McAfee® VirusScan® Enterprise Version 8.8 Repost Patch 1 Release Notes

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Version

Repost Patch 1

Refer to (McAfee) KnowledgeBase article KB65944 for the most current information regarding this release.

Product

This release was developed for use with:

Supported minimum versions:

For a list of supported environments for VirusScan Enterprise 8.8 on Microsoft Windows, see (McAfee) KnowledgeBase article KB51111. McAfee Agent 4.0 is End of Life December 31, 2011. The latest McAfee Agent versions available are 4.5 and 4.6.

This document makes references to the following products as VirusScan Modules:

Release date

September 14, 2011

Rating

McAfee recommends this release for all environments. Repost Patch 1 is considered a Mandatory Release Rating. See (McAfee) KnowledgeBase article KB51560 for information on ratings.

About

This release contains a variety of improvements and fixes. McAfee has spent a significant amount of time finding, fixing, and testing this release. However, it is strongly recommended to verify this update in test and pilot groups prior to mass deployment. Please review the Improvements, Known issues, and Resolved issues sections below for additional information.

This document supplements the product Release Notes in the release package.

File inventory

This release package contains the following files:

    File name Description
    File name Description
    ePO45_help_vse_880.zip ePolicy Orchestrator 4.5 help file for VirusScan Enterprise 8.8
    ePOPolicyMigration.exe ePO Policy Migration Tool
    example.sms Configuration file
    FramePkg_UPD.exe McAfee Agent installer
    mcavscv.scv Check Point SCV
    msistrings.bin Configuration file
    Patch1.htm Patch 1 Readme
    PKGCATALOG.Z Package catalog file
    Readme_DE.html Product Readme in German
    Readme_EN.html Product Readme in English
    Readme_ES.html Product Readme in Spanish
    Readme_FR.html Product Readme in French
    Readme_IT.html Product Readme in Italian
    Readme_JA.html Product Readme in Japanese
    Readme_KO.html Product Readme in Korean
    Readme_NL.html Product Readme in Dutch
    Readme_PL.html Product Readme in Polish
    Readme_PT_BR.html Product Readme in Brazilian Portuguese
    Readme_RU.html Product Readme in Russian
    Readme_SV.html Product Readme in Swedish
    Readme_ZH_CN.html Product Readme in Chinese Simplified
    Readme_ZH_TW.html Product Readme in Chinese Traditional
    Repost1.htm This Release Note document
    Setup.INI Initialization file for SETUP.EXE
    SetupVSE.EXE Installer for this release
    SignLic.Txt License file
    UnInst.exe 32-bit uninstaller file
    UnInst.ini Initialization file for UnInstal.exe and UnInstX64.exe
    UnInstX64.exe 64-bit uninstaller file
    vcredist_x64.exe Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistribution Setup
    vcredist_x86.exe Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistribution Setup
    VIRUSCAN8800(191).zip ePolicy Orchestrator 4.x extension for VirusScan Enterprise
    VIRUSCANREPORTS120(136).zip ePolicy Orchestrator 4.x Reports for VirusScan Enterprise
    vse880.msi Microsoft Installer file
    VSE880Det.mcs ePolicy Orchestrator detection script for VirusScan Enterprise
    WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe Windows Installer update

The following files are updated with this release:

No files have been updated since the release of Patch 1. Refer to the Patch 1 Release Notes accompanying this release for additonal information about changes to file versions since the previous release.

Improvements

This release includes the following improvements.

Resolved issues

The resolved issues are divided into subsections per Patch, showing when each fix was added to the compilation.

Installation instructions

Standalone instructions

  1. Extract the compressed files to a temporary folder on your hard drive.
  2. Double-click the file SetupVSE.Exe inside the temporary folder created in Step 1.
  3. Follow the instructions of the installation wizard.

Installation steps for ePolicy Orchestrator

  1. On the computer where the ePolicy Orchestrator console resides, extract the compressed files to a temporary folder on your hard drive.
  2. Open the ePolicy Orchestrator console and add the release package file from the temporary folder created in Step 1 to the repository.
  3. If newer versions of the extension or report files are included with the package, they must be checked into the ePolicy Orchestrator repository separately.


NOTE: Refer to Checking in Packages Manually in the ePolicy Orchestrator online Help, for instructions on adding a package to the repository. The package type is Product or Update (.ZIP).

Removing installation

Warning: Removing the installation leaves the system without any virus protection software until another installation is scheduled and completed.

Removing McAfee VirusScan Enterprise can be performed using any option below.

  • For all systems managed by ePolicy Orchestrator, a removal task can be set up and applied to each system that requires the installation removed. Refer to the ePOlicy Orchestrator online Help for additional information.
  • For Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 2008, and Windows 7 operating systems, the installation can be removed manually via Add/Remove Programs if the user has administrative rights to the local system.
  • For all operating systems that support Windows Installer 3.x, a command-line option can be used to remove the installation silently.

    Example: msiexec /x {CE15D1B6-19B6-4D4D-8F43-CF5D2C3356FF} REMOVE=ALL REBOOT=R /q

    Note: Because the installation is removed via MSIEXEC, the functions inside setupVSE.exe, which normally prevent reboots from occurring during silent processes, are not executed. In order to prevent a possible automatic reboot from occurring after a removal, simply add the REBOOT=R parameter to the command-line option above. A reboot is required before all VirusScan Enterprise files can be completely removed from the system.

Verifying installation

A reboot, of the client system, might be required prior to validating that the installation has been successfully installed.

Reporting

Reporting

There is update information in the ePolicy Orchestrator properties section for each computer. The ePolicy Orchestrator Properties tab displays two entries in the VirusScan 8.8 General branch:

    Patch – Displays the current Patch installed.

    Fixes - Displays any number of Hotfixes listed in the registry.

Known issues

Here is a list of known issues that we were aware of at production time.

Patch 1

No additional known issues were added with this release.

Please refer to the Patch 1 Release Notes accompanying this document for the list of known issues since the previous release.

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