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and encounter each day - the type of valuable information below. We at AVR
International would like to share this with our most valued customers as a free
additional service which can help further secure your systems. Please feel free
to suggest any other McAfee topics you would like covered in the forthcoming
months.
ePolicy
Orchestrator 3.6.1 Patch 2 Released
Follow this link for information on this patch https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=613248
VirusScan
Enterprise 8.5i Patch 2
release stopped, and is superseded by Patch 3.
Cause for the change, new date for release to Support and
other FAQ items can be read here:
https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=613495
5200
Anti-Virus Scan Engine was released
on September 5, 2007 to the McAfee AutoUpdate sites.
Manual download link: http://www.mcafee.com/apps/downloads/security_updates/engines.asp?region=us&segment=enterprise
5100 McAfee
Anti-Virus Engine End Of Life
(EoL) Product Management
Statement*
- After 1st February 2008 the 5100 McAfee Anti-Virus
Engine will no longer be supported. In order to continue to receive support on
McAfee Anti-Virus products users will need to upgrade to the 5200 version of
the McAfee Anti-Virus Engine before this date.
- From 1st February 2008 onwards there will be no further
Anti-Virus definition files (DAT file) quality testing with the 5100 McAfee
Anti-Virus Engine. Also, new detections and cleaning by the DAT files will be
written with focus on the new enhanced capabilities of the 5200 McAfee
Anti-Virus Engine where appropriate.
Click here for FAQ’s regarding 5100 engine
http://www.avr.co.uk/newsletter/310807.htm
End Of
life product information
****Approaching
Milestones for McAfee Products****
- ePolicy
Orchestrator : 3.5 - End of Support September 30, 2007
- Desktop Firewall : Desktop Firewall has been
integrated in Host IPS - End of Life October 31, 2007
- Virex for MacOS 8, 9 : 6.2 - End of Life November 1,
2007
- VirusScan for MacTel : 8.0 - End of Life November 1,
2007
- VirusScan Enterprise : 7.1 - End of Support has been
extended from March 31, 2007 to December 31, 2007
****Milestones Passed****
- Foundstone Enterprise : 4.2 - End of Support August
3, 2007
- IntruShield : 2.1 - End of support June 30, 2007
- LinuxShield : 1.2 - End of Support June 30, 2007
- ProtectionPilot : 1.1 - End Of Support June 30, 2007
- Policy Enforcer (Network Access Control) : 1.0
(Patch 2) - End of Support April 30, 2007
- WebShield eSeries Appliances : eSeries e250, e500,
e1000 – eSeries End of Support March 31, 2007 or End of existing hardware
support contract, whichever is later. *Note: Replaced by SCM
Appliances*
- IntruShield : v1.8 & v1.9 - End of Support
February 1, 2007
- McAfee Scan Engine for Microsoft : 4400 - End of
Support Jan 2007
- McAfee Scan Engine for NetWare : 4400 - End of
Support Jan 2007
- McAfee Scan Engine for UNIX : 4400 - End of Support
Jan 2007
- McAfee Scan Engine for Macintosh OS X : 4400 - End
of Support Jan 2007
- VirusScan Command Line Windows : 4.40.0 - End of
Support - Jan 2007
- VirusScan Command Line UNIX : 4.40.0 - End of
Support Jan 2007
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