Joe User 99 Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 McAfee VirusScan Enterprise Edition 8.0i released Aug 25th. Everyone, I am pleased to announce that we are in the process of posting VSE 8.0i for general availability via the McAfee website on August 25th, 2004. This process does take some time to populate to servers and then QA downloads and validates the packages, so realistically you can expect to grab the packages at 7 or 8 PM PST tonight. We will be posting English, German, French, Japanese, Spanish and Simplified Chinese packages and documentation. Then in 2 weeks the rest of our 13 supported languages will be made available. We greatly appreciate everyone's patience and focus on getting the facts to us and helping us to assure the quality of the release. The Beta email lists will be shutdown today. Thank you for your active participation and stay tuned for more information on future developments. For those who have expressed particular interest in a topic, for example the Potentially Unwanted Programs, our Product Management will keep you informed separately regarding further developments and opportunities for input and participation. VirusScan 8.0i Product Information Page Also released: McAfee Installation Designer 8.0 (For creating custom installs) McAfee Alert Manager 4.7.1 If you have your grant number, all are available for download directly from Enterprise & Small Business Product Upgrade page Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209058-mcafee-virusscan-enterprise-80i/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
b3ta Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 AWESOME! :fun: Got my Grant Number - downloading now! It's going to be exciting to see how the firewall has been integrated into the Virus Scanner. (Y) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209058-mcafee-virusscan-enterprise-80i/#findComment-584438476 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadishTM Veteran Posted August 26, 2004 Veteran Share Posted August 26, 2004 I tried the beta version of this through my college. Very simple interface, nice on-demand scanning, and the intrusion/buffer overflow detection was great without the need for a commerical firewall. Radish? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209058-mcafee-virusscan-enterprise-80i/#findComment-584438581 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmoth Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 The question is, does it find and kill viruses? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209058-mcafee-virusscan-enterprise-80i/#findComment-584438711 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 The question is, does it find and kill viruses? Bigger question: Does it Hog & slow down the PC ? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209058-mcafee-virusscan-enterprise-80i/#findComment-584438752 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joker999 Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Bigger question: Does it Hog & slow down the PC ? on which brand HDD and RPM. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209058-mcafee-virusscan-enterprise-80i/#findComment-584438765 Share on other sites More sharing options...
levijay Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 been using this since its beta started... fav AV imo :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209058-mcafee-virusscan-enterprise-80i/#findComment-584438776 Share on other sites More sharing options...
b3ta Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Bigger question: Does it Hog & slow down the PC ? It's far superior to Symantec AV in this area, I notice no slowdown - and it's as good as Symantec in detection rates. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209058-mcafee-virusscan-enterprise-80i/#findComment-584438785 Share on other sites More sharing options...
b3ta Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 The question is, does it find and kill viruses? Well it is only one of the most renown antivirus scanners on the market. So I'd say "sure" it detects and sends viruses to a firery hell. :devil: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209058-mcafee-virusscan-enterprise-80i/#findComment-584438792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadishTM Veteran Posted August 26, 2004 Veteran Share Posted August 26, 2004 Bigger question: Does it Hog & slow down the PC ? Another bigger question: Are you going to pirate it? Radish? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209058-mcafee-virusscan-enterprise-80i/#findComment-584438829 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 (edited) Another bigger question: Are you going to pirate it?Radish? Piracy is a big no no for me. I'm just throwing out questions for you guys who have tested it. edit: Using Panda right now. 1 yr free tria:yes:yes: Edited August 26, 2004 by jerry Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209058-mcafee-virusscan-enterprise-80i/#findComment-584438854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadishTM Veteran Posted August 26, 2004 Veteran Share Posted August 26, 2004 Piracy is a big no no for me. I'm just throwing out questions for you guys who have tested it. Good (Y) :) Radish? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209058-mcafee-virusscan-enterprise-80i/#findComment-584438861 Share on other sites More sharing options...
b3ta Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 I'm lucky enough to work where we have a Grant Number and an extended license from McAfee for Staff to use this product at home. So I'm happy not to have to buy it. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209058-mcafee-virusscan-enterprise-80i/#findComment-584438877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe User 99 Posted August 27, 2004 Author Share Posted August 27, 2004 It works great. We are using the entire suite here at work. The Installation Designer lets you customize the install, including schedules, updating, alerting, policies, etc. The AutoUpdate Architect is a managed intranet DAT repository (Kinda like a windows update for AV) The Alert Manager can email, page, broadcast, etc virus outbreaks, etc. It's working so good, it's sending alerts to things not expected. I had one yesterday, where the guy had his resume' and some job postings on a floppy that he was working on, and it caught a macro virus in them, and alerted us. So now his boss knows he is job hunting on company time. :devil: It's catching all kinds of adware, etc. And if you decide you want to change settings on it at a later date, you can create a new set of settings and push them, and they take effect on reboot, without having to uninstall and reinstall the full client. And the new features of 8.0 are real nice, by default, it prevents IE, and Outlook from creating/running various extensions, allows you to block certain ports, but still specifiy applications which are allowed to use them. Has buffer overrun protection, integrates into the Windows Scripting, to help prevent script viruses. All kinds of goodness. :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209058-mcafee-virusscan-enterprise-80i/#findComment-584441990 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steffan Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 is it better then 7.1? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209058-mcafee-virusscan-enterprise-80i/#findComment-584442236 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaPrime Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 Piracy is a big no no for me. I'm just throwing out questions for you guys who have tested it.edit: Using Panda right now. 1 yr free trial. :yes: How did you get the 1 year free trial? I got the full version of a security campaign website sponsored by Panda but you need to register it after 30 days for updates. This new version of VirusScan also looks quite good. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209058-mcafee-virusscan-enterprise-80i/#findComment-584442241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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