5900 Anti-Malware Engine and VirusScan Command Line 6.1.0 Release Candidate Packages Available

The McAfee Anti-Malware Engine, a core component of the McAfee Endpoint and Gateway products, analyzes potentially malicious code to detect and block Trojans, viruses, worms, adware, spyware, and other threats.

The 5900 Anti-Malware Engine Release Candidate and VirusScan Command Line 6.1.0 Release Candidate is now available.

The release schedule is as follows:

• 5900 Engine (Elective download) GA for corporate products (except ENS) and VirusScan Command Line 6.1.0 products GA - Late February 2017
• 5900 Engine (AutoUpdate) GA for corporate products (except ENS) - Late April 2017

New features in the 5900 Anti-Malware Engine
The 5900 Anti-Malware Engine is a yearly Engine release that will succeed the current 5800 Engine and includes the following improvements:

Detection and Performance Enhancements:

• Enhanced support of JavaScript to detect more threats
• Improved support for Microsoft Office (OLE) file format
• Improved unpacking of Dotfuscator and MPRESS packed files
• Enhancements to DAT content to improve predictability of content processing

Platform Enhancements:

• New Platform Support
• Windows 10 Anniversary Update
• Windows Server 2016

Where are the Packages available?
   
They are available from the Engines area of the McAfee Enterprise Beta site:
http://www.mcafee.com/us/beta/public-betas/engines/5900-anti-malware-engine.aspx

For complete information about the 5900 Anti-Malware Engine, see KB66741:
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB66741