Thank you for using McAfee software. This document contains important information about this release. McAfee strongly recommends that you read the entire document.
This release contains a variety of improvements and fixes. Although this release has been thoroughly tested, McAfee strongly recommends that you 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 current release package.
For a list of supported environments and latest information for VirusScan Enterprise 8.8.0 on Microsoft Windows, see (McAfee) KnowledgeBase article KB51111.
This release was developed for use with:
Supported minimum versions:
This document might refer to the following products as "VirusScan Modules":
McAfee recommends this release for all environments. This release is considered a High Priority rating. See (McAfee) KnowledgeBase article KB51560 for information on ratings.
High Priority
High priority for all environments. Failure to apply a High Priority update may result in potential business impact.
For the most recent list of VirusScan Enterprise 8.8.0 improvements, refer to (McAfee) KnowledgeBase article KB51111.
This release includes the following improvements:
For the most recent list of VirusScan Enterprise 8.8.0 known issues, refer to (McAfee) KnowledgeBase article KB51111.
The following known issues were found during testing:
This release includes the following resolved issues:
Resolved issues in Patch 1.
To use this release, you must have VirusScan Enterprise 8.8.0 software installed on the computer you intend to update with this release.
To install this release directly to a system, you must have installation rights.
To deploy this release to managed systems.
Always reboot the client system prior to validating that the installation is successfully installed.
To verify that the product is installed successfully, check any of the folowing items:
Windows Installer 3.x and later now supports rolling back Patches.
To remove the installation files, perform an uninstall using one of the following options:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Msiexec.exe /I {CE15D1B6-19B6-4D4D-8F43-CF5D2C3356FF} MSIPATCHREMOVE={0B3104AC-07A2-4A6B-866E-CCA504A571B2} /q
File name | Description |
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Deferred.mfe | Installation support file |
Immediate.mfe | Installation support file |
PATCH2.HTM | This Release Notes document |
PATCH2.MSP | Microsoft Installer Patch file |
PKGCATALOG.Z | Package catalog file |
SETUP.EXE | Installer for this release |
SETUP.INI | Initialization file for SETUP.EXE |
VIRUSCAN8800(208).ZIP | ePolicy Orchestrator 4.x extension for VirusScan Enterprise |
VIRUSCANREPORTS120(148).ZIP | ePolicy Orchestrator 4.x Reports for VirusScan Enterprise |
VSE880DET.MCS | ePolicy Orchestrator detection script for VirusScan Enterprise |
The following files are updated with this Patch:
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