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David H. Lipman
I have documentation that v4.5.1 SP2 was to be released at the end of '03 to the beginning
of '04.
Was SP2 released ?
Dave
of '04.
Was SP2 released ?
Dave
M
Mal
David said:
Not sure it is going to be released...
http://www.nai.com/us/products/mcafee/end_of_life.htm
June 30 2005: All Platforms Windows 95/98/WinME/NT/2000/XP
Summary:
* This memo supercedes all previously published information.
* The End of Life for support of all platforms, Windows 95, Windows
98, and Windows ME platforms is 30 June 2005.
* VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1 is the last commercial anti-virus release
that will support the Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME operating
systems.*
* The current VirusScan release - VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 -
supports Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4 and an array of
Microsoft server operating systems but does not support Windows 95,
Windows 98, and Windows ME.
Details:
Product: VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1 is the last version that will support the
Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME operating systems. Future
releases of VirusScan will support Windows NT 4 and greater.
In order to provide AV protection for Win95/98/ME workstations while
customers migrate to newer operating systems, VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1
support will be maintained until 30 June 2005. The EOL date for
VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1 for Windows 95, Windows 98, WinME and all other
platforms is 30 June 2005.
Support for VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1 up until June 2004 will include
Technical Support, bug fixes as needed, and/or additional service packs
as needed. Feature enhancements (new capabilities never provided before)
will not be added to VirusScan 4.5.1. Between June 2004 and the final
EOL date (June 2005) support for VirusScan 4.5.1 will consist of testing
with DATs and engines only. * This announcement covers plans for
commercial McAfee Security anti-virus products only (those described on
http://www.networkassociates.com/us/products/mcafee/enterprise_home.asp)
and does not make any statements regarding McAfee retail products (those
described on http://www.mcafee.com/) nor McAfee anti-virus managed
services (those described on http://www.mcafeeasap.com/).
McAfee will provide for the availability of a Custom Support option for
VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1 users beyond June 30, 2005. The plan outlined below
will provide you with data on what you can expect from McAfee Security
relative to the Custom Support option.
Lifecycle Milestones:
End of Sale: 30 June, 2004
End of Full Service Support (EOS): 30 June, 2005
Custom Support Availability: 1 July, 2005 through 30 June, 2006
Details:
* McAfee's support policy is N-1 product versions. With the release
of VirusScan 7.5 in June 2004, the supported versions of VirusScan
Enterprise will be VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 w/MSP or VirusScan
Enterprise 7.1 and VirusScan Enterprise 7.5. VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1 will
cease to be a current version as of 30 June, 2004.
* VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1 will continue to be supported with .DATs,
engines, and technical support through 30 June, 2005. McAfee will
continue to support current customers who choose to use VirusScan 4.5.1
SP1 through a Custom Support arrangement. Customers requesting support
coverage for VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1 between 1 July, 2005 and 30 June, 2006
will be able to acquire the support through an uplift to their current
support contract.
* Custom support will provide best effort workarounds, .DAT file
and engine testing.
Uplift pricing is yet to be determined.
D
David H. Lipman
Thanx...
The McAfee EoL site indicates...
"Future releases of VirusScan will support Windows NT 4 and greater." -- Too bad NT4 is
already a dead product !
V7.1E is good but in some ways it sucks.
Problems with v7.1
- No longer interprets VSC files <-- { this is very irritating and is a BIG mistake ! }
- Overzealous in reporting and alerting. Like I really need to know when the workstation
service is started or stopped or when Outlook 2002 is started and the following crap is
logged...
4/2/2004 3:37 PM On-Delivery E-mail Scan Started
4/2/2004 3:42 PM Scan Complete
All I need logged is virus events !
- Can't find a way to run a scheduled scan invisibly
- Cant tell SCAN32.exe on the command line where to log
I'd like to use v4.5.1 with WinXP Pro a bit longer but I have run into a bug with XP that I
don't experience with Win2K and I have been recently mandated to replace Win2K with WinXP on
*all* desktops and notebooks. I was hoping the SP2 HotFix would address the bug.
Dave
| David H. Lipman wrote:
|
| > I have documentation that v4.5.1 SP2 was to be released at the end of '03 to the
beginning
| > of '04.
| >
| > Was SP2 released ?
| >
| > Dave
| >
| >
|
| Not sure it is going to be released...
|
| http://www.nai.com/us/products/mcafee/end_of_life.htm
|
| June 30 2005: All Platforms Windows 95/98/WinME/NT/2000/XP
| Summary:
|
| * This memo supercedes all previously published information.
| * The End of Life for support of all platforms, Windows 95, Windows
| 98, and Windows ME platforms is 30 June 2005.
| * VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1 is the last commercial anti-virus release
| that will support the Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME operating
| systems.*
| * The current VirusScan release - VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 -
| supports Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4 and an array of
| Microsoft server operating systems but does not support Windows 95,
| Windows 98, and Windows ME.
|
| Details:
|
| Product: VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1 is the last version that will support the
| Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME operating systems. Future
| releases of VirusScan will support Windows NT 4 and greater.
|
| In order to provide AV protection for Win95/98/ME workstations while
| customers migrate to newer operating systems, VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1
| support will be maintained until 30 June 2005. The EOL date for
| VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1 for Windows 95, Windows 98, WinME and all other
| platforms is 30 June 2005.
|
| Support for VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1 up until June 2004 will include
| Technical Support, bug fixes as needed, and/or additional service packs
| as needed. Feature enhancements (new capabilities never provided before)
| will not be added to VirusScan 4.5.1. Between June 2004 and the final
| EOL date (June 2005) support for VirusScan 4.5.1 will consist of testing
| with DATs and engines only. * This announcement covers plans for
| commercial McAfee Security anti-virus products only (those described on
| http://www.networkassociates.com/us/products/mcafee/enterprise_home.asp)
| and does not make any statements regarding McAfee retail products (those
| described on http://www.mcafee.com/) nor McAfee anti-virus managed
| services (those described on http://www.mcafeeasap.com/).
|
| McAfee will provide for the availability of a Custom Support option for
| VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1 users beyond June 30, 2005. The plan outlined below
| will provide you with data on what you can expect from McAfee Security
| relative to the Custom Support option.
|
| Lifecycle Milestones:
| End of Sale: 30 June, 2004
| End of Full Service Support (EOS): 30 June, 2005
| Custom Support Availability: 1 July, 2005 through 30 June, 2006
|
| Details:
|
| * McAfee's support policy is N-1 product versions. With the release
| of VirusScan 7.5 in June 2004, the supported versions of VirusScan
| Enterprise will be VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 w/MSP or VirusScan
| Enterprise 7.1 and VirusScan Enterprise 7.5. VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1 will
| cease to be a current version as of 30 June, 2004.
| * VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1 will continue to be supported with .DATs,
| engines, and technical support through 30 June, 2005. McAfee will
| continue to support current customers who choose to use VirusScan 4.5.1
| SP1 through a Custom Support arrangement. Customers requesting support
| coverage for VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1 between 1 July, 2005 and 30 June, 2006
| will be able to acquire the support through an uplift to their current
| support contract.
| * Custom support will provide best effort workarounds, .DAT file
| and engine testing.
|
| Uplift pricing is yet to be determined.
The McAfee EoL site indicates...
"Future releases of VirusScan will support Windows NT 4 and greater." -- Too bad NT4 is
already a dead product !
V7.1E is good but in some ways it sucks.
Problems with v7.1
- No longer interprets VSC files <-- { this is very irritating and is a BIG mistake ! }
- Overzealous in reporting and alerting. Like I really need to know when the workstation
service is started or stopped or when Outlook 2002 is started and the following crap is
logged...
4/2/2004 3:37 PM On-Delivery E-mail Scan Started
4/2/2004 3:42 PM Scan Complete
All I need logged is virus events !
- Can't find a way to run a scheduled scan invisibly
- Cant tell SCAN32.exe on the command line where to log
I'd like to use v4.5.1 with WinXP Pro a bit longer but I have run into a bug with XP that I
don't experience with Win2K and I have been recently mandated to replace Win2K with WinXP on
*all* desktops and notebooks. I was hoping the SP2 HotFix would address the bug.
Dave
| David H. Lipman wrote:
|
| > I have documentation that v4.5.1 SP2 was to be released at the end of '03 to the
beginning
| > of '04.
| >
| > Was SP2 released ?
| >
| > Dave
| >
| >
|
| Not sure it is going to be released...
|
| http://www.nai.com/us/products/mcafee/end_of_life.htm
|
| June 30 2005: All Platforms Windows 95/98/WinME/NT/2000/XP
| Summary:
|
| * This memo supercedes all previously published information.
| * The End of Life for support of all platforms, Windows 95, Windows
| 98, and Windows ME platforms is 30 June 2005.
| * VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1 is the last commercial anti-virus release
| that will support the Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME operating
| systems.*
| * The current VirusScan release - VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 -
| supports Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4 and an array of
| Microsoft server operating systems but does not support Windows 95,
| Windows 98, and Windows ME.
|
| Details:
|
| Product: VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1 is the last version that will support the
| Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME operating systems. Future
| releases of VirusScan will support Windows NT 4 and greater.
|
| In order to provide AV protection for Win95/98/ME workstations while
| customers migrate to newer operating systems, VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1
| support will be maintained until 30 June 2005. The EOL date for
| VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1 for Windows 95, Windows 98, WinME and all other
| platforms is 30 June 2005.
|
| Support for VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1 up until June 2004 will include
| Technical Support, bug fixes as needed, and/or additional service packs
| as needed. Feature enhancements (new capabilities never provided before)
| will not be added to VirusScan 4.5.1. Between June 2004 and the final
| EOL date (June 2005) support for VirusScan 4.5.1 will consist of testing
| with DATs and engines only. * This announcement covers plans for
| commercial McAfee Security anti-virus products only (those described on
| http://www.networkassociates.com/us/products/mcafee/enterprise_home.asp)
| and does not make any statements regarding McAfee retail products (those
| described on http://www.mcafee.com/) nor McAfee anti-virus managed
| services (those described on http://www.mcafeeasap.com/).
|
| McAfee will provide for the availability of a Custom Support option for
| VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1 users beyond June 30, 2005. The plan outlined below
| will provide you with data on what you can expect from McAfee Security
| relative to the Custom Support option.
|
| Lifecycle Milestones:
| End of Sale: 30 June, 2004
| End of Full Service Support (EOS): 30 June, 2005
| Custom Support Availability: 1 July, 2005 through 30 June, 2006
|
| Details:
|
| * McAfee's support policy is N-1 product versions. With the release
| of VirusScan 7.5 in June 2004, the supported versions of VirusScan
| Enterprise will be VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 w/MSP or VirusScan
| Enterprise 7.1 and VirusScan Enterprise 7.5. VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1 will
| cease to be a current version as of 30 June, 2004.
| * VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1 will continue to be supported with .DATs,
| engines, and technical support through 30 June, 2005. McAfee will
| continue to support current customers who choose to use VirusScan 4.5.1
| SP1 through a Custom Support arrangement. Customers requesting support
| coverage for VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1 between 1 July, 2005 and 30 June, 2006
| will be able to acquire the support through an uplift to their current
| support contract.
| * Custom support will provide best effort workarounds, .DAT file
| and engine testing.
|
| Uplift pricing is yet to be determined.
M
Mal
Comments inline
Personally I like it a lot more than 4.5.1 - less problems with timeing
out on scans, smaller footprint, allows update of extra.dat without
having to stuff around with repacking zip files etc.
Don't know why, not sure how to overcome this.
There should be a reg hack to resolve this, contact McAfee support.
Pretty sure you can, Don't have 7.l installed for a cpl of reasons at
the moment, so can't work out how but IIRC, there was minimised,
invisible and maximised available as options.
Not sure here. Don't use the feature.
If you have a bug, report it via your enterprise support channels/ESAM
if applicable). If the bug is big enough than a hotfix may be created
for you.
Personally I like it a lot more than 4.5.1 - less problems with timeing
out on scans, smaller footprint, allows update of extra.dat without
having to stuff around with repacking zip files etc.
Don't know why, not sure how to overcome this.
There should be a reg hack to resolve this, contact McAfee support.
Pretty sure you can, Don't have 7.l installed for a cpl of reasons at
the moment, so can't work out how but IIRC, there was minimised,
invisible and maximised available as options.
Not sure here. Don't use the feature.
If you have a bug, report it via your enterprise support channels/ESAM
if applicable). If the bug is big enough than a hotfix may be created
for you.
D
David H. Lipman
Which brings us back to why I asked about SP2 
Thanx for the info.
Dave
| If you have a bug, report it via your enterprise support channels/ESAM
| if applicable). If the bug is big enough than a hotfix may be created
| for you.
Thanx for the info.
Dave
| If you have a bug, report it via your enterprise support channels/ESAM
| if applicable). If the bug is big enough than a hotfix may be created
| for you.
M
Mal
David said:Which brings us back to why I asked about SP2
Thanx for the info.
Dave
There are numerous hotfixes for SP1 already - seeing SP2 looks like it
won't get released then they won't be merged into a single SP. Hotfixes
(recently renamed to patches) are released quite a bit for various
issues seen in the field.
You may already know this, but search for the techdoc NAI10000 at
mysupport.nai.com (no login required) to see some of the published
hotfixes for SP1. Your issue may already be patched.
D
David H. Lipman
Mal:
The following *may* address my issues. Now if I can only get them to try them out....
NAI29007: "HotFix 40 for VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1"
NAI29008: "HotFix 42 for VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1"
Dave
| David H. Lipman wrote:
|
| > Which brings us back to why I asked about SP2
| >
| > Thanx for the info.
| >
| > Dave
| >
|
| There are numerous hotfixes for SP1 already - seeing SP2 looks like it
| won't get released then they won't be merged into a single SP. Hotfixes
| (recently renamed to patches) are released quite a bit for various
| issues seen in the field.
|
| You may already know this, but search for the techdoc NAI10000 at
| mysupport.nai.com (no login required) to see some of the published
| hotfixes for SP1. Your issue may already be patched.
The following *may* address my issues. Now if I can only get them to try them out....
NAI29007: "HotFix 40 for VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1"
NAI29008: "HotFix 42 for VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1"
Dave
| David H. Lipman wrote:
|
| > Which brings us back to why I asked about SP2
| >
| > Thanx for the info.
| >
| > Dave
| >
|
| There are numerous hotfixes for SP1 already - seeing SP2 looks like it
| won't get released then they won't be merged into a single SP. Hotfixes
| (recently renamed to patches) are released quite a bit for various
| issues seen in the field.
|
| You may already know this, but search for the techdoc NAI10000 at
| mysupport.nai.com (no login required) to see some of the published
| hotfixes for SP1. Your issue may already be patched.
P
Peacekeeper
In case above does not solve your problem I have asked mcafee for comment re
sp2.
Peace
sp2.
Peace
P
Peacekeeper
David if those "fixs" no joy can you post what the issue is and I will ask.
General feeling from the mods at the mcafee forums is sp1 is it for 4.5.1.
General feeling from the mods at the mcafee forums is sp1 is it for 4.5.1.
D
David H. Lipman
Thanx Peacekeeper.
I have requested the "agency" who has the contract to obtain the identified HotFixes. They
are slow to react and it could take a week or two to even get a reply back !
As for the actual problem, I'm not ready to delineate it until options are used up then I
will post the problem.
I'd like you to know I have gone to the McAfee AV forums web site and registered - twice.
Created two accounts. One using my Verizon email address and one using my "professional"
(and private) email address. In both cases the account was supposedly created and was
informed to complete the process I would receive email to finish the registration process.
In both cases the email was NEVER received.
If you have the ability to look into the problem at http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/index.php
please do so. Just make sure my professional email address is kept private.
Thanx....
Dave
| David if those "fixs" no joy can you post what the issue is and I will ask.
|
| General feeling from the mods at the mcafee forums is sp1 is it for 4.5.1.
|
|
I have requested the "agency" who has the contract to obtain the identified HotFixes. They
are slow to react and it could take a week or two to even get a reply back !
As for the actual problem, I'm not ready to delineate it until options are used up then I
will post the problem.
I'd like you to know I have gone to the McAfee AV forums web site and registered - twice.
Created two accounts. One using my Verizon email address and one using my "professional"
(and private) email address. In both cases the account was supposedly created and was
informed to complete the process I would receive email to finish the registration process.
In both cases the email was NEVER received.
If you have the ability to look into the problem at http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/index.php
please do so. Just make sure my professional email address is kept private.
Thanx....
Dave
| David if those "fixs" no joy can you post what the issue is and I will ask.
|
| General feeling from the mods at the mcafee forums is sp1 is it for 4.5.1.
|
|