Post Description

Purpose
This hotfix ensures appropriate security permissions are enforced when the Access Protection feature is enabled to allow for a successful migration to the new AAC based Access Protection engine. Without this hotfix, when the Access Protection feature is enabled (default configuration) and the product is upgraded to use the new AAC based Access Protection engine, some functional aspects of the product and possibly other products, installed on the same endpoint benefiting from the Access Protection, may be impacted and trigger Access Protection rules by error.

Rating
High Priority – McAfee rates this release as a high priority for all environments to avoid a potential business impact. This update should be applied as soon as possible.
For more information about patch ratings, refer to McAfee KnowledgeBase article KB51560.

Resolved issues
These issues are resolved in this release of the product. For a list of issues fixed in earlier releases, see the Release Notes for the specific release.

Reference     Issue description
1090227       The event parser correctly parses threat detection events.
1010556       A timing issues is fixed so that On Access scanner now reports a proper status to Windows Security Center. (Resolved in Patch 6.)

Installation instructions
For information about installing or upgrading VirusScan Enterprise software, see McAfee VirusScan Enterprise Installation Guide.

Requirements
Make sure that your system meets these requirements before installing the software.
This release requires VirusScan Enterprise 8.8 Patch 5 or Patch 6.
This hotfix should be installed with Agent 4.8.0.1938 or Agent 5.0.2.188 already installed.
You must reboot the system after installation. The package installation does not force the reboot, but the end user will be prompted to reboot after successful installation for both local and McAfee ePO-managed deployments.

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Task
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2 In the Knowledge Base pane, click a content source:
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3 Select Do not clear my filters.
4 Enter a product, select a version, then click Search to display a list of documents.