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In the past few days there have been several reports from frustrated users regarding a Black Screen appearing on their screen when they log on to the system. PrevX, a British security firm had initially claimed that the security issues were caused due to the Windows updates of 10 Nov 2009.

However, today, Microsoft reported that the issue was not caused by the update. The company claims that the problem was most likely caused due to some malware. After the announcement, PrevX backtracked on their earlier claims of the security update causing the incidence and has allso apologized to the software giant for any inconvenience caused by its earlier claim.

However, the PrevX had issued a fix for the problem, which, it claims, is able to resolve it in most of the cases in which it might occur. The firm reports that the problem affects editions of Windows 7, Vista, XP, NT, and Windows 2000.

However in spite of widespread frenzy about the Black Screen Of Death in the news, its occurrence has been very rare as and is not as big an issue as portrayed by the media. Unlike the Blue Screen Of Death, which indicates a serious error in the functionality of the windows machine, the Black Screen Of Death does pose a serious threat.

You can find more information about the Black Screen Of Death here.