
 Release Notes for McAfee VirusScan Enterprise
                 Version 7.0.0
                     Beta 2
 (c) 2002 Networks Associates Technology, Inc.
              All Rights Reserved




   - DAT Version:       4236
   - Engine Version:    4.2.40

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Thank you for using VirusScan Enterprise
software. This file contains important
information regarding this release. We strongly
recommend that you read the entire document.


   IMPORTANT:
   McAfee strongly recommends that you use any
   pre-release software (beta or release
   candidate) in a test environment only.
   Pre-release software should not be installed
   in a production environment.

   McAfee does not support upgrading from a
   pre-release version of the software. To
   upgrade to a later beta release, a release
   candidate, or a production release of the
   software, you must first uninstall the
   existing version of the software.


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WHAT'S IN THIS FILE

-  New Features
-  System Requirements & Installation
   -  Testing Your Installation
-  Resolved Issues
-  Known Issues
-  Documentation
-  Participating in the McAfee Beta Program
   -  Frequently Asked Questions About the
      VirusScan Beta Program
-  Copyright and Trademark Attributions
   -  Trademarks
   -  License Agreement


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NEW FEATURES

This section contains a brief summary of the
key new and changed features for VirusScan
Enterprise 7.0. For a complete list of new and
changed product features, see the VirusScan
Enterprise 7.0 Release Guide. The Release Guide
is available for download from the McAfee beta
web site.

-  File server and desktop configurations are
   now served by one product. VirusScan
   Enterprise 7.0 combines the VirusScan and
   NetShield products into one solution that
   can be installed on both servers and
   desktops.

-  Support for Microsoft .NET server operating
   systems.

-  Update Improvements:
   -  AutoUpdate for full DAT files,
      incremental DATs, EXTRA.DATs, engines,
      Service Packs, and HotFixes.
   -  Mirrored updating for both desktops and
      servers.
   -  Updating via HTTP, FTP (passive or
      active), UNC share, local drive, or
      mapped drive.
   -  Updating from the nearest server for
      conservation of bandwidth.
   -  Ability to configure a postponed update.
   -  Resumable updating after transfer
      interruption (when used with ePolicy
      Orchestrator).
   -  "Update Now" single-click updating.

-  Scanning Improvements:
   -  Faster scanning performance.
   -  Resumable on-demand scanning allows you
      to better control when and how often
      scans run.
   -  Scan options for High-Risk and Low-Risk
      programs.

-  Support for Fast User Switching on Windows
   XP.

-  Improved ability to make changes to
   configurations after deployment using McAfee
   Installation Designer 7.0.

-  Ability for an administrator to limit the
   user interface visible to an end user.

-  English language version runs on localized
   operating systems.


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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS & INSTALLATION

See the VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 Installation
Guide for details on installing the product.
The Installation Guide is available for
download from the McAfee beta web site.


TESTING YOUR INSTALLATION

You can test the operation of the software by
running the EICAR Standard AntiVirus Test File
on any computer where you have installed the
software. The EICAR Standard AntiVirus Test
File is a combined effort by anti-virus vendors
throughout the world to implement one standard
by which customers can verify their anti-virus
installations.

To test your installation:

1. Copy the following line into its own file,
   then save the file with the name EICAR.COM.

      X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*

   The file size will be 68 or 70 bytes.

2. Start your anti-virus software and allow it
   to scan the directory that contains
   EICAR.COM.

   When VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 scans this
   file, it will report finding the EICAR test
   file.

3. Delete the file when you have finished
   testing your installation to avoid alarming
   unsuspecting users.

   IMPORTANT:
   Please note that this file is NOT A VIRUS.


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RESOLVED ISSUES

The following list describes issues from the
initial beta 1 release of VirusScan Enterprise
7.0 that have been resolved with this beta 2
release.

1. ISSUE:
   For the beta 1 release, VirusScan Enterprise
   7.0 for Windows .NET server was not yet
   supported. AutoUpdate did not work and
   scheduled tasks did not run and generated
   errors.

   RESOLUTION:
   This issue was resolved for the beta 1
   refresh release.

4. ISSUE:
   For the beta 1 release, if, during a custom
   installation, you installed the On-Access
   Scanner without installing the On-Demand
   Scanner or AutoUpdate, the On-Access Scanner
   failed to start and could not be restarted
   if stopped.

   RESOLUTION:
   This issue was resolved for the beta 1
   refresh release.

5. ISSUE:
   After installing the product on a terminal
   server, Windows sometimes displayed a
   "Terminal Server install Failure" error,
   even though VirusScan Enterprise installed
   successfully.

   RESOLUTION:
   This issue was resolved for the beta 1
   refresh release.

6. ISSUE:
   The beta 1 installation package did not
   provide the option to remove an existing
   instance of Norton AntiVirus 2002 software,
   and you had to manually uninstall Norton
   AntiVirus.

   RESOLUTION:
   This issue was resolved for the beta 1
   refresh release. You can now select the
   option to uninstall Norton AntiVirus
   software automatically.

7. ISSUE:
   HTTP-based update sites requiring
   authentication were not supported in the
   beta 1 release. Using an HTTP-based site
   requiring authentication for connection
   caused update requests by the McAfee
   AutoUpdate component to fail.

   RESOLUTION:
   This issue was resolved for the beta 1
   refresh release.

8. ISSUE:
   When importing a site list file
   (SITELIST.XML), you may have received an
   error message stating "Import file failed."
   Sometimes this error was generated
   accidentally, even though the site list
   imports successfully. If you got this error,
   you could still test the import by running
   an update. If the update worked, then the
   site list imported successfully.

   RESOLUTION:
   This issue was resolved for the beta 1
   refresh release. You should no longer
   receive a false error message when the site
   list imports successfully.

9. ISSUE:
   The beta 1 VirusScan Enterprise E-mail
   Scanner did not send alerts to Alert Manager
   even though E-mail Scan detection and
   logging functioned as designed.

   RESOLUTION:
   This issue was resolved for the beta 1
   refresh release. The E-mail Scan can now
   send alerts to Alert Manager.

10.   ISSUE:
   For the beta 1 release, statistics were
   unavailable for E-mail Scan tasks. The
   "Statistics" right-click menu option in the
   VirusScan Enterprise Console was disabled
   (grayed out).

   RESOLUTION:
   This issue was resolved for the beta 1
   refresh release. You can now access
   statistics by right-clicking "E-mail Scan"
   in the VirusScan Enterprise Console and
   selecting "Statistics."

11.   ISSUE:
   After manually stopping a scheduled scan
   task, SCAN32.EXE sometimes did not stop.
   This could occur even if an administrator
   stopped the scan task.

   RESOLUTION:
   This issue was resolved for the beta 1
   refresh release.

12.   ISSUE:
   McShield and McUpdate sometimes logged
   entries to the Windows NT event log with an
   ID of 5022 and the text "MCSCAN32 engine
   initialization failed. Engine returned
   error: critical internal error." You could
   ignore this message if the log entry was
   immediately followed by an "Event 5000"
   entry, indicating that the update was
   successful.

   RESOLUTION:
   This issue was resolved for the beta 1
   refresh release. McShield and McUpdate no
   longer log 5022 entries to the event log
   unless the error actually occurs.

13.   ISSUE:
   For the beta 1 release, VirusScan Enterprise
   7.0 did not fully support upgrading the
   product via over-install. Before installing
   VirusScan Enterprise 7.0, you had to first
   uninstall any existing versions of VirusScan
   or NetShield software.

   RESOLUTION:
   This issue has been mostly resolved for the
   beta 2 release. However, note that there is
   still a problem with over-installing when
   the installation path is longer than 200
   characters. See the "Known Issues" section
   of this README.TXT file for more
   information.

14.   ISSUE:
   In the beta 1 release, the default location
   for the On-Demand Scan quarantine folder was
   set to the last local drive on the system.
   For example, if the last local drive on a
   computer was G:\, the default quarantine
   folder location was G:\Quarantine. Note that
   this was different than the default
   installation folder for the product, which
   is C:\.

   RESOLUTION:
   This issue has been resolved for the beta 2
   release. The default quarantine folder is
   now C:\Quarantine.


15.   ISSUE:
   When updating, selecting the "Use Internet
   Explorer proxy settings" option sometimes
   prevented the beta 1 version of VirusScan
   Enterprise 7.0 from retrieving updates from
   local sites.

   RESOLUTION:
   This issue has been resolved for the beta 2
   release.

16.   ISSUE:
   This beta 1 version of VirusScan Enterprise
   7.0 could not send events to ePolicy
   Orchestrator 2.5.

   RESOLUTION:
   This issue has been resolved for the beta 2
   release.


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KNOWN ISSUES

MOST IMPORTANT KNOWN ISSUES FOR THE BETA 2
RELEASE

1. For logging to work on Windows NT, you must
   either:
   -  Set the Windows %ALLUSERSPROFILE% system
      variable before installing VirusScan
      Enterprise 7.0
   -  Reboot the system after installation is
      complete. Rebooting will automatically
      set the %ALLUSERSPROFILE% system
      variable.
   -  Change the log file location to a valid
      location with a path that does not
      include the %ALLUSERSPROFILE% system
      variable. This will allow logging to work
      correctly without having to reboot the
      system.

2. If you delete the default AutoUpdate task in
   the VirusScan Console, you are not able to
   run "Update Now..." from the Windows system
   tray right-click menu.  Clicking "Update
   Now..." after deleting the default
   AutoUpdate task generates the following
   error: "Invalid configuration options
   specified.  Confirm product is correctly
   installed."  This error continues to occur
   after you create a new AutoUpdate task,
   although you can schedule the new AutoUpdate
   task to run or run it directly from the
   VirusScan Console. In order to get the
   right-click system tray "Update Now..."
   feature to work again, you must reinstall
   VirusScan Enterprise 7.0.

3. The VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 product and
   documentation refer to the SITELIST.XML file
   as the "Site List." The McAfee AutoUpdate
   Architect component and documentation refer
   to the same SITELIST.XML file as the
   "Repository List." Note that in the beta 2
   release both "Site List" and "Repository
   List" refer to the same thing, the
   SITELIST.XML file.

4. When installing on a computer running the
   Windows XP or .NET operating system, a
   warning dialog box appears stating that a
   driver is not signed and has not been
   certified for Windows XP. If this occurs,
   click "Continue Anyway" to proceed with the
   installation.

      WARNING:
      YOU MUST CLICK "CONTINUE ANYWAY" AT THIS
      POINT. If you do not, the On-Access
      Scanner may not work on a subsequent
      installation.

      NOTE:
      This beta driver has been tested for
      compliance with Windows XP requirements
      but will not be signed until the RC
      release of VirusScan Enterprise 7.0.


ePOLICY ORCHESTRATOR COMPATABILITY ISSUES

1. If you use ePolicy Orchestrator 2.5.1 to
   force installation of VirusScan 4.5.1 and
   VirusScan Enterprise 7.0, ePolicy
   Orchestrator installs both products on the
   client computer. Normally in this situation,
   ePolicy Orchestrator should only install the
   more recent version, VirusScan Enterprise
   7.0.

2. When using ePolicy Orchestrator 2.5.1 to
   force installation of NetShield 4.5 for
   Windows NT on a client system where
   VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 is already
   installed, ePolicy Orchestrator installs
   NetShield. Normally in this situation,
   ePolicy Orchestrator should recognize that a
   newer version already exists on the client
   system and not install the older version,
   NetShield 4.5.

3. This beta 2 release of VirusScan Enterprise
   7.0 has been tested for compatibility with
   ePolicy Orchestrator versions 2.5 and 2.5.1.
   Known issues are:

   -  The postpone update feature may fail --
      the update task does not restart after it
      has been postponed by the user.


INSTALLING AND UPGRADING

1. Installing the beta 2 version of VirusScan
   Enterprise 7.0 over an existing version of
   NetShield or VirusScan does not work if the
   installation folder path is longer than 200
   characters, that is, if your installation
   subfolder hierarchy is very deep. If this is
   the case, VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 is
   installed without first uninstalling the
   previous product. While an error is recorded
   in the log, you do not see an error during
   the installation that the uninstallation of
   the previous product has failed.

2. Some install functionality is not present
   when you install using MSIEXEC.EXE.  In
   particular, SETUP.EXE is used to perform
   upgrade or over-install of any McAfee or
   competitors anti-virus product.  If you do
   use MSIEXEC.EXE to install VirusScan, you
   must first remove any existing anti-virus
   products.

3. This release supports deployment using
   Administration Installation Points (AIP).
   However, you must run SETUP.EXE from the AIP
   to perform upgrades or to uninstall other
   anti-virus software, such as Norton
   AntiVirus.  Note that if you deploy
   VirusScan Enterprise via Active Directory
   group policies, which installs using
   MSIEXEC.EXE, you must remove any existing
   anti-virus product prior to installing
   VirusScan Enterprise.


UPDATING AND MCAFEE AUTOUPDATE ARCHITECT

1. When updating, you may see the following
   error: "Error occurred while loading COM
   componet:{940F2A91-D23C-4BE3-8BD7-FBB5DC20BFF0}."
   This error can be safely ignored.

2. For this beta 2 release, VirusScan
   Enterprise 7.0 does not support updates
   using SuperDAT. For upgrades to VirusScan
   Enterprise 7.0, use the new McAfee
   AutoUpdate component and McAfee AutoUpdate
   Architect 1.0 software. See the VirusScan
   Enterprise 7.0 Product Guide and the McAfee
   AutoUpdate Architect Product Guide for more
   information.

3. If Microsoft Outlook is open when updating
   an EXTRA.DAT manually, for example by
   copying it to the engine folder, you will
   need to restart Outlook for the new
   EXTRA.DAT to take effect. VirusScan
   Enterprise 7.0 cannot use the new EXTRA.DAT
   to clean incoming e-mail unless you restart
   Microsoft Outlook.

      NOTE:
      Updating EXTRA.DATs using AutoUpdate does
      not require restarting Outlook.

4. When updating, the VirusScan Enterprise 7.0
   AutoUpdate component does not consistently
   clean up all temporary files and directories
   created during the update process.

5. The beta 2 AutoUpdate component does not
   support NTLM proxy or HTTP authentication.
   Change your proxy server or HTTP server
   authentication schema to "Basic
   Authentication" in your proxy or HTTP server
   security settings. This allows AutoUpdate
   7.0 to download updates through a proxy or
   HTTP server that requires authentication.

6. The beta 2 AutoUpdate component does not
   support Internet Explorer auto proxy
   detection on systems running the Windows NT
   4 operating system.

7. The beta 2 version of AutoUpdate does not
   support proxy authentication while using
   Internet Explorer proxy settings. There is
   no proxy authentication information provided
   in Internet Explorer proxy settings user
   interface.


MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES

The context-sensitive online Help is not yet
complete for this beta release.

1. Right-clicking some interface controls and
   selecting "Whats This?" may display "No
   help topic associated with this item."

2. Some of the Help buttons are not connected
   for this beta release. If a Help button is
   not connected, no action occurs when you
   click it.

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DOCUMENTATION

This product includes a documentation set that
consists of manuals saved in Adobe Acrobat
Portable Document Format (.PDF) and an online
Help system.

Electronic copies of all product manuals are
included on the product CD, or are available
with the Network Associates
PrimeSupport KnowledgeCenter Service Portal:

   https://mysupport.nai.com/login.asp

See the PARTICIPATING IN THE MCAFEE BETA
PROGRAM section of this README.TXT file for
more information about the Service Portal.

A free copy of the latest version of Acrobat
Reader comes with the product CD, or you can
download any version from the Adobe web site:

      www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html

This product includes the following
documentation set:

1. VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 Installation Guide.
   This guide provides system requirements,
   instructions for installing the software and
   information on where to find the product
   documentation. A printed version of this
   guide accompanies the product CD. You can
   also access an online version of the manual
   from the product CD or from the McAfee
   download site. The online version is an
   Adobe Acrobat .PDF file.

2. VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 Product Guide. This
   guide introduces the product, documents
   product features, provides detailed
   instructions for configuring the software,
   and includes information on deployment as
   well as recurring tasks and operating
   procedures. It also provides a roadmap for
   getting additional information or help. An
   Adobe Acrobat .PDF version of this guide is
   stored on the product CD. You can also
   download a copy in .PDF format from the
   McAfee download site.

3. VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 Release Guide. This
   is a document that describes new, changed,
   or lost features from the previous releases
   of the VirusScan and NetShield products. An
   Adobe Acrobat .PDF version of this guide is
   available for download in .PDF format from
   the McAfee download site.

4. Online Help system. Online Help, accessed
   from within the software application, gives
   you quick access to hints and tips about
   using your software. Help includes
   field-level What's This? Topics and
   page-level context Help with links to more
   detailed and related information. Help also
   includes an overview of product features and
   step-by-step procedures for product
   features.

5. McAfee AutoUpdate Architect Product Guide.
   This guide introduces McAfee AutoUpdate
   Architect, the new VirusScan Enterprise 7.0
   updating component, and includes
   installation and configuration information
   for updating VirusScan Enterprise using
   McAfee AutoUpdate Architect.

6. VirusScan Enterprise Configuration Guide for
   ePolicy Orchestrator 2.X. This guide is for
   users of ePolicy Orchestrator version 2.5,
   or 2.5.1 with VirusScan Enterprise 7.0.

7. A LICENSE Agreement. This outlines the terms
   under which you may use the product. Read it
   carefully. If you install the product, you
   agree to the license terms.

8. This README file.

9. A CONTACT file. This file provides a list of
   phone numbers, street addresses, web
   addresses, and fax numbers for Network
   Associates offices in the United States and
   around the world. It also includes contact
   information for services, such as technical
   support, customer service, onsite training,
   the beta program, and AVERT Anti-Virus
   Research Site.


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PARTICIPATING IN THE MCAFEE BETA PROGRAM

To download new beta software or to read about
the latest beta information, visit the Network
Associates PrimeSupport KnowledgeCenter Service
Portal web site located at:

   https://mysupport.nai.com/login.asp

Contact your McAfee customer service
representative if you do not already have a
login and password.

McAfee is devoted to providing solutions based
on your input. Send us your feedback at:

      avbeta@nai.com


FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESITONS ABOUT THE VIRUSSCAN
ENTERPRISE 7.0 BETA PROGRAM

Q: How can I sign up for VirusScan Enterprise
7.0 beta program?

A: VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 beta is available
for download from Service Portal:

   https://mysupport.nai.com/login.asp.

Q: Will I be able to download VirusScan
Enterprise 7.0 beta from the McAfeeb2b.com
website?

A: No. Customers must logon to Service Portal
to download VirusScan Enterprise 7.0 beta.

Q: What if I do not have access to Service
Portal?

A:  Contact Customer Service to obtain a
temporary beta grant number so you can register
with Service Portal. You can contact Customer
Service via email: BetaTrialPaks@nai.com or via
phone: (972-308-9960).

   NOTE:
   The temporary beta grant number is valid for
   30 days.  After the 30 days have expired,
   you will need to reapply for another
   temporary beta grant number.

Q: What if I am not a current McAfee Customer
and I want to evaluate VirusScan Enterprise 7.0
beta program?

A: Contact Customer Service to obtain a
temporary beta grant number so you can register
with Service Portal. You can contact Customer
Service via email: BetaTrialPaks@nai.com or via
phone: (972-308-9960).

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