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Contents
About this release
Rating
Purpose
Improvements
Previous Improvements
Known issues
Resolved issues
Patch 4 resolved issues
Patch 3 resolved issues
Patch 2 resolved issues
Patch 1 resolved issues
Installation instructions
Verifying installation
Removing the patch
Copyright
About this release
Patch Release: 08-26-2010
This release was developed for use with:
VirusScan Enterprise: 8.7i
Detection Definitions (DAT): 6037.0000
Scan Engine: 5.4.00
Make sure you have installed the correct version of the product(s) in this list before using this release.
*This document makes references to the following products as VirusScan Modules:
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McAfee
VirusScan
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McAfee
VirusScan
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McAfee
VirusScan
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VirusScan
Rating
McAfee recommends this release for all environments. Patch 4 is considered a High Priority Release. See McAfee Support
KnowledgeBase article KB51560 for information on ratings.
Purpose
This Patch contains a variety of improvements. McAfee has spent a significant amount of time finding, fixing, and testing the fixes in
this release. Please review the Known and Resolved issues lists for additional information on the individual issues. Refer to online
KnowledgeBase article KB65944 at http://knowledge.mcafee.com for the most current information regarding this release.
This document supplements the product Release Notes in the release package and details fixes included in VirusScan Enterprise 8.7i
Patch 4.
Improvements
This release of the software includes the following improvements.
1. Changes were made to the way Run-Time DATs are handled during an update. These changes help the scanners reinitialize and
reload the newer DAT files. When multiple scanners are using the Run-Time DAT files and an update occurs, the first available
system scanner creates a new Run-Time DAT file with a unique name. As other scanners free up their current threads, they then
switch over to the newer Run-Time DAT files.
Note: With this new implementation of the Run-Time DATs, only system level scanners can update the Run-Time DATs. If only
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Related Manuals for McAfee VIRUSSCAN ENTERPRISE 8.7I PATCH 4 - RELEASE NOTES
Summary of Contents for McAfee VIRUSSCAN ENTERPRISE 8.7I PATCH 4 - RELEASE NOTES
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Page 1: About This Release
Purpose This Patch contains a variety of improvements. McAfee has spent a significant amount of time finding, fixing, and testing the fixes in this release. Please review the Known and Resolved issues lists for additional information on the individual issues. Refer to online KnowledgeBase article KB65944 at http://knowledge.mcafee.com for the most current information regarding this release. - Page 2 DATs in a readily available state for the scan engine to load. NOTE: In some scenarios, the Run-Time DATs are not available. See item #1 under Known issues. Refer to McAfee Support KnowledgeBase article KB65459 for further information on Run-Time DATs.
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Page 3: Known Issues
Orchestrator before adding the new extension. If you do not, some of the interface might be displayed in the original language. 4. Issue: McAfee Agent 4.0 Patch 2 and later includes support for displaying status and logs in Russian. Older versions display this information in English by default. -
Page 4: Resolved Issues
4. Issue: An issue can arise during an upgrade from VirusScan Enterprise 8.5i to VirusScan Enterprise 8.7i where the preserved tasks are deleted after the first reboot. (Reference: 537579) Resolution: The McAfee Task Manager service no longer attempts to index the tasks during shutdown, which caused the task to be deleted. - Page 5 20. Issue: The Access Protection and Buffer Overflow Protection rules contained errors, causing the installation of other McAfee Products that contained newer shared components would fail to install. (Reference: 565254) Resolution: The VSCAN.BOF file no longer causes the Access Protection rule "Prevent modification of McAfee files and settings"...
- Page 6 Resolution: The Microsoft Patch (MSP) installer now reverts the Patch_ registry information to the previous version. 11. Issue: If VirusScan was set to show its tray settings with minimal options, the McAfee Agent 4.5 tray icon did not display an item under Managed Products.
- Page 7 21. Issue: The Access Protection and Buffer Overflow rule file that was contained in the VirusScan extension introduced an incorrectly defined variable that prevented the McAfee Agent from calling back to the ePolicy Orchestrator server if custom policies were made to the rules. (Reference: 530900) Resolution: The VirusScan Extension has been updated to include a revised Access Protection and Buffer Overflow rule that does not have this variable.
- Page 8 (Reference: 443019) Resolution: The McAfee Installation Designer configuration applicator has been changed to be more comprehensive in backing up and in version checking during the upgrade, in order to prevent failures by other McAfee product installations that require version 8.7i.
- Page 9 Resolution: The VirusScan tray icon correctly calls the on-demand scanner on User Access Controlled operating systems. 19. Issue: Creating a McAfee Installation Designer change package for VirusScan Enterprise and the AntiSpyware Enterprise Module, sometimes failed to upgrade the evaluations to licensed versions, for both products. (Reference: 437509) Resolution: McAfee Installation Designer configuration applicator upgrades the licenses of VirusScan Enterprise and the AntiSpyware Enterprise Module when they are both evaluations.
- Page 10 Resolution: The VirusScan 8.5i extension has been updated to strip any preceding blank spaces from exclusions when they are entered in ePolicy Orchestrator. 33. Issue: VirusScan Enterprise added some new events that were not included in the default event filter, which was provided by ePolicy Orchestrator.
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Page 11: Installation Instructions
To use this release, you must have VirusScan Enterprise 8.7i software installed on the computer you intend to update with this release. For a list of supported environments for VirusScan Enterprise 8.7i on Microsoft Windows, see McAfee Support KnowledgeBase article KB51111. -
Page 12: Verifying Installation
Inventory for version information). McAfee Installation Designer patch configuration When creating a custom install while using McAfee Installation Designer and VirusScan Enterprise 8.7 Repost 3, the configuration requires an additional step in order to properly include patches to the custom installation package. -
Page 13: Removing The Patch
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