McAfee VirusScan Changelog

What's new in McAfee VirusScan 9.7.0

Oct 21, 2014
  • Includes these new features:
  • Support for Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite - This release supports Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, and the binaries are now v2 signed according to Apple guidelines.
  • Caution - You must upgrade McAfee Agent to McAfee Agent 4.8 for Mac with HF972377 before upgrading the operating system to Yosemite. Without the hotfix HF972377, McAfee Agent will not start on Yosemite. As a result, the communication between the ePolicy Orchestrator server and the Mac fails, and you would be unable to manage the Mac from ePolicy Orchestrator. For more information on the McAfee Agent for Mac 4.8 known issues with Yosemite, see McAfee KnowledgeBase article KB82993.
  • 5700 Engine support - Pre-packaged with the latest 5700 engine that provides enhanced detection capabilities.
  • Performance improvements - Enhanced real time scanning performance for Read, Read & Write scan configuration.

New in McAfee VirusScan 9.5.0 (Aug 14, 2013)

  • Anti-spyware protection
  • Pre-packaged with latest 5600 engine
  • Option to disable the local 4:45 p.m. update task from ePolicy Orchestrator.
  • Auto migration of ePolicy Orchestrator policies, tasks, and reports during the extension upgrade.
  • Improved performance and power management
  • Support for Spanish Language
  • Revamped product guide

New in McAfee VirusScan 8.6.1 (Jun 6, 2008)

  • Support for updating virus signatures (DATs) and scanning engine from ePolicy Orchestrator repositories
  • Support for updating virus signatures (DATs) and scanning engine from HTTP and local repositories
  • Support for specifying a list of FTP, HTTP, and/or local repositories for updating virus signatures (DATs) and scanning engine
  • Support for VirusScan for Mac deployment and inst allation from ePolicy Orchestrator
  • Support for installing HotFixes and Patches for VirusScan for Mac from ePolicy Orchestrator
  • Support for proxy server authentication
  • McAfee Agent 4.0 support
  • Addition of Minimum Escalation Requirements tool