Topic: McAfee 8.5.01

[volks]

Hi there all, new member here and have a question regarding my McAfee 8.5.01 anti-virus program.
I have only patch 1 installed. Can someone please tell me what patch I should have.

Thanks

[Samker]

Hi there all, new member here and have a question regarding my McAfee 8.5.01 anti-virus program.
I have only patch 1 installed. Can someone please tell me what patch I should have.

Thanks

Hi Volks and Welcome to SCF Community.

Latest Patch for version 8.5 is No8, but this version isn't supported anymore, here you have detailed explanation and recommendation: http://scforum.info/index.php/topic,1697.msg15658.html#msg15658

Regards,

S.

[volks]

Thanks S. Have tried all the freebies in the past and keep going back to McAfee as it does a better job.
The reason for my qyestion in the first place is that I have noticed as of late that the Mcshield process sometimes hogs over 200,000 k of memory. If I terminate the process and the start it again it drops back down to the normal 70,000 K. I was wondering if patch 8 would resolve that issue. I can't yet confirm it, but it seems to tie in when I downloaded Firefox a little while ago, since I finally gave up on IE6.

[volks]

It would appear that Firefox is not the cause for the periodic spike in the Mcshield process.
It would also appear that patch 8 is no longer available, so I'll just have to live with patch 1 :-)
Thanks for the fast replies.

[jheysen]

That's a problem with how 8.5i handles the engine, that's corrected form 8.7i and on, but I personally recommend 8.8i, as it also reduces CPU usage

[Samker]

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It would also appear that patch 8 is no longer available, so I'll just have to live with patch 1 :-)

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I'm afraid that you'll need to change this version after 31-Dec-11. ... after that date it'll stop to receive Updates... 

[volks]

Oh that's bad news. I received this copy from my former employer's IT department, and the ownership has since changed. Any idea where I can get my hands on a legit copy of 8.8i ?

[Samker]

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Any idea where I can get my hands on a legit copy of 8.8i ?

Really don't know pal... 

It's against SCF's TOU and Board Rules to provide any illegal content: http://scforum.info/terms.html

[volks]

I never said illegal, I said legit.
Regardless, I did manage to get McAfee 8.8 from my former company.
Wow, what adifference from 8.5. Certainly not a resource hog anymore.

[jheysen]

I never said illegal, I said legit.
Regardless, I did manage to get McAfee 8.8 from my former company.
Wow, what adifference from 8.5. Certainly not a resource hog anymore.

Now if you run a full scan, the scanning caché will be persistent in time and shared by OAS and ODS, so it will perform even better