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McAfee's Active Virus Defense provides proven anti-virus technology for your desktop, Internet gateway, email servers and file servers. Combining superior security via a single agent,  McAfee's Active Virus Defense blends McAfee Active VirusScan for your desktop and file servers, McAfee WebShield for gateway Internet protection, McAfee GroupShield for mail server protection and McAfee NetShield for Netware file servers.

Key Features

  • Centralized Management
    Active Virus Defense and ePolicy Orchestrator are integrated for coordinated policy management, deployment, and detailed graphical reporting from one console; ePolicy Orchestrator also helps you enforce virus protection compliance.
  • Comprehensive Virus Protection
    Seamlessly combining McAfee’s VirusScan, McAfee’s WebShield, McAfee’s GroupShield and McAfee’s NetShield into a single suite.
  • Critical Updating
    Active Virus Defense automatically pulls the latest updates, keeping all your systems current and protected.

Product Requirements

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator
Hardware and Network Requirements      

  • Free Disk Space:
    250MB minimum (first time install)
    650MB minimum (upgrade)
    1GB recommended           
  • Memory:
    256MB RAM      
  • Processeor:
    Intel Pentium II class or higher
    400MHz or higher           
  • Monitor:
    1024x768, 256-color, VGA monitor Subhead Goes Here    
  • Network interface card (NIC):
     TCP/IP    
  • Dedicated Server:
    If managing more than 250 client computers, McAfee recommends using a dedicated server
  •  File System:
    NTFS (NT file system) partition recommended 
  • IP Address:
    McAfee recommends using static IP addresses for ePO 3.5 servers

 

Software Requirements        

  • Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server with Service Pack 1, 2, 3, or 4      
  • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise    
  • Windows Server 2003 Standard/ Web   
  • Browser - Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0   
  • Domain Controllers - The server must have a trust relationship with the Primary Domain Controller (PDC) on the network 

 

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise
Workstation Requirements      

  • Pentium or Celeron processor running a minimum of 166MHz  
  • 32MB of RAM  
  •  Windows NT 4.0 SP6 or greater   
  • Windows XP Home and Professional     
  • Windows 2000 Professional SP3 or later   
  •  Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 5.0 or higher

 

Software Requirements 

  • Pentium, Celeron, or Itanium processor running a minimum of 166MHz        
  • 32MB of RAM
  • Minimum 38MB free disk space
  • Windows NT 4.0 Server, SP 6 or greater; Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise Server, SP6 or greater
  • Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1 or greater ; Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1 or greater  
  • Windows Server 2003: Standard, Enterprise, or Web Edition        
  •  Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS)  
  • Other supported platforms: XP Tablet PC, Citrix MetaFrame 1.8 & XP Support; EMC Celerra File Server Support   
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 5.0 or higher

 

McAfee WebShield SMPT
System Requirements       

  • Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows 2003 
    Type: Intel Disk Space       
  • 64 MB (Window NT) 128 (Windows 2000)   
  • Minimum 9 MB install
  • 500 MB Free disk space   

 

McAfee GroupShield for Mail Server  
Minimum requirements for installing on Microsoft Exchange 2003      

  • Intel Pentium or compatible 133 MHz processor     
  • 256 MB of RAM (512 MB recommended)     
  • 740 MB of free disk space  
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, with Service Pack 4   
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server, with Service Pack 4       
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition/Enterprise Edition (32-bit) 
  • Internet Explorer 5.5 or later  

 

Minimum requirements for installing on Microsoft Exchange 2000        

  • Intel Pentium or compatible 133 MHz processor   
  • 128 MB of RAM (256 MB recommended)     
  • 740 MB of free disk space      
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, with Service Pack 4     
  • Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, with Service Pack 3       
  • Internet Explorer 5.5 or later 

 

McAfee NetShield for NetWare 
System Requirements      

  • NetWare 6.5  
  • NetWare 6.0    
  • NetWare 5.1, Support Pack 3 or greater    
  •  Disk Space 4MB     
  • RAM 4MB 

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