[WinPartners] McAfee VirusScan 8.8 release announcement

[Alexander Kozlov]

Good Afternoon,

Information Services & Technology (IS&T) is pleased to announce the release of McAfee VirusScan 8.8 for Windows. The primary focus of this release is to enhance the speed of malware scanning and to reduce the impact on system resources.

New Features
McAfee VirusScan 8.8 offers many new features and improvements including AntiSpyware, support for Microsoft Office 2010, and Outlook On-Demand E-mail Scan.

Performance Improvements
McAfee VirusScan 8.8 reduces:

 *   On-access scan time
 *   On-demand scan time
 *   System startup time

It caches previously scanned files in a common location to reduce duplicate file scanning and improve performance.

Windows Office 2010 Support
This release supports all Windows Office 2010 applications, specifically adding on-access scanning of Microsoft Outlook 2010 email and attachment files.

ScriptScan Exclusion Support
ScriptScan exclusions, URLs of trusted scripts from known safe websites, can be easily added to reduce scanning and improve performance. This feature is available in ePolicy Orchestrator 4.0 or later, and in the VirusScan Console. Previously these excluded URLs required manual registry editing.
How to Obtain
You can download VirusScan 8.8 from http://ist.mit.edu/services/software/virusscan/enterprise<http://ist.mit.edu/services/software/virusscan/enterprise/88?random=1296757645471>.

Getting  Help

For help with installing or using McAfee VirusScan 8.8,  contact the IS&T Help Desk at 617.253.1101 or helpdesk at mit.edu<mailto:computing-help at mit.edu>. You can also submit a request online at http://ist.mit.edu/support.

For more information, see IS&T's VirusScan Enterprise 8.8  for Windows page at http://ist.mit.edu/services/software/virusscan/enterprise<http://ist.mit.edu/services/software/virusscan/enterprise/88?random=1296757645471>.