SOFTWARE: VirusScan Ver. 8.5 Patch 5 for Windows 2000/XP/Vista Workstation; Windows Server

DESCRIPTION: This is a program for desktop and server for detecting and removing computer viruses. It allows you to scan your hard drives and email to find viruses. It detects and removes viruses and where possible, repairs files that have been modified by a virus. This site license was obtained by the Office of Information Technology. This patch fixes a number of problems including:

• VirusScan Statistics has been updated so that users with sufficient privileges can now disable the On-Access Scanner from the console regardless of how many user groups they belong too.
   
• The VirusScan Enterprise management plug-in has been updated to write to the registry only if it sees that it is different from the current policy. This prevents McShield from generating events on policy enforcement, unless that policy has changed.

In addition this patch includes all fixes from Patch 1, Patch 2, Patch 3, and Patch 4.

For a detailed discussion of these and other errors fixed by this patch, please see Patch5.txt after you unzip the download below. Please review the issues to see if they affect you.

Important: If you are unsure what this patch does or if it applies to your copy of VirusScan, please consult with the OIT Technology Support Center, 688-help or 8help@osu.edu.

PLATFORM: PC with a processor running at 166 MHz or higher.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Workstation: Windows 2000 with SP 3 or 4/XP (32 and 64 bit) with SP 1 or later and Vista (32 and 64 bit), approximately 40 MB hard disk space for each platform, 32 MB of RAM; Server: Windows 2000 server, Advanced server or Datacenter server with SP 3 or 4, Windows server 2003 Standard, Enterprise or Web (32 or 64 bit) with SP1; 32 MB RAM; 40 MB hard disk space.

In addition you must be at DAT file 5201 or above and Scan Engine 5.2.00 or above.

ELIGIBILITY: Faculty, staff and students.

DISTRIBUTION METHOD: The software is distributed electronically. To receive a download connect to the Software Downloads page at

http://osusls.osu.edu

Then go to "Windows" in the menu bar, then "VirusScan". Alternatively, you can access this patch under the "Windows Servers/Unix" link in the menu bar, above.

DOCUMENTATION: A file, Patch5.txt, is downloaded with this patch. It contains details on installation and problems corrected.

DISTRIBUTION QUESTIONS: May be directed to the OIT Support Center at 688-help or software@osu.edu.