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McAfee Internet Security update => No Internet / Local Only

bnt · 2012-08-22 12:03:06

McAfee Alert: http://service.mcafee.com/faq/TS101446.htm An update to this package last weekend resulted in people getting cut off from the internet. Things look OK, you get the right IP address & so on, but Windows says "local only" or "no internet connection". If so, you need to completely uninstall it, reboot, then…

22-08-2012 1:03pm

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McAfee Alert: http://service.mcafee.com/faq/TS101446.htm

An update to this package last weekend resulted in people getting cut off from the internet. Things look OK, you get the right IP address & so on, but Windows says "local only" or "no internet connection".

If so, you need to completely uninstall it, reboot, then reinstall it from their website.

Death has this much to be said for it:
You don’t have to get out of bed for it.
Wherever you happen to be
They bring it to you—free.
— Kingsley Amis

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