An accidental upgrade is most likely to happen if someone plays a game that includes an update check and you haven't disabled Wii's update checking. It can also happen if you have WiiConnect24 enabled, as this will automatically install any system updates released by Nintendo.
Updates 4.2 and 4.3 were both specifically designed to kill homebrew. If you have lost homebrew but can still use your Wii, be happy about that, because sometimes the updates have made Wiis unusable.
The first question is, what have you upgraded to? The latest upgrade as I write this is 4.3, but if you were updated by an older game you might wind up with 4.2 or even something older. To find out what version of the operating system you have, go into Wii Options, click on "Wii Settings" and check the number on the upper right corner of that screen. That's your OS version.
If you're lucky, it will say 4.2 or less. In that case, go to Bannerbomb which has two versions of its homebrew software, one for 3.0 through 4.1 and one for 4.2. Download the appropriate version and use my homebrew installation guide to get things working again. Please note that I have not tried the 4.2 software, nor have I tried reinstalling homebrew onto a system from which it was deleted , so I can make no guarantees as to the result.
Things are not as rosy if you have 4.3, although hopefully at some later date Bannerbomb will release another update. In the meantime, there are ways to do it if you have certain games; check out this link and click on one of the "Any System Menu" choices to see how.
If you manage to get homebrew back, make sure to turn off update checks and disable WiiConnect24 in Wii Settings so this doesn't happen again.
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