Topic: between mcafee vse 8.5i and mcafee vse 8.7i

[einherjar]

hello there its been a long time since my last post

its almost 8 months since im using mcafee 8.5i and i have no problems sooo far.. anywayz i have a question.. i got this mcafee vse 8.7i.. whats best choice? should i use this vse 8.7i or continue on vse 8.5i.. my os is still vista home premium (32 bit).. also im planning on changing my os to windows 7.. but i think im gonna still use vista for a WHILE since i dont have the money  thanks in advance for the reply 

[Samker]

Hi E. and Welcome back to SCF. 

My suggestion is to upgrade your McAfee to version 8.7.

Main reason is that version 8.5 will "lose" technical support in 2011. (End of Life): http://www.mcafee.com/us/enterprise/support/customer_service/end_life.html

Additionally, please check "older" Topics related to v. 8.7 and your question:

http://scforum.info/index.php/topic,2693.0.html

http://scforum.info/index.php/topic,1787.0.html

http://scforum.info/index.php/topic,1806.0.html


Hope these information will help you to decide??

cya around SCF,

S.

[einherjar]

Hi E. and Welcome back to SCF. 

My suggestion is to upgrade your McAfee to version 8.7.

Main reason is that version 8.5 will "lose" technical support in 2011. (End of Life): http://www.mcafee.com/us/enterprise/support/customer_service/end_life.html

Additionally, please check "older" Topics related to v. 8.7 and your question:

http://scforum.info/index.php/topic,2693.0.html

http://scforum.info/index.php/topic,1787.0.html

http://scforum.info/index.php/topic,1806.0.html


Hope these information will help you to decide??

cya around SCF,

S.

thanks for the info... then mcafee vse 8.7i it is.. since there is an expiration on vse 8.5.. and 8.7 is compatible to windws 7.. anywayz again tnx..glad i could count on this site 

[Samker]

thanks for the info... then mcafee vse 8.7i it is.. since there is an expiration on vse 8.5.. and 8.7 is compatible to windws 7.. anywayz again tnx..glad i could count on this site 

Of course E.

We're here 24/7, because of SCF Members. 

[krrjhn]

I think you may try the upcoming version of 2011,it may have advace features!!

[einherjar]

ok i got already the mcafee 8.7i it says with Patch repost 3.. what does this mean? does this mean i have a patch 3?. also last time my vse 8.5 had no patch and i just got the patch you provided to me (thnx for that ) are this patches really matters? thanks in advance for the reply 

[Samker]

You can check your Patch version on this way... simply make a right click with your mouse on a McAfee shield (near a clock), choose about VirusScan Enterprise..., after that you'll see "Installed Patches:" and your Patch number.

Anyway, latest one is No.4: http://scforum.info/index.php/topic,4584.0.html and you'll receive pass in a min. via PM.

Regards,

S.

[einherjar]

thanks samker.. ok i just installed it and update (i didnt applied the patch 4 yet).. the current patch was 3 when i looked the about mcafee

- and then i applied the patch 4 (i click the setup.exe)
- after installed the patch in about mcafee window is now patch 4..
- then i click update now and this is my result it says here:
"Updates where not applied because packages were not in the repository:..."


is this ok?

[Samker]

Don't worry pal, I was check your screen-shoots and everything is OK.

Take a look carefully second pic "McAfee About" and you'll see "Buffer Overflow and  Access Protection........ 516" and below them "Installed Patches.... 4".


Your question/problem is related with first pic, and there is also everything fine since I see these message "Product running the latest BOC.DAT".

These message "Updates where not applied because packages were not in the repository:..." is related to one older Topic and you'll there find explanation (in short, it's "normal"...): http://scforum.info/index.php/topic,4108.0.html

Regards,

S.

[einherjar]

oh i see

thanks again.. again i learn something new

.. anywyz tnx for the patch again.. and about the issue on windows not reporting about mcafee is fixed..(last time was on 8.5i even the with latest patch you gave me) but now the 8.7 is better..

well if something goes wrong again.. i could always count on this site.. cheers