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Reported issues related to McAfee VirusScan v. 4.5.x from DASNR users

1. Unable to shutdown/restart machine after VirusScan is installed.

a. One possible solution is to not allow VirusScan to scan floppy disks on shutdown. To disable this feature: 

i. Right-click the mouse while the arrow is over the Vshield icon in the system tray (which is located in the bottom, right corner of the desktop).

ii. From the menu, choose Properties, then System Scan.

iii. Make sure the System Scan is highlighted. Uncheck the "Scan floppies on Shutdown" feature. Click the Apply button. Click the OK button.

b. One scenario that seems to cause a problem is logging into Novell Netware after the Service Pack 1 and/or a SuperDAT has been applied. That is, if VirusScan has been upgraded to Service Pack 1 and/or the scanning engine has been upgraded to version 4.1.40 (or greater), AND the user logs into the Novell Netware system, the system cannot be restarted or shutdown without receiving a Fatal Exception Error. This problem has been confirmed only on a machine running Windows 95. In this case, the solution is to either (a) not log into Netware, or (b) not upgrade VirusScan to SP1 or update the scanning engine using the SuperDAT/autoupgrade facility.

 

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