Supported platforms for VirusScan Command-Line Scanner
Technical Articles ID:
KB52944
Last Modified: 1/7/2021
Environment
McAfee VirusScan Command Line Scanner (VSCL) 6.x
Summary
As new operating systems or Service Packs are released, the original product guides might not reflect the current support policy for those platforms. Most of the following information is available in the product installation guides and Readme.txt files. But, some of the information is available only in Product Management statements published in the Knowledge Base.
VSCL 6.0.x
Improvements over previous versions include V2 DAT support, multi-threaded scanning support, and XML reports.
Key product details
VSCL 6 integration with email or gateway scanning.
VSCL integrates antimalware protection.
VSCL is one option to integrate leading McAfee antimalware protection into server environments where other, more optimized integrations might not apply.
For optimal performance and protection. McAfee recommends that you install and run McAfee server or gateway products that closely fit the wanted integration wherever possible. These products are designed for gateway use cases, such as email scanning, while VSCL has different design intentions and capabilities. To find the appropriate solution for your needs, contact your sales representative.
VSCL was not designed to handle the high transaction rate and concurrent file operations in a typical server environment. For those environments, McAfee recommends that you use only the McAfee server or gateway family of products. If you still want to use VSCL in a server environment, McAfee recommends that you do so only for scanning larger collections of static data wherever possible. McAfee does not recommend that you invoke it for single file scanning on a repeated basis. This recommendation improves the overall performance experience with VSCL by reducing the DAT initialization overhead.
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Date
Update
January 7, 2021
Added support for Engine 6200 (6.2.00).
Fixed the VSCL 6.1.5 for UNIX Release Notes link.
January 6, 2021
Added VSCL 6.1.5 General Availability (GA) release details.
August 18, 2020
Updated VSCL version details in Supported UNIX-based operating systems.
May 28, 2020
Added VSCL 6.1.4 General Availability (GA) release details.
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EOL date—The last day that the product is supported, according to the terms of the McAfee standard support offering.
