McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine - Windows Command Line 5.3.00 RC

Product Overview

To aid continuous improvement of our Anti-Virus Scanning Engine we will be releasing regular Beta Engines throughout the development of the 5300 Anti-Virus Scanning Engine, allowing for regular feedback from the Beta community. This will enable you to be directly involved in the quality of our Anti-virus Scanning Engine, which forms the core malware detection and repair component of many McAfee products, throughout our development cycle of the 5300 Anti-Virus Scanning Engine.

Releases of the Beta Engines will be made at incremental points throughout the feature development of the new Anti-Virus Engine. We are expecting to release a new Beta Anti-Virus Scanning Engine every month, with the aim of releasing the 5300 Anti-Virus Scanning Engine during the second half of 2008.

The current Anti-Virus Engine release is:

RC - Jul


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New Product Features

  • Improved automatic identification and removal of malware delivering to the customer the next generation of best-of-breed Anti-Virus Scanning Engines. The 5300 Anti-Virus Scanning Engine offers improved protection against existing, new and future threats and increases the depth and breadth of the protection McAfee provide our customers.
  • 100% drop-in compatibility with the existing McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine and DAT files. It's easy to upgrade; just replace your existing Engine with the new version and you're protected.
  • Enhanced support for detection and repair for Office 12 documents, as well as improved ZIP file support.
  • Support for Solaris 10 on Intel x86 and x64.
  • Support for FreeBSD 6.2 and 7.0
  • Support for HP-UX 11i v3 on PA-Risc

SystemRequirements

Microsoft Platforms Supported

  • Windows NT
  • Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
  • Windows XP
  • Windows Server 2003
  • Windows Vista 
  • Windows Server 2008

Important Note

  • Please note that these packages do NOT support Windows 9.x or Windows ME. The 5300 Engine will continue to support these platforms, however access to these engine packages will be via the McAfee support portal only for customers with valid support contracts.

Supporting Documentation:

Notes:

Unsupported McAfee Products

  • VirusScan Online
  • VirusScan ASaP
  • VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1
  • VirusScan Enterprise 7.1

and earlier versions