Release Notes for McAfee® VirusScan® Enterprise 8.7i Repost Patch 2

Thank you for using McAfee VirusScan Enterprise software version 8.7i Repost Patch 2. This document contains important information about this release. We strongly recommend that you read the entire document.

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Purpose

This document supplements the product Release Notes and Patch Notes in the release package and details installation fixes included in VirusScan Enterprise 8.7i Repost Patch 2.

Improvements

This release of the software includes the following improvements.

  1. The Heuristic network check for suspicious files (known as Artemis) settings for the on-access, on-demand and email scanners are now set to Very Low by default. These settings are part of the installer and in the McAfee Default policy for VirusScan Extension. Refer to McAfee Support KnowledgeBase article KB53735 for information on Artemis Technology.

    NOTE: With the change in Artemis defaults there are several variables that need to be taken into account when introducing this Repost Package into the environment.

Previous Improvements

Previous releases of the software include the following improvements.

  1. The installation packages for patches and reposts have been upgraded so that the installation log name, created in the McAfeeLogs folder, has a dynamically generated name based on the current date and time of the installation. This helps save logs that might have been overwritten with the previous “backup previous log only” method.

  2. The on-access scanner memory scan function (Processes on enable) has been modified significantly to make it more comprehensive. Because of this change, the installer has been modified to enable the option only if VirusScan is installed under Maximum Security settings.

  3. The installation of VirusScan Enterprise now disables the Defender feature of Microsoft Windows Vista in order to improve performance of the operating system.

Resolved issues

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

Repost Patch 2 resolved issues:

  1. Issue: Some VirusScan Enterprise events were not being parsed properly by ePolicy Orchestrator 4.5. (Reference: 503537)
    Resolution: The VirusScan Enterprise Reports Extension will now handle events where specific fields are blank.

  2. Issue: During an upgrade from a customized (by McAfee Installation Designer) VirusScan Enterprise 8.5i to VirusScan Enterprise 8.7i, the new McAfee Installation Designer custom settings were not being applied. (Reference: 501306)
    Resolution: The Repost Patch 2 and later installation packages now remove the previous McAfee Installation Designer settings when the preserve option is disabled on the upgrade.

  3. Issue: Some pre-Patch 7 installations of VirusScan Enterprise 8.5i were corrupting the value for the Preferred Language setting. When the installation was upgraded to VirusScan Enterprise 8.7i, the McAfee Agent to stopped communicating with the ePolicy Orchestrator server. (Reference: 511662)
    Resolution: The Repost Patch 2 and later installation packages correct the invalid registry entry during the installation, preventing the situation.

Repost Patch 1 resolved issues:

  1. Issue: Silent installations might fail on hard drives that are designated as dynamic. The on-access scanner service fails to start, and the installation rolls back. (Reference: 443669)
    Resolution: The Repost Patch 1 and later installation packages now install to a dynamic disk, silently.

  2. Issue: Modifying an installation of VirusScan Enterprise to add the on-access scanner component caused the scanner to be in a disabled state. (Reference: 464808)
    Resolution: The modification to add the on-access scanner component now correctly enables the scanner at the completion of the installation.

  3. Issue: A 8E bugcheck (blue screen) sometimes occurred when VirusScan Enterprise 8.7i was installed along with Checkpoint VPN-1 SecureClient. (Reference: 438771)
    Resolution: The link driver was updated to avoid probing kernel memory unnecessarily.

  4. Issue: During an upgrade from a customized VirusScan Enterprise 8.5i to VirusScan Enterprise 8.7i, an issue sometimes occurred where the configuration tool did not properly back up and restore the registry information. The installation was left in a state where some of the product information still showed as the older version. (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.

  5. Issue: Creating a McAfee Installation Designer change package for VirusScan Enterprise and the AntiSpyware Enterprise Module sometimes failed to upgrade the evaluation versions 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 evaluation versions.

Installation Instructions

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