And what did this have to do with Microsoft Security Essentials, scanning, detection or removing threats? This is a question best posed to the manufacturer of your computer as it refers to the chipset on the motherboard. My guess is that you need to update
your chipset drivers.
http://www.bing.com/search?FORM=IE8SRC&q=sm+bus+controller&src=IE-SearchBox
-steve
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