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Title: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: havocknox on 13. August 2009., 20:19:48
Ok well I thought I would lay this out there for everyone.  Since I am a computer consultant and have access to things others don't, I have Windows 7 enterprise edition (retail version).  I will let you know I like this much better then Vista already, for it isn't sucking ram like a kid with there first coke.  But I have run into one issue and thought I would ask and seen if anyone has seen this.  I had McAfee Anti-virus 8.5i Patch 8 (thanks again Samker)  but it would not load on Windows 7 for me.  So I thought I would ask if any of you techies out there that have been playing with Windows 7, does McAfee 8.7i work with Windows 7 or am I stuck with Sophos as my new anti-virus.  Now, I like Sophos, but I like McAfee as well.  So let me know your thoughts and if anyone has 8.7 and it works with Windows 7 ??

Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: Samker on 13. August 2009., 21:47:13

I'm 99,9% sure that v8.7 work with Win.7, here is few official info from McAfee (March 2009): https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB61013
Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: wudz3 on 04. October 2009., 08:56:10
yeah 8.7i, runs in win7, im using it right now :) actually im working my way up to 25 posts and stay here forever, this is a great place..
Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: perico on 08. October 2009., 17:54:46
i confirm.8.7i work great with windows 7.if you don't have patch 2 you have a message but it's minor
Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: bobbintb on 09. October 2009., 18:29:45
there have been issues with 8.7 eating up memory though. not sure if the patch fixes it.
Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: heboman on 15. October 2009., 19:35:46
I am running 8.7 on windows 7 sdn and it is fine even without patches
Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: tikuna on 18. October 2009., 01:08:04
runnig VSE 8.7i + win 7 rtm x86 flawless.
Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: splur on 20. October 2009., 01:27:13
8.7i works fine on Windows 7, although watch out... when you run it on x64 it constantly warns you that something tries to terminate it when really that isn't a case.  It's something that should be fixed in Patch 2.
Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: waldo99 on 22. October 2009., 12:01:45
Patch 2 is what McAfee recommends.
Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: mercenary on 22. October 2009., 15:27:19
runnig VSE 8.7i + win 7 rtm x86 flawless.

This is what we use in our it world as well...  Looks like 8.5 may never work...
Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: pestebr on 24. October 2009., 06:10:13
the patch 2 is working fine? no bugs?
Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: CnF on 30. October 2009., 19:58:28
I'm going to install Win7 this weekend, and I intend to put 8.7i on it with patch 2.  Will post up if all goes smoothly.
Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: workingmanbh on 05. November 2009., 03:05:49
well, i'm just searching for the patch.
my mom is waiting for me to instal 7 on her dell notebook
Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: itnerdchris on 25. November 2009., 20:11:31
8.7 with Patch two is working fine for me on Windows 7 home.
Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: hazedaze on 18. January 2010., 13:45:44
We are testing v8.7 With Win 7, As 8.5 has problems with the framework service's not talking to the system properly becasue of the UAC stuff e.t.c.

Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: Manash on 19. January 2010., 21:34:47
But when i am trying to install mcafee 8.5i to my new win7 laptop its giving some compitibility issues massage and its not getting installed
Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: Samker on 20. January 2010., 07:23:03
But when i am trying to install mcafee 8.5i to my new win7 laptop its giving some compitibility issues massage and its not getting installed

I think that you'll need to install version 8.7 with latest Patch 2.

Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: net on 20. January 2010., 07:58:15
can u give me mcafee 8.7i with patch 2and tell me the differnce between 8.7 i and 8.5i
Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: Samker on 20. January 2010., 22:17:53
can u give me mcafee 8.7i with patch 2and tell me the differnce between 8.7 i and 8.5i

So sorry, but it's against SCF TOS to provide any kind of illegal downloads (full programs, cracks, serials etc.): http://scforum.info/index.php/topic,2.0.html (http://scforum.info/index.php/topic,2.0.html)
but if you want, you have possibility to download "McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.7i with Patch 2" Trial version from here: https://secure.nai.com/apps/downloads/free_evaluations/default.asp (https://secure.nai.com/apps/downloads/free_evaluations/default.asp)


FYI, version 8.7 is newer and better.
If you want, here is Link to related discussion (8.5 vs.8.7) at SCF: http://scforum.info/index.php/topic,2693.0.html (http://scforum.info/index.php/topic,2693.0.html)

Regards,

S.

Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: madchip on 13. March 2010., 16:04:59
 :) for my case mcafee 8.7i with patch2 run perfectly on win 7 pro
Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: Coffy_Fox on 28. March 2010., 04:20:18
Viruscan 8.7i with pacht 2 in Windows 7 Ultimate running perfectly
Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: blade86sam on 15. June 2010., 04:39:03
im running 8.7i Patch 2 under windows 7 ultimate x64 and for some reason, i get multiple running processes of conhost.exe and wscavexe.exe
i can get up to like 300+ extra running processes that end up starting up rendering my pc unresponsive to anything and therefore forcing me to restart. not sure what and why its doing this but im wondering if patch 3 fixes this, if it was a known issue.
Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: Samker on 15. June 2010., 06:01:13
im running 8.7i Patch 2 under windows 7 ultimate x64 and for some reason, i get multiple running processes of conhost.exe and wscavexe.exe
i can get up to like 300+ extra running processes that end up starting up rendering my pc unresponsive to anything and therefore forcing me to restart. not sure what and why its doing this but im wondering if patch 3 fixes this, if it was a known issue.

Hi blade86sam, you have all info's about Patch 3 here: http://scforum.info/index.php/topic,3901.0.html (http://scforum.info/index.php/topic,3901.0.html)

In few minutes I'll sent you pass. via PM.  ;)

Please, provide us info here: http://scforum.info/index.php/topic,4269.0.html (http://scforum.info/index.php/topic,4269.0.html) , did P3 resolve this problem??

Regards,

S.

Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: F3RL on 15. June 2010., 13:58:17
McAfee VirusScan 8.5i P8 and 8.7i P3 work flawlessly in both Windows 7 x86 and x64.
Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: blade86sam on 21. June 2010., 06:10:39
Hey thanks again for P3, so far so good, i haven't had any problems up till now "knocks on wood" lol.  :thumbsup:

my pc also has been starting up quicker too! woohoo thanks again! ill let you know if i run into any problems, but for now all is excellent!
Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: testuser on 05. August 2010., 06:31:53
8.7i works fine on Windows 7  32 bit version.....haven't tested it on 64 bit Windows 7.
Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: jennybond on 12. August 2010., 06:44:27
McAfee is Not Supported In the Window 7.I also Face same thing So now For the Temporary I just Switch on to Quick Heal and try to find out the McAfee for Window 7.
Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: Fintech on 13. August 2010., 10:07:17
8.7i works fine on Windows 7  32 bit version.... but is it however best, ::) there I don't take a stand! ;D
Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: bimen on 18. October 2010., 10:27:38
i 8.7i works fine on Windows 7
Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: diegodelta on 19. October 2010., 03:37:30
la verdad Mcafee 8.7 p3 me trabaja de maravilla en todos los OS windows que tengo. x64 y x86. ademas estoy en la espera del pacth 4 para poder optimizar el rendimiento de mi PC. me faltan unos post nada mas.

saludos desde Chaparral Tolima Colombia. ;D :up: :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Windows 7 and McAfee Antivirus
Post by: bugmenot on 19. October 2010., 09:21:28
it works ok