Recommended McAfee Manual Recovery Procedure using the Extra DAT where DAT 5958 is currently installed (as of 04/22/10) Restoring SVCHOST.EXE on computers affected by DAT 5958: 1. Start your computer in Safe Mode. 2. Open My Computer and navigate to C:\Program Files\McAfee\VirusScan. 3. Delete the DAT folder. 4. Use Ctrl+Shift+Delete to open the Task Manager. 5. Click File and select New Task (Run)... 6. Type CMD and press Enter. 7. Type: copy %systemroot%\system32\dllcache\svchost.exe %systemroot%\system32\ 8. Restart the computer. 9. After computer restart, right-click the M icon and manually check for an update to get the new DAT files. (will download and install a new DAT folder with files) Note: svchost.exe may be missing from the dllcache. MadMod Computing -- use the WinApps memory stick: 7. Type: copy F:\WinApps\McAfeeFix\svchost.exe c:\windows\system32\svchost.exe