) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallDisableNotify (Disabled.SecurityCenter) -> Bad: (1) Good: (0) I run McAfee Total Protection, and as I've come to understand, this was probably caused after one of the program's latest updates. However, this entire situation began when I returned to my system to find several warnings about McAfee's security features being disabled. Namely; real-time scanning, spam and potentially unwanted program scanning, script scanning, and buffer overflow protection. I also got a Windows message that mcshield.exe encountered an 'unkown error' and had to shut down. I tried to re enable the security features but McAfee Security Center was unable to comply because of several 'errors'. Another interesting detail is that the McAfee icon in the taskbar became corrupted. A full system scan came up negative. I ran McAfee Virtual Technician but it was unable to restore the disabled security features. A view of the recent events log revealed the time that real-time scanning was disabled. I analyzed each security protocol one-by-one and was eventually able to re enable the security features through different sub-menus. After roughly 24HRS the problem occurred again. I ran MBAM and it detected the 2 registry items listed above. My question is therefore, is it typical that this situation can disable the features of your anti-virus software, or could I possibly have another more insidious problem? I haven't come across any other user reporting this behavior. If anybody has any information for me concerning this it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time. (I run Windows XP Pro SP3)
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