[Macpartners] McAfee Issues Hotfix for Apple FileVault users

[John Canfield]

At this juncture, may I respectfully ask: has anyone who never installs "antivirus" software on their (firewall protected and diligently updated) Mac systems ever been troubled by any "virus" such software would have prevented?

John-Elmer


On Oct 25, 2011, at 1:43 PM, Marion Leeds Carroll wrote:

> I'm told that my computer can't apply the fix because although I have MacAfee 1.1, I have the wrong sub-group of that (1303 instead of 1309) .. so what do I do?
> - Marion
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> On Oct 25, 2011, at 8:47 AM, Andrew Munchbach wrote:
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>> Good Morning--
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>> McAfee has released a hotfix for its Security Suite 1.1 for Mac product to address a potential conflict with Apple's FileVault encryption system. The conflict, which affects machines running Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and 10.6 (Snow Leopard), can cause systems to become unresponsive after a user logs in.
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>> IS&T recommends that all those utilizing FileVault and McAfee Security Suite 1.1 concurrently apply hotfix HF688476.
>> 
>> A similar note has been posted to IS&T's McAfee Security Suite product page.
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>> For assistance with McAfee Security Suite, contact the Help Desk at 617.253.1101 or helpdesk at mit.edu. You can also submit a request online.
>> 
>> Those using plain-text email can view the formatted announcement in Hermes: http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/AoD1Aw.
>> 
>> Andrew Munchbach
>> on behalf of the Software Release Team and IS&T
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>> Andrew Munchbach
>> Macintosh Platform Coordinator
>> IS&T | Systems Engineering | SWRT
>> swrt at mit.edu
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