McAfee Product & Technology Support Lifecycle
Version Support & EOL Archive
Product Version Support Policies
General Software Version Support Policies:
- When a new version of a product is released, the previous version is supported for at least 12 months.
- New virus signature files - DATs - (released weekly) and Engine upgrades are tested for compatibility with supported products. Once products have reached their End of Support or End of life dates they are not tested for compatibility with new DATs or Engine upgrades. If you run a new Engine with a product not included in the supported product matrix, you are running an unsupported configuration.
- HotFixes (short-term 'fixes' for known product issues) and service packs are provided for the current product release only. Once End-of-Life for a product or platform or the End of Support date for a software version is announced, no further HotFixes or service packs will be released unless specifically included in the EOL plan. However, DAT and Engine support is provided until EOL/EOS.
- SEE KB51560 for the Patch and HotFix release and support policy for McAfee Agent, McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator, McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention, and McAfee VirusScan Enteprise.
Service Packs
- When a service pack is released for a product, the product without the service pack is supported for six (6) months. After six months, only the product with the service pack is supported.
- When a service pack is released for a product, new virus signature files are tested on the original release without the service pack for six months, as well as on the product with the service pack. After six months, compatibility testing is performed only on the product with the service pack.
McAfee EOL Archive
| Product Name | Version Number | End of Support / End of Life | Comments |
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| McAfee Anti-Spyware Enterprise | |||
| 7.1 | 31-Dec-07 | ||
| McAfee Desktop Firewall | |||
| all versions | 31-Oct-03 | Desktop Firewall has been integrated into McAfee Host IPS. | |
| McAfee Foundstone Enterprise | |||
| 4.2 | 03-Aug-07 | ||
| McAfee GroupShield for Lotus Domino on AIX & Solaris | Microsoft Exchange 5.5 is EOL and no longer supported | ||
| 5.0 | 30-Nov-04 | ||
| McAfee GroupShield for Lotus Domino on Windows | |||
| 5.2 | 31-Mar-04 | ||
| 5.0a | 31-Oct-03 | ||
| McAfee GroupShield for Microsoft Exchange | |||
| 6.0.1 | 31-Mar-06 | ||
| 6.0 | 31-Jan-05 | ||
| McAfee GroupShield for Microsoft Exchange 5.5 | |||
| 5.0SP2 | 31-Dec-05 | ||
| 5.0 (no SP1) | 31-Mar-03 | ||
| 4.5SP1 | 31-Mar-03 | ||
| 4.04 | 31-Mar-03 | ||
| McAfee Hercules | Now sold as McAfee Policy Auditor and McAfee Remediation Manager | ||
| 3.5.1 | 01-Aug-07 | ||
| McAfee Installation Designer | |||
| 8.7 |
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| 8.5 | 29.-Nov-09 | ||
| 8.2 | 22-Dec-05 | Same as EOL for VirusScan Enterprise v8.0i | |
| McAfee IntruShield Manager | |||
| 2.1 | 30-Jun-07 | ||
| 1.8 & 1.9 | 01-Feb-07 | ||
| McAfee LinuxShield | |||
| 1.1 | 06-Jun-06 | ||
| 1.0 | 31-Mar-05 | ||
| McAfee Managed Mail Protection | |||
| n/a | 22-Nov-05 | McAfee Managed Mail Protection End of Support is November 22, 2005, and optionally migrate customers to McAfee Secure Messaging Service. VirusScreen is EOL as of March 15, 2005 for McAfee customers. Partners hosting VirusScreen need to EOL the product, and optionally migrate their customers to McAfee Managed Mail Protection. Managed Mail is not available for hosting by partners |
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| McAfee NetShield for Celerra™ | Product End of Life | ||
| 30-Jun-03 | Starting July 1 2002, EMC Celerra NAS products are supported by NetShield for Windows NT/2000 4.5 HFR. | ||
| 1.0.1 | 30-Jun-05 | ||
| McAfee NetShield for NetApp® | Product End of Life | ||
| 28-Feb-05 | Upgrade path for NetShield for NetApp is VirusScan for NetApp. NetShield for NetApp 4.5 End of Sale: January 19, 2004; End of Support, End of Life : February 28, 2005 | ||
| McAfee NetShield for NetWare | |||
| 4.6.2 | 15-Jun-06 | Novell Netware 5.x will cease to be supported as of December 31, 2006. This change is being prompted by Novell's imminent end of support for the operating system version. | |
| McAfee PortalShield | |||
| 1.0 | 30-May-06 | ||
| McAfee Secure-1 | Product for OS/2 End of Life | ||
| 30-Nov-05 | Secure-1 entered EOL as of November 2004. Customers have been migrated to CheckPoint Safe@Office and McAfee Managed VirusScan. End of Support is November 2005. | ||
| McAfee SpamKiller for Exchange Small Business | Product End of Life | ||
| SpamKiller for Exchange Small Business is End of Life. It was replaced by SpamKiller for Microsoft Exchange | |||
| McAfee SpamKiller for Microsoft Exchange 2000/2003 | |||
| 2.1.1 | 31-Mar-06 | ||
| 2.1 | 31-Jan-05 | ||
| McAfee SuperDAT Manager | |||
| 1.3.1 | 31-Dec-02 | ||
| McAfee System Compliance Profiler | |||
| 1.0.1 | 30-Jun-05 | ||
| 1.0.0 | 30-Jun-05 | ||
| McAfee ThreatScan | Product End of Life | ||
| 2.5 | 31-Dec-05 | ||
| 2.1 | 31-Dec-04 | ||
| 2.0 | 31-Dec-04 | ||
| McAfee Total Protection Service (formerly Total Protection for Small Business and Managed VirusScan) |
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| Operating System support: | Windows 98 | DATs: Jun '07 | No longer supported |
| Windows ME | DATs: Jun '07 | No longer supported | |
| Windows NT 4.0 | DATs: Jun '07 | No longer supported | |
| Windows 95 | DATs: 31-Dec-06 | OS no longer supported | |
| McAfee Virex for MacOS 8, 9 | |||
| 6.2 | 01-Nov-07 | ||
| McAfee Virex Administrator | |||
| 1.4 | 01-Nov-07 | ||
| McAfee VirusScan Command Line Linux for S/390 | |||
| 4320 | 31-Jul-05 | 4320 Command Line versions of the McAfee Anti-Virus Engine will be the last release for the S/390 Linux platform. | |
| 4260 | 30-Jun-04 | End of support June 2004 | |
| McAfee VirusScan Command Line OS/2 | Product for OS/2 End of Life | ||
| 31-Dec-02 | |||
| McAfee VirusScan Enterprise + Anti-Spyware Enterprise Module (for Windows) | |||
| 7.1 | 31-Dec-07 | ||
| McAfee VirusScan for Mac (formerly Virex) | |||
| 8.0 | 01-Nov-07 | For Mac Tel | |
| McAfee VirusScan PDA | Product End of Life | ||
| 2.0 | 30-Apr-06 | ||
| McAfee VirusScan Thin Client | Product End of Life | ||
| 6.1 | 30-Jun-05 | ||
| 6.00 (Japan only) | 30-Jun-05 | ||
| 6.0 (other languages) | 31-Dec-04 | ||
| McAfee VirusScreen | |||
| n/a | 15-Mar-05 | VirusScreen is EOL as of March 15, 2005 for McAfee customers. Partners hosting VirusScreen need to EOL the product, and optionally migrate their customers to McAfee Managed Mail Protection. Managed Mail is not available for hosting by partners | |
| McAfee WebShield for Solaris | Product End of Life | ||
| 18-Oct-04 | End of Life | ||
| McAfee WebShield SMTP | |||
| 4.5 MR1a (English) | 28-Feb-06 | ||
| 4.5 MR1A (Japanese) | 30-Apr-06 | ||
| McAfee Wireless Security for Small Business (formerly McAfee Wireless Guard) | |||
| End of Sale: June 30, 2007 Customers will be supported through the end of their current subscriptions. | |||
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| Legacy EOL Information from Secure Computing & Security | |||
| CyberGuard TSP Appliance Software | EOL Date | ||
| 6.1.3 | Jul-05 | ||
| 6.1.2 | Apr-05 | ||
| 6.1.1 | Dec-04 | ||
| Global Command Center - Software | EOL Date | for Sidewinder and SnapGear | |
| 3.1 | 31-Dec-07 | ||
| 3 | 01-Jun-07 | ||
| 2.5.2 | 31-Oct-05 | ||
| 2.5.1 | 31-Mar-05 | ||
| 2.5 | 30-Nov-04 | ||
| 2 | 30-Jun-04 | ||
| N2H2 Bess and Sentian Product List | EOL Date | ||
| Bess i2100 Managed Service 4.0 | Sep-06 | Proprietary | |
| Bess®/Sentian™ 3.5 | Sep-06 | WIN 2003, WIN 2000 | |
| Bess/Sentian 2.5 | Sep-06 | RHL 7.2 or 7.3, RHEL 2.1 | |
| N2H2 database | EOL Date | ||
| N2 2 Digest | Sep-07 | ||
| N2 Novell ICS | Sep-06 | ||
| N2 i2100 3 & 4 | Sep-06 | ||
| N2 i2100 catserver | Sep-06 | ||
| N2 1 digest | Sep-06 | ||
| Sidewinder (G2) software only (not appliances) | EOL Date | Product End of Life | |
| 6.1.1.x | Dec-06 | ||
| 6.1.0.x | Dec-06 | ||
| 6.0.x | Feb-06 | ||
| 5.2.x | Dec-04 | ||
| 5.1.x | Feb-03 | ||
| 5.0.x | 30-Jun-02 | ||
| Sidewinder G2® Enterprise Manager - Appliance Software | EOL Date | ||
| 6.1.0.x | Mar-07 | ||
| 6.0.x | Feb-06 | ||
| 5.2.1 | Dec-04 | ||
| SmartFilter | EOL Date | ||
| SmartFilter 4.0.x | Sep-07 | Win 2000, Win 2003, RHL 7.3, RHL 9.0, Red Hat ES 3.0, Solaris 8 or 9 | |
| SmartFilter 3.x.x | Sep-06 | Win 2000, RHL 7.2, RHL 9.0, Solaris 2.6 or 8 | |
| SmartFilter Control List SDK 4.0.x | Apr-06 | Various OEM Platforms | |
| SmartFilter Control List SDK 3.x | Sep-06 | Various OEM Platforms | |
| SmartFilter Database | EOL Date | ||
| SmartFilter 3.x 3W | Jul-04 | Sep-06 | |
| SmartFilter 3.x 3M | Jul-04 | Sep-06 | |
| Webwasher | EOL Date | ||
| Webwasher 6.0 1 | Mar-07 | Dec-07 | Debian 3.1, RHES 3.0 or 4.0, Solaris 8, 9 or 10, SLES 8.0 or 9.0, WIN 2000 or 2003 |
| Webwasher 5.2 | Dec-06 | ||
| Webwasher 5.2# | Nov-07 | Dec-06 | Debian 3.0 or 3.1, RHES 3.0, SLES 8.0 or 9.0, Solaris 8 or 9, WIN 2000 or 2003 |
| ZIX | EOL Date | ||
| ZIX Message Inspector | Dec-06 | Windows | |
| ZIX Web Inspector | Dec-06 | Windows | |
| Securify | EOL Date | ||
| Securify SecurVantage 5.1 | Jan-07 | ||
| Securify SecurVantage 5.0 | Sep-06 | ||
| Securify SecurVantage 4.x | Dec-05 | ||
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