Computer Protection for Mac change log

[NikolayT]

Following best practices of PSB Portal and other Clients development teams, Corporate Mac team is going to work in continuous releases mode.

This topic is going to be used for publishing new releases' change logs when they are going to production. You are suppposed to get updates automatically, not right away, but gradually in several days following release date.

Please, note, that Computer Protection for Mac also includes RDR client, and the change logs will contain RDR changes also, but if you do not have RDR license, the corresponding functionality is disabled.

Corporate Mac Team

[kukushechkin]

 

New features

• New activation welcome screen
• Remote actions support for (will be available on the portal side next week):
  • Network isolation
  • Scan for malware
  • Full status report

Fixed issues

• Fixed an issue when product in rare cases produced excessive network activity

• Fixed an issue with high CPU usage on certain websites
  
  

[SergeH]

UPDATE: We have just activated in portal the Remote actions support for:

• Network isolation
• Scan for malware
• Full status report

[kukushechkin]

This release contains scanning engine improvements that significantly boosts our windows malware detection capabilities. Available for downloading on all environments starting 28.03.2019, automatic upgrade will follow.

[kukushechkin]

This release contains fix for the issue with non-infected files being reported during Scan for Malware and Scheduled Scanning. Available for downloading on all environments since last week, automatic upgrade started today.

[kukushechkin]

• Client is now reporting status of Guest Account, System Integrity Protection and File Vault to the portal
• Real time protection performance improvements
• Main Window statuses reporting improvements

Available for downloading on all environments and as automatic upgrade since last week.

[kukushechkin]

New features:

• Client is now reporting status of Screensaver Password protection status to the portal.
• Installer is now checking for incompatible software before installation.
• Reboot is no longer required after installation, except XFENCE is enabled.

Bugfix and improvements:

• Multiple XFENCE rules improvements and fixes, including incorrectly reported invalid signature.
• Fixed issue with Browsing Protection package version, it is now the same as release version, 20581 for this release.
• macOS 10.15 Catalina Beta support, Full Disk Access Privacy settings now properly display F-Secure app bundle to allow real-time scanning to access protected filesystem locations.
• Product no longer disables macOS Block All firewall settings after firewall enabling from the product.

Available for downloading on all environments, automatic upgrade will be available next week.

Known issues:

• Installer may report McAfee product to be installed even after designated uninstaller run. Workaround: manually remove /Library/LaunchAgents/com.mcafee.McAfeeSafariHost.plist file.

[kukushechkin]

New features:

• macOS 10.15 Catalina Full Disk Support is now guided in the GUI
• Product package is now notarized
• Scan exclusions are now supported, will be available in PSB profiles shortly
• User now has an option to persist XFENCE rule, as well as edit it using XFENCE Configuration Utility
• Redesigned Support Tool

Bugfix and improvements:

• Detected threats are no longer reported multiple times to the portal for the same detection

Available for downloading on all environments, automatic upgrade will be available later this week.

Known issues:

• Installer may report McAfee product to be installed even after designated uninstaller run. Workaround: manually remove /Library/LaunchAgents/com.mcafee.McAfeeSafariHost.plist file.
• XFENCE may prevent macOS from upgrading. Workaround — disable XFENCE before upgrading macOS.

[kukushechkin]

New features:

• Request diagnostic file remote action is now supported

Bugfix and improvements:

• Installer is no longer reporting McAfee product as installed even after designated uninstaller run
• XFENCE is no longer blocking macOS updates
• XFENCE performance improvements and extended third-party software whitelisting

Available for downloading on all environments, automatic upgrade started today.