Client Release Notes
Client Release Notes 6.0.0
Contents
About this document
New features
Known issues
Patch Release Information: 6.0.0 (Patch 1)
Patch Release Information: 6.0.0 (Patch 2)
Find product documentation
About this document
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current release. We strongly recommend that you read the entire document.
We do not support the automatic upgrade of a pre-release software version. To upgrade to a production
release of the software, you must first uninstall the existing version. We do support the automatic
upgrade of version 5.2.x and more recent released versions of the software. To upgrade an earlier
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New features
This release of the product includes these new features.
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Support for Microsoft Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 10
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This version of the product installs and runs on computers running Microsoft Windows 8.
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All SecurityCenter features are accessible by using version 10 of the Microsoft Internet Explorer
browser.
Improved installation process — Improved features and new options provide a smoother
installation experience and greater flexibility.
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More incompatible products are detected automatically.
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Initial installation installs only the client software. When installation is complete, the software
downloads the detection definition (DAT) files in the background. This allows users to get back
to work without having to wait for a lengthy download to complete.
Support for more browsers added to the browser protection service — The browser
protection service now supports the Google Chrome browser and 64-bit browsers.
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New colors added to the browser protection service's site safety rating system — A new
version of McAfee® SiteAdvisor® Enterprise has been integrated into the browser protection service.
On client computers, the SiteAdvisor button uses additional colors:
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Blue: internal sites and private IP addresses, for which no rating information is available.
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Orange: communication problems, with easy access to basic connectivity tests.
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Black: phishing sites and sites prohibited by policy.
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White: sites authorized by policy.
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Silver: browser protection service disabled by policy.
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Process scans are disabled during DAT updates by default — Administrators can specify
whether to scan the processes running on client computers when they finish downloading new DAT
files and uploading their detection information. By default, this option is disabled.
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The standalone installation agent is no longer available — To install the client software on
computers where the user does not have local administrative rights, the site administrator can use
one of the advanced installation methods: silent installation (vssetup) or push installation. (See the
installation guide for more information.) To perform a URL installation, the site administrator needs
to log on to the client computer with administrative credentials.
Known issues
For a list of known issues in this product release, see this McAfee KnowledgeBase article: KB76155.
Patch Release Information: 6.0.0 (Patch 1)
This section contains information about the Patch 1 release for 6.0.0.
About this release
This document contains important information about the current release. We strongly recommend that
you read the entire document.
We do not support the automatic upgrade of a pre-release software version. To upgrade to a production
release of the software, you must first uninstall the existing version.
Purpose
This patch provides the new McAfee 5600 Anti-Malware Engine. The new engine fixes issues with
installation and upgrades on client systems running Microsoft Windows XP Pro and Windows Server
2003, corrects a product licensing issue with Windows 8, and resolves vulnerabilities in the browser
protection service.
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, see McAfee KnowledgeBase article KB51560.
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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.
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On client computers running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, we have corrected issues with
Windows File Protection (WFP) that caused the operating system to incorrectly flag protected
system files as modified. After installing or upgrading to version 6.0 Patch1, users should no
longer see problems related to these issues, such as WFP errors, prompts to insert the operating
system CD or activate Windows, or loss of network access. (843280, 843357, 839081, 846375)
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On client computers running Windows XP Pro, the browser protection service no longer blocks
downloads from web-based emails. (823149, 808772)
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On client computers running Windows 8, a licensing issue is resolved that caused the browser
protection service to be reported as unlicensed. (822080)
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A security issue is resolved in the executable path for the browser protection service. (830959)
Known issues
For a list of known issues in this product release, see this McAfee KnowledgeBase article: KB78778.
Patch Release Information: 6.0.0 (Patch 2)
This section contains information about the Patch 2 release for 6.0.0.
About this release
This document contains important information about the current release. We strongly recommend that
you read the entire document.
We do not support the automatic upgrade of a pre-release software version. To upgrade to a production
release of the software, you must first uninstall the existing version.
Release date — October 2013
Purpose
This release provides SiteAdvisor® Enterprise version 3.5 patch 2 to the product, which resolves some
troubleshooting issues with the browser protection service and adds the Secure Search feature. This
release also adds support for Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, and resolves
problems related to closing email on-demand scan results, reporting for systems with special
characters in their Active Directory canonical names, and installation messaging in the Dutch
language.
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, see McAfee KnowledgeBase article KB51560.
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New features
This release of the product includes these new features.
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Support for Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 — This version of the
product installs and runs on computers running Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012
R2.
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New Secure Search feature added to the browser protection service — Secure Search
provides heightened security during online searches performed with the Microsoft Internet Explorer
browser.
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Site administrators can select policy options to specify which search engine to use for secure
searches and to block access to risky sites in search results listings.
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After a site administrator configures Secure Search options, users need to do these things to be
fully protected during searches:
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In Internet Explorer, select McAfee Secure Search as the default search engine. There are three
ways to do this.
From the...
Do this...
Search Provider Default dialog box
• Select the option Change to McAfee Secure Search.
Internet Explorer usually displays this dialog box
automatically on client computers after a site
administrator sets up the Secure Search feature.
Internet Explorer URL/search box
1 Click the little triangle on the right-hand side of the
(where you type the URL for the site
search box. (It might be next to the magnifying
you want to visit)
glass icon.)
2 At the bottom of the listing of recent sites, click the
McAfee logo.
Internet Explorer Manage Add-ons pane 1 From the Tools menu, select Internet options.
These steps describe how to
manage add-ons using version
9 of Internet Explorer. For
instructions specific to other
versions, see your browser's
documentation.
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Restart Internet Explorer.
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Use Internet Explorer for searches.
2 Click the General tab, then in the Search section of the
dialog box, click Settings.
3 In the Manage Add-ons pane, under Add-on Types, select
Search providers.
4 Select McAfee Secure Search from the list, click Close,
then click OK.
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.
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Troubleshooting issues are now corrected for the browser protection service on computers running
Microsoft Windows 8. During a network error state (indicated by the color orange), the
Troubleshooting link inside a site safety balloon now correctly launches the troubleshooting tool.
(880865, 880881)
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Closing the virus protection service's email on-demand scan dialog box no longer causes Microsoft
Outlook to crash. (891545)
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Status information is correctly reported to and by the SecurityCenter now for computers with
Active Directory canonical names that contain special XML characters (for example, <, >, &, ', and
"). (897765)
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The notification message for uninstalling competitive products that appears in the web-based
installation wizard is no longer truncated when the language is set to Dutch. (899205)
Known issues
For a list of known issues in this product release, see this McAfee KnowledgeBase article: KB79270 .
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During a standard installation on a client computer, click the help link in any dialog box.
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From the client console, select Action Menu | View Help.
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From any page of the SecurityCenter, click the help link ( ? ) in the upper-right corner.
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