- McAfee VirusScan for Mac (VSMac) 9.2 - 9.8. Consultare anche: Per stabilire la versione di McAfee Agent installata su un Mac, consultare l'articolo KB-68746. Per informazioni sugli ambienti supportati da McAfee Agent, consultare l'articolo KB-51573.
- May 15, 2017 McAfee Endpoint Protection for Mac (EPM) 2.1 - 2.3 NOTE: Endpoint Protection for Mac was previously known as Security for Mac. See also: To determine the version of McAfee Agent installed on a Mac, see KB-68746. For supported environments for McAfee Agent, see KB-51573.
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- Uninstall McAfee security software from your Mac. To make sure that the McAfee browser plug-in is removed correctly, close your browsers (Safari and Chrome) during removal. In the Dock, find and open the Applications folder. Double-click the McAfee Internet Security Uninstaller. Click Continue. Type your administrator password and click OK.
- Feb 18, 2020 Multiple McAfee for Mac products macOS Catalina 10.15.x macOS Mojave 10.14.x macOS High Sierra 10.13.x NOTE: This article applies only to McAfee business and enterprise products. October 22, 2019 Catalina column updated with MCP support. We document the changes in this article.
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OS X El Capitan v10.11.6 and Security Update 2016-004
Released July 18, 2016
apache_mod_php
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5 and OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code
Description: Multiple issues existed in PHP versions prior to 5.5.36. These were addressed by updating PHP to version 5.5.36.
CVE-2016-5093
CVE-2016-5094
CVE-2016-5096
CVE-2013-7456
Audio
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: A local user may be able to cause a system denial of service
Description: A null pointer dereference was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-4649 : Juwei Lin(@fuzzerDOTcn) of Trend Micro
Audio
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: A local user may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-4647 : Juwei Lin(@fuzzerDOTcn) of Trend Micro
Audio
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: A local user may be able to determine kernel memory layout
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-4648 : Juwei Lin(@fuzzerDOTcn) of Trend Micro; Jack Tang and Moony Li of Trend Micro working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
Audio
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: Parsing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to the disclosure of user information
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed through improved bounds checking.
CVE-2016-4646 : Steven Seeley of Source Incite working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
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bsdiff
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: A local attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An integer overflow existed in bspatch. This issue was addressed through improved bounds checking.
CVE-2014-9862 : an anonymous researcher
CFNetwork
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: A local user may be able to view sensitive user information
Description: A permissions issue existed in the handling of web browser cookies. This issue was addressed through improved restrictions.
CVE-2016-4645 : Abhinav Bansal of Zscaler Inc.
CFNetwork Credentials
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to leak sensitive user information
Description: A downgrade issue existed with HTTP authentication credentials saved in Keychain. This issue was addressed by storing the authentication types with the credentials.
CVE-2016-4644 : Jerry Decime coordinated via CERT
CFNetwork Proxies
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to leak sensitive user information
Description: A validation issue existed in the parsing of 407 responses. This issue was addressed through improved response validation.
CVE-2016-4643 : Xiaofeng Zheng of Blue Lotus Team, Tsinghua University; Jerry Decime coordinated via CERT
CFNetwork Proxies
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: An application may unknowingly send a password unencrypted over the network
Description: Proxy authentication incorrectly reported HTTP proxies received credentials securely. This issue was addressed through improved warnings.
CVE-2016-4642 : Jerry Decime coordinated via CERT
CoreGraphics
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: A local user may be able to elevate privileges
Description: An out-of-bounds read issue existed that led to the disclosure of kernel memory. This was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-4652 : Yubin Fu of Tencent KeenLab working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
CoreGraphics
Available for: OS X Mavericks v10.9.5, OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, and OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-4637 : Tyler Bohan of Cisco Talos (talosintel.com/vulnerability-reports)
FaceTime
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to cause a relayed call to continue transmitting audio while appearing as if the call terminated
Description: User interface inconsistencies existed in the handling of relayed calls. These issues were addressed through improved FaceTime display logic.
CVE-2016-4635 : Martin Vigo
Graphics Drivers
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: A local user may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-4634 : Stefan Esser of SektionEins
ImageIO
Available for: OS X Mavericks v10.9.5, OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, and OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-4629 : Tyler Bohan of Cisco Talos (talosintel.com/vulnerability-reports)
CVE-2016-4630 : Tyler Bohan of Cisco Talos (talosintel.com/vulnerability-reports)
ImageIO
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service
Description: A memory consumption issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-4632 : Evgeny Sidorov of Yandex
ImageIO
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-4631 : Tyler Bohan of Cisco Talos (talosintel.com/vulnerability-reports)
ImageIO
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-7705 : Craig Young of Tripwire VERT
Entry added November 30, 2017
Intel Graphics Driver
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-4633 : Marco Grassi (@marcograss) of KeenLab (@keen_lab), Tencent
IOHIDFamily
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: A local user may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A null pointer dereference was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-4626 : Stefan Esser of SektionEins
IOSurface
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: A local user may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A use-after-free was addressed through improved memory management.
CVE-2016-4625 : Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
Kernel
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: A local user may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-1863 : Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
CVE-2016-4653 : Ju Zhu of Trend Micro
CVE-2016-4582 : Shrek_wzw and Proteas of Qihoo 360 Nirvan Team
Kernel
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: A local user may be able to cause a system denial of service
Description: A null pointer dereference was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-1865 : Marco Grassi (@marcograss) of KeenLab (@keen_lab), Tencent, CESG
Libc
Available for: OS X Mavericks v10.9.5, OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, and OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A buffer overflow existed within the 'link_ntoa()' function in linkaddr.c. This issue was addressed through additional bounds checking.
CVE-2016-6559 : Apple
Entry added January 10, 2017
libc++abi
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with root privileges
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-4621 : an anonymous researcher
libexpat
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted XML may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-0718 : Gustavo Grieco
LibreSSL
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code
Description: Multiple issues existed in LibreSSL before 2.2.7. These were addressed by updating LibreSSL to version 2.2.7.
CVE-2016-2108 : Huzaifa Sidhpurwala (Red Hat), Hanno Böck, David Benjamin (Google), Mark Brand and Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
CVE-2016-2109 : Brian Carpenter
libxml2
Available for: OS X Mavericks v10.9.5, OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, and OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: Multiple vulnerabilities in libxml2
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2015-8317 : Hanno Boeck
CVE-2016-1836 : Wei Lei and Liu Yang of Nanyang Technological University
CVE-2016-4447 : Wei Lei and Liu Yang of Nanyang Technological University
CVE-2016-4448 : Apple
CVE-2016-4483 : Gustavo Grieco
CVE-2016-4614 : Nick Wellnhofer
CVE-2016-4615 : Nick Wellnhofer
CVE-2016-4616 : Michael Paddon
Entry updated June 5, 2017
libxml2
Available for: OS X Mavericks v10.9.5, OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, and OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: Parsing a maliciously crafted XML document may lead to disclosure of user information
Description: An access issue existed in the parsing of maliciously crafted XML files. This issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-4449 : Kostya Serebryany
libxslt
Available for: OS X Mavericks v10.9.5, OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, and OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: Multiple vulnerabilities in libxslt
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-1683 : Nicolas Grégoire
CVE-2016-1684 : Nicolas Grégoire
CVE-2016-4607 : Nick Wellnhofer
CVE-2016-4608 : Nicolas Grégoire
CVE-2016-4609 : Nick Wellnhofer
CVE-2016-4610 : Nick Wellnhofer
Entry updated April 11, 2017
Login Window
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges
Mcafee Security For Mac Yosemite 10
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-4638 : Yubin Fu of Tencent KeenLab working with TrendMicro's Zero Day Initiative
Login Window
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code leading to compromise of user information
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-4640 : an anonymous researcher working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
Entry updated November 16, 2016
Login Window
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code leading to the compromise of user information
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-4641 : Yubin Fu of Tencent KeenLab working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
Login Window
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: A local user may be able to cause a denial of service
Description: A memory initialization issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-4639 : Yubin Fu of Tencent KeenLab working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
OpenSSL
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code
Description: Multiple issues existed in OpenSSL. These issues were resolved by backporting the fixes from OpenSSL 1.0.2h/1.0.1 to OpenSSL 0.9.8.
CVE-2016-2105 : Guido Vranken
CVE-2016-2106 : Guido Vranken
CVE-2016-2107 : Juraj Somorovsky
CVE-2016-2108 : Huzaifa Sidhpurwala (Red Hat), Hanno Böck, David Benjamin (Google), Mark Brand and Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
CVE-2016-2109 : Brian Carpenter
CVE-2016-2176 : Guido Vranken
QuickTime
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted SGI file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-4601 : Ke Liu of Tencent's Xuanwu Lab
QuickTime
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted Photoshop document may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-4599 : Ke Liu of Tencent's Xuanwu Lab
QuickTime
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted FlashPix Bitmap Image may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-4596 : Ke Liu of Tencent's Xuanwu Lab
CVE-2016-4597 : Ke Liu of Tencent's Xuanwu Lab
CVE-2016-4600 : Ke Liu of Tencent's Xuanwu Lab
CVE-2016-4602 : Ke Liu of Tencent's Xuanwu Lab
QuickTime
Mcafee For Mac Computer
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-4598 : Ke Liu of Tencent's Xuanwu Lab
Safari Login AutoFill
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: A user's password may be visible on screen
Antivirus For Mac
Description: An issue existed in Safari's password auto-fill. This issue was addressed through improved matching of form fields.
CVE-2016-4595 : Jonathan Lewis from DeARX Services (PTY) LTD
Sandbox Profiles
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11 and later
Impact: A local application may be able to access the process list
Description: An access issue existed with privileged API calls. This issue was addressed through additional restrictions.
CVE-2016-4594 : Stefan Esser of SektionEins
OS X El Capitan v10.11.6 includes the security content of Safari 9.1.2.
IMPORTANT:Before upgrading to Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, we recommend installing McAfee VirusScan 9.7/Endpoint Protection for Mac. Earlier versions will not work correctly under Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite.
If you have an earlier version of McAfee VirusScan for Mac installed on your computer, it will be overwritten while installing McAfee VirusScan 9.7/Endpoint Protection for Mac.
System Requirements
- Operating System with the latest Sofware Update:
- Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite
- Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks
- Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
- Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
- Mac OS X server 10.10 / 10.9 / 10.8 / 10.7
Installation instructions for McAfee VirusScan 9.7/Endpoint Protection for Mac:
For OS X 10.10 Users
Install McAfee VirusScan 9.7/Endpoint Protection for Mac onto a system with Mac OS X 10.10 as follows:
- Download McAfee VirusScan installer files.
- Log into an administrative account. Verify you have a working Internet connection.
- If you are running other applications, save your data and close them.
- Click on Download McAfee VirusScan 9.7/Endpoint Protection for Mac to download the installation package.
- Enter your SF State ID and Password then click Login.
- Click on the Yes or No radio button in response to the prompt, Will this be installed on a state owned computer? Click on the Submit button.
- Click on the VSM970-RTW-1298.dmg link to download the file to your computer.
- Firefox: Select Save File then click OK to download the file.
- Safari: The file will download immediately.
- Click on Download McAfee Agent 4.8 for Mac Patch 2 HF972377 to download the compressed file version (.zip extension) of the folder.
- Enter your SF State ID and Password then click Login.
- Click on the Yes or No radio button in response to the prompt, Will this be installed on a state owned computer? Click on the Submit button.
- Click on the MA480P2HF972377.zip link to download the file to your computer.
- Firefox: Select Save File then click OK to download the file.
- Safari: The file will download and a folder named MA480P2HF972377 that includes the installation software will be created.
- Install McAfee VirusScan 9.7/Endpoint Protection for Mac.
- Double-click on the disk image file VSM970-RTW-1298.dmg to display VSM970-RTW-1298.pkg.
- Double-click on the file VSM970-RTW-1298.pkg.
- Click Continue to determine if the software can be installed.
- Click Continue in the Installer Introduction window.
- Click Continue after reviewing What’s New.
- Click Continue after reading the End User License Agreement.
- Click Agree to accept the Software License Agreement.
- Click Install to continue.
- Type the Administrator account password and click Install Software.
- When the install is done, the message, The Installation was successful is displayed. Click Close.
- Uninstall the currently installed McAfee Agent:
- Open a Finder window.
- Click on the Go menu and select Utilities.
- Double-click on the Terminal icon. You will see the command prompt which includes the User ID for the account you are in and the '$' character (e.g., jdoe$).
- Type, sudo /Library/McAfee/cma/uninstall.sh (there is a space after “sudo”)
- Press the Return key. A Warning about improper use of the sudo command will be displayed, then a prompt to enter the account password.
- Enter the Administrator account password and press the Return key. Note: Nothing will be displayed in the terminal window as you enter your password and you cannot backspace.
- Information on the process to uninstall the McAfee Agent will be displayed. When completed, the command prompt will be displayed.
- If the Mac account does not have administrative rights, you will see:
[account name] is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. Then quit the Terminal application, logout of that account and log into an account with administrative rights. - If the Agent has already been uninstalled, you will see:
sudo: /library/McAfee/cma/uninstall.sh: command not found. Continue to the next step.
- If the Mac account does not have administrative rights, you will see:
- Type exit then press the Return key.
- Click on the Terminal menu and select Quit Terminal.
- Install McAfee Agent 4.8 for Mac Patch 2 HF972377.
- If you used Firefox to download the Agent 4.8 Patch 2 installer, double-click on MA480P2HF972377.zip to create the MA480P2HF972377 folder.
- Open the MA480P2HF972377 folder and Control-click (or right-click) on the file setup, then select Open to install.
- Select Open in the next popup window.
- When the process begins, a Terminal application window will open and you will see information displayed.
- Wait until the message [Process completed] is displayed. This can take up to two minutes.
- Click on the Terminal menu and select Quit Terminal.
For OS X 10.10 Users who installed McAfee VirusScan 9.7 before upgrading to OS X 10.10
These instructions are for Mac OS X 10.10 users who already installed McAfee VirusScan 9.7/Endpoint Protection for Mac but do not have the correct version of the component, McAfee Agent 4.8 for Mac Patch 2 HF972377.
- Download McAfee Agent 4.8 for Mac Patch 2 HF972377 installer file.
- Log into an administrative account. Verify you have a working Internet connection.
- If you are running any applications, save your data and close them.
- Click on Download McAfee Agent 4.8 for Mac Patch 2 HF972377 to download the compressed file version (.zip extension) of the folder.
- Enter your SF State ID and Password then click Login.
- Click on the Yes or No radio button in response to the prompt, Will this be installed on a state owned computer? Click on the Submit button.
- Click on the MA480P2HF972377.zip link to download the file to your computer.
- Firefox: Select Save File then click OK to download the file.
- Safari: The file will download and a folder named MA480P2HF972377 that includes the installation software will be created.
- Uninstall the currently installed McAfee Agent:
- Open a Finder window.
- Click on the Go menu and select Utilities.
- Double-click on the Terminal icon. You will see the command prompt which includes the User ID for the account you are in and the '$' character.
- Type, sudo /Library/McAfee/cma/uninstall.sh (there is a space after “sudo”)
- Press the Return key. A Warning about improper use of the sudo command will be displayed, then a prompt to enter the account password.
- Enter the Administrator account password and press the Return key. Note: Nothing will be displayed in the terminal window as you enter your password and you cannot backspace.
- Information on the process to uninstall the McAfee Agent will be displayed. When completed, the command prompt will be displayed.
- If the Mac account does not have administrative rights, you will see:
[account name] is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. Then quit the Terminal application, logout of that account and log into an account with administrative rights. - If the Agent has already been uninstalled, you will see:
sudo: /library/McAfee/cma/uninstall.sh: command not found. Continue to the next step.
- If the Mac account does not have administrative rights, you will see:
- Type exit then press the Return key.
- Click on the Terminal menu and select Quit Terminal.
- Install McAfee Agent 4.8 for Mac Patch 2 HF972377.
- If you used Firefox to download the Agent 4.8 Patch 2 installer, double-click on MA480P2HF972377.zip to create the MA480P2HF972377 folder.
- Open the MA480P2HF972377 folder and Control-click (or right-click) on the file setup, then select Open to install.
- Select Open in the next popup window.
- When the process begins, a Terminal application window will open and you will see information displayed.
- Wait until the message [Process completed] is displayed. This can take up to two minutes.
- Click on the Terminal menu and select Quit Terminal.
For OS X 10.7 – OS X 10.9 Users
Install McAfee VirusScan 9.7/Endpoint Protection for Mac onto a computer with Mac OS X 10.9 or earlier as follows:
- Download McAfee VirusScan installer files.
- Log into an administrative account. Verify you have a working Internet connection.
- If you are running other applications, save your data and close them.
- Click on Download McAfee VirusScan 9.7/Endpoint Protection for Mac to download the installation package.
- Enter your SF State ID and Password then click Login.
- Click on the Yes or No radio button in response to the prompt, Will this be installed on a state owned computer? Click on the Submit button.
- Click on the VSM970-RTW-1298.dmg link to download the file to your computer.
- Firefox: Select Save File then click OK to download the file.
- Safari: The file will download immediately.
- Click on Download McAfee Agent 4.8 for Mac Patch 2 HF972377 to download the compressed file version (.zip extension) of the folder.
- Enter your SF State ID and Password then click Login.
- Click on the Yes or No radio button in response to the prompt, Will this be installed on a state owned computer? Click on the Submit button.
- Click on the MA480P2HF972377.zip link to download the file to your computer.
- Firefox: Select Save File then click OK to download the file.
- Safari: The file will download and a folder named MA480P2HF972377 that includes the installation software will be created.
- Install McAfee VirusScan 9.7/Endpoint Protection for Mac.
- Double-click on the disk image file VSM970-RTW-1298.dmg to display VSM970-RTW-1298.pkg.
- Double-click on the file VSM970-RTW-1298.pkg.
- Click Continue to determine if the software can be installed.
- Click Continue in the Installer Introduction window.
- Click Continue after reviewing What’s New.
- Click Continue after reading the End User License Agreement.
- Click Agree to accept the Software License Agreement.
- Click Install to continue.
- Type the Administrator account password and click Install Software.
- When the install is done, the message, The Installation was successful is displayed. Click Close.
- Install McAfee Agent 4.8 for Mac Patch 2 HF972377.
- If you used Firefox to download the Agent 4.8 Patch 2 installer, double-click on MA480P2HF972377.zip to create the MA480P2HF972377 folder.
- Open the MA480P2HF972377 folder and Control-click (or right-click) on the file setup, then select Open to install.
- Select Open in the next popup window.
- When the process begins, a Terminal application window will open and you will see information displayed.
- Wait until the message [Process completed] is displayed. This can take up to two minutes.
- Click on the Terminal menu and select Quit Terminal.
Updating the Virus Definition (DAT) File
Every day new viruses appear, so ensure that your computer is always protected by keeping the anti-virus software up to date. McAfee regularly updates a virus definition (DAT) file and makes it available on the McAfee Website for users to download to combat new virus threats as they emerge. Each DAT file brings new detection and cleaning capabilities to McAfee VirusScan 9.7/Endpoint Protection for Mac. The program is set up to check for DAT updates every day. If an update is available, it will be downloaded and installed automatically.
Scanning Your Computer for Viruses
The McAfee VirusScan 9.7/Endpoint Protection for Mac On-access Scan setting is enabled and scanning takes place every time you create or access an item, like a file or folder. When a virus is found, the primary action is Clean. If that action fails then the item is Quarantined.
On-demand Scanning is also available. Manually scan items of your choice, including archives, compressed files, Apple Mail messages and network volumns.
Mcafee For Mac
To perform an on-demand scan, follow the steps below:
- Locate the McAfee VirusScan 9.7/Endpoint Protection for Mac application icon in the Applications folder and double-click it.
- Click Scan Now under ACTIVITY in the left-hand column.
- Select the item to be scanned by using the drop-down list under the What to scan section. The default location is the current account's Home directory. Alternatively, you can drag and drop the item to be scanned in this section of the window.
- Click the Start Scan button to begin the scan.
- When the scan is completed, a summary will be displayed with the number of threats detected and the number of items scanned.
- Click on the McAfee Endpoint Protection for Mac menu and select Quit.