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- Release Notes for McAfee VirusScan Enterprise
- Version 7.0.0
- (c) 2003 Networks Associates Technology, Inc.
- All Rights Reserved
-
-
- - DAT Version: 4249
- - Engine Version: 4.2.40
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- ===============================================
-
- Thank you for using VirusScan Enterprise 7.0
- software. This file contains important
- information regarding this release. We strongly
- recommend that you read the entire document.
-
-
- _______________________________________________
- WHAT'S IN THIS FILE
-
- - New Features
- - System Requirements & Installation
- - Testing Your Installation
- - Known Issues
- - Documentation
- - Contacting McAfee and Network Associates
- - Copyright and Trademark Attributions
- - Trademarks
- - License Agreement
-
-
- _______________________________________________
- NEW FEATURES
-
- This section contains a brief summary of the
- key new and changed features for VirusScan
- Enterprise 7.0. For a complete list of new and
- changed product features, see the VirusScan
- Enterprise 7.0 Release Guide. The Release Guide
- is available for download from the McAfee web
- site.
-
- - File server and desktop configurations are
- now served by one product. VirusScan
- Enterprise 7.0 combines the VirusScan and
- NetShield products into one solution that
- can be installed on both servers and
- desktops.
-
- - Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2003
- operating systems, formerly known as Windows
- .NET Server.
-
- - Update Improvements:
-
- - McAfee AutoUpdate Architect 1.0 utility
- for customizing update repositories.
-
- - AutoUpdate for full DAT files,
- incremental DATs, EXTRA.DATs, engines,
- Service Packs, and HotFixes.
-
- - Mirrored updating for both desktops and
- servers using AutoUpdate Mirror tasks.
-
- - Updating via HTTP, FTP (passive or
- active), UNC share, local drive, or
- mapped drive.
-
- - Resumable updating after transfer
- interruption when updating from HTTP, UNC
- share, or local or mapped drive.
- - "Update Now" single-click updating.
-
- - Scanning Improvements:
- - Faster scanning performance.
- - Resumable on-demand scanning allows you
- to better control when and how often
- scans run.
- - Scan options for High-Risk and Low-Risk
- programs.
-
- - Support for Fast User Switching on Windows
- XP.
-
- - Improved ability to make changes to
- configurations after deployment using McAfee
- Installation Designer 7.0.
-
- - Ability for an administrator to limit the
- user interface visible to an end user.
-
- - English language version runs on localized
- operating systems.
-
-
- ___________________________________________
- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS & INSTALLATION
-
- See the VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 Installation
- Guide for details on installing the product.
- The Installation Guide is available for
- download from the McAfee web site or product
- CD.
-
-
- INSTALLING LOCALIZED VERSIONS
-
- VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 is available in
- several languages. Note that each
- foreign-language version of VirusScan
- Enterprise can only be installed on an
- operating system of the same language. For
- example, you can only install the French
- version of VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 on a French
- version of Windows. However, the English
- language version of VirusScan Enterprise 7.0
- can be installed on any supported operating
- system in any language.
-
-
- VIRUSSCAN ENTERPRISE 7.0 AND ALERT MANAGER
-
- VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 can only send alerts
- to Alert Manager 4.7. It cannot send alerts to
- older versions of Alert Manager.
-
- Furthermore, VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 cannot be
- installed on a computer where old versions of
- Alert Manager, versions 4.5 or 4.6, are already
- installed. If you are installing VirusScan
- Enterprise 7.0 onto a system where Alert
- Manager 4.5 or 4.6 is installed, you should
- also install Alert Manager 4.7, which
- automatically replaces the older version of
- Alert Manager.
-
- However, also note that Alert Manager 4.7 can
- receive alerts from older versions of NetShield
- and VirusScan. You can configure older versions
- of these software programs to send alerts to an
- installation of Alert Manager 4.7.
-
-
- VIRUSSCAN ENTERPRISE 7.0 AND SUPERDAT MANAGER
-
- VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 does not support
- updates using SuperDAT Manager version 1.4 or
- earlier. To create SuperDAT packages for
- VirusScan Enterprise 7.0, only use the new
- SuperDAT Manager version 1.5.
-
-
- VIRUSSCAN ENTERPRISE 7.0 AND WEBSCANX
-
- Previous versions of VirusScan contained three
- extra scan components that together were known
- as WebScan X: E-mail Scan, Download Scan, and
- Internet Filter. These components augmented the
- scan capabilities provided by VirusScanÆs core
- On-Access and On-Demand scanners.
-
- VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 retains the E-mail
- scanning portion of WebScan X, but no longer
- includes the Download Scanner or the Internet
- Filter. The protection provided by Download
- Scanner or the Internet Filter has been
- incorporated into other components of the
- VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 product. This allows
- us to provide the same level of protection but
- with a much smaller footprint and fewer
- components to manage.
-
-
-
- TESTING YOUR INSTALLATION
-
- You can test the operation of the software by
- running the EICAR Standard AntiVirus Test File
- on any computer where you have installed the
- software. The EICAR Standard AntiVirus Test
- File is a combined effort by anti-virus vendors
- throughout the world to implement one standard
- by which customers can verify their anti-virus
- installations.
-
- To test your installation:
-
- 1. Copy the following line into its own file,
- then save the file with the name EICAR.COM.
-
- X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
-
- The file size will be 68 or 70 bytes.
-
- 2. Start your anti-virus software and allow it
- to scan the directory that contains
- EICAR.COM.
-
- When VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 scans this
- file, it will report finding the EICAR test
- file.
-
- 3. Delete the file when you have finished
- testing your installation to avoid alarming
- unsuspecting users.
-
- IMPORTANT:
- Please note that this file is NOT A VIRUS.
-
- _______________________________________________
- KNOWN ISSUES
-
- MOST IMPORTANT KNOWN ISSUE
-
- 1. Updating from a mapped drive only works if
- you are logged on when the update occurs and
- you have at least read rights to that mapped
- drive location. If no one is logged on to
- the system, or if you are logged on but do
- not have at least read rights to the mapped
- location, the update fails.
-
-
- ePOLICY ORCHESTRATOR COMPATABILITY ISSUES
-
- 1. If you use ePolicy Orchestrator 2.5.1 to
- force installation of VirusScan 4.5.1 and
- VirusScan Enterprise 7.0, ePolicy
- Orchestrator installs both products on the
- client computer. Normally in this situation,
- ePolicy Orchestrator should only install the
- more recent version, VirusScan Enterprise
- 7.0.
-
- 2. When using ePolicy Orchestrator 2.5.1 to
- force installation of NetShield 4.5 for
- Windows NT on a client system where
- VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 is already
- installed, ePolicy Orchestrator installs
- NetShield. Normally in this situation,
- ePolicy Orchestrator should recognize that a
- newer version, VirusScan Enterprise 7.0,
- already exists on the client system and not
- install the older version, NetShield 4.5.
-
- 3. When you are adding the McAfee AutoUpdate
- 7.0 policy to the software repository in
- ePolicy Orchestrator 2.5.1 and you are
- prompted to enable software deployment,
- select "No."
-
- If you select "Yes" the following errors may
- appear:
-
- - "Error downloading policy translation
- file for VIRUSSCAN7000. Do you want to
- continue?"
-
- - "Error downloading HTTP:\\...\POLICY.TPL.
- Do you want to continue?"
-
- Note that if you do select "Yes" and see
- these errors, they are harmless and can be
- ignored. After clicking "Yes" to both, you
- should see a confirmation message that the
- policy was added successfully.
-
- 4. Resumable scanning does not work for
- on-demand scan tasks created and deployed
- using ePolicy Orchestrator 2.5.1 or the beta
- version of ePolicy Orchestrator 3.0. This
- occurs if the on-demand scan created in
- ePolicy Orchestrator ends before the scan
- completes (due to a time-out, system
- shut-down, etc). When the on-demand scan
- task starts again, it begins scanning again
- at the beginning, rather than resume from
- the last file scanned.
-
-
- INSTALLING AND UPGRADING
-
- 1. Some install functionality is not present
- when you install using MSIEXEC.EXE. In
- particular, SETUP.EXE must be used to
- perform an upgrade or over-install of any
- McAfee or competitorÆs anti-virus product.
- If you do use MSIEXEC.EXE to install
- VirusScan, you must first remove any
- existing anti-virus products.
-
- 2. This release supports deployment using
- Administration Installation Points (AIP).
- However, you must run SETUP.EXE from the AIP
- to perform upgrades or to uninstall other
- anti-virus software. Note that if you
- deploy VirusScan Enterprise via Active
- Directory group policies, which installs
- using MSIEXEC.EXE, you must remove any
- existing anti-virus product prior to
- installing VirusScan Enterprise.
-
-
- UPDATING WITH AUTOUPDATE 7.0
-
- The "Known Issues" in this section pertain to
- updating using the new McAfee AutoUpdate 7.0
- component.
-
- 1. When editing the repository list to use a
- UNC path, the "Edit AutoUpdate Repository
- List" dialog box does not validate that the
- path entered is in fact a valid UNC share
- before accepting. Be sure that you enter a
- valid UNC server, share, and path name.
- Entering an invalid UNC path could cause
- problems with updating from this location.
-
- 2. If updating an EXTRA.DAT file manually, for
- example by copying it to the engine folder,
- you must restart the VirusScan Enterprise
- E-mail, On-Demand, and On-Access scanners
- before they can detect and use the new
- EXTRA.DAT file.
-
- - For E-mail Scan, close and then restart
- Microsoft Outlook.
-
- - For the On-Demand Scan, stop and re-start
- the on-demand scanner using the VirusScan
- Enterprise Console.
-
- - For On-Access Scan, disable and then
- re-enable the On-Access scanner using the
- VirusScan Enterprise Console.
-
- NOTE:
- Updating EXTRA.DATs using AutoUpdate does
- not require manually restarting
- scanners.
-
- 3. The AutoUpdate 7.0 component does not remove
- the update packages from the local update
- repository that was created during the
- update process when the update is not
- applied successfully.
-
- NOTE:
- If you are using ePolicy Orchestrator to
- deploy VirusScan Enterprise, the deployment
- package files (setup.exe and other
- supporting files) are intentionally left on
- the client computer after the product
- installation, regardless of whether the
- installation succeeds or fails.
-
- 4. When a user with user rights (as opposed to
- an administrator with administrative rights)
- rolls back DAT files, the following error
- occurs:
-
- "Failed to save the version of the DATs
- that have just been rolled back"
-
- This means that VirusScan Enterprise failed
- to create the correct registry key
- identifying that the rollback has occurred.
- Because of this, performing an update can
- allow the rolled-back DATs to be reapplied.
- This can cause problems if the rolled-back
- DAT versions were indeed corrupted (usually
- the reason for performing a DAT rollback).
-
- Normally, VirusScan Enterprise does not
- allow updating of DAT versions that have
- been rolled back.
-
- NOTE:
- This problem only occurs when a
- non-administrator performs the DAT rollback.
- When administrators do it, the rolled-back
- DAT versions cannot be applied through
- updating.
-
- 5. If you are using content scanning and
- filtering software on your network, you may
- experience some problems with updating. This
- can occur if your content filtering software
- modifies a McAfee update package.
-
-
- SCAN ISSUES
-
- 1. VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 is set by default
- to scan "All files" to ensure the best
- anti-virus protection. Previous versions of
- VirusScan and NetShield were set by default
- to scan "Default" files only. For a
- comparable level of protection and
- performance compared to past versions,
- configure VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 to scan
- only "Default + additional file types".
- Note, however, that because of other
- performance enhancements to this version of
- the software, leaving scan options set to
- "All files" may not cause any noticeable
- performance slow-down compared to older
- versions.
-
-
- _______________________________________________
- DOCUMENTATION
-
- This product includes a documentation set that
- consists of manuals saved in Adobe Acrobat
- Portable Document Format (.PDF) and an online
- Help system.
-
- Electronic copies of all product manuals are
- included on the product CD, or are available
- with the Network Associates
- PrimeSupport KnowledgeCenter Service Portal:
-
- https://mysupport.nai.com/login.asp
-
- A free copy of the latest version of Acrobat
- Reader comes with the product CD, or you can
- download any version from the Adobe web site:
-
- www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html
-
- This product includes the following
- documentation set:
-
- 1. VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 Installation Guide.
- This guide provides system requirements,
- instructions for installing the software and
- information on where to find the product
- documentation. A printed version of this
- guide accompanies the product CD. You can
- also access an online version of the manual
- from the product CD or from the McAfee
- download site. The online version is an
- Adobe Acrobat .PDF file.
-
- 2. VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 Product Guide. This
- guide introduces the product, documents
- product features, provides detailed
- instructions for configuring the software,
- and includes information on deployment as
- well as recurring tasks and operating
- procedures. It also provides a roadmap for
- getting additional information or help. An
- Adobe Acrobat .PDF version of this guide is
- stored on the product CD. You can also
- download a copy in .PDF format from the
- McAfee download site.
-
- 3. VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 Release Guide. This
- is a document that describes new, changed,
- or lost features from the previous releases
- of the VirusScan and NetShield products. An
- Adobe Acrobat .PDF version of this guide is
- available for download in .PDF format from
- the McAfee download site.
-
- 4. Online Help system. Online Help, accessed
- from within the software application, gives
- you quick access to hints and tips about
- using your software. Help includes
- field-level What's This? Topics and
- page-level context Help with links to more
- detailed and related information. Help also
- includes an overview of product features and
- step-by-step procedures for product
- features.
-
- 5. McAfee AutoUpdate Architect Product Guide.
- This guide introduces McAfee AutoUpdate
- Architect 1.0, the new management utility
- for maintaining your updating environment
- for VirusScan Enterprise 7.0. The Product
- Guide includes information for configuring
- VirusScan Enterprise update repositories
- using McAfee AutoUpdate Architect 1.0.
-
- NOTE:
- McAfee AutoUpdate Architect 1.0 is not
- required for VirusScan Enterprise 7.0
- updating to work. Rather, it is a utility
- for managing and customizing your
- environment of update repositories.
-
- 6. VirusScan Enterprise Configuration Guide for
- ePolicy Orchestrator 2.X. This guide is for
- users of ePolicy Orchestrator version 2.5,
- or 2.5.1 with VirusScan Enterprise 7.0.
-
- 7. Updating with VirusScan Enterprise
- Implementation Guide. This guide provides an
- overview of the VirusScan Enterprise
- updating process and the tools available for
- performing this task in mixed environments.
-
- 8. A LICENSE Agreement. This outlines the terms
- under which you may use the product. Read it
- carefully. If you install the product, you
- agree to the license terms.
-
- 9. This README file.
-
- 10. A CONTACT file. This file provides a list
- of phone numbers, street addresses, web
- addresses, and fax numbers for Network
- Associates offices in the United States and
- around the world. It also includes contact
- information for services, such as technical
- support, customer service, onsite training,
- and AVERT Anti-Virus Research Site.
-
-
- _______________________________________________
- CONTACTING MCAFEE AND NETWORK ASSOCIATES
-
- Technical Support
- http://knowledge.nai.com
-
-
- AVERT Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team
- www.mcafeeb2b.com/naicommon/avert/default.asp
-
-
- Download Site
- www.mcafeeb2b.com/naicommon/download/
-
- ftp://ftp.nai.com/pub/antivirus/datfiles/4.x
-
- DAT File Updates
- ftp://ftp.nai.com/commonupdater
-
- http://download.nai.com/products/commonupdate
-
- Product Upgrades
- www.mcafeeb2b.com/naicommon/download/upgrade/login.asp
-
- Valid grant number required.
- Contact Network Associates Customer
- Service
-
-
- On-Site Training Information
- www.mcafeeb2b.com/services/mcafee-training/default.asp
-
-
- Network Associates Customer Service
- US, Canada, and Latin America toll-free:
- Phone: +1-888-VIRUS NO or +1-888-847-8766
- Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.,
- Central Time
-
- E-mail: services_corporate_division@nai.com
- Web: www.nai.com
- www.mcafeeb2b.com
-
- For additional information on contacting
- Network Associates and McAfee û including
- toll-free numbers for other geographic areas --
- see the CONTACT file that accompanied your
- original product release.
-
-
- _______________________________________________
- COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK ATTRIBUTIONS
-
- (c) 2003 Networks Associates Technology, Inc.
- All Rights Reserved. No part of this
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