Loading...

Knowledge Center

Applications stop responding or system fails to shut down with Application Control enabled
Technical Articles ID:   KB84198
Last Modified:  8/22/2018
Rated:

Environment

McAfee Application Control (MAC) 6.1.x
McAfee Syscore (Mfehidk.sys) 15.3

Microsoft Windows 32-bit (all supported versions)

Problem

Applications such as a web browser, Microsoft Office, McAfee Agent, VirusScan console, or others, randomly become unresponsive, or the system stops responding at shutdown, when MAC is enabled in an environment with either or both of the following components installed:
  • McAfee Agent (MA) 5.0
  • McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) 8.8 Update 4 Hotfix 929019
This issue occurs with McAfee Syscore (Mfehidk.sys) version 15.3, which is installed with MA 5.0 or VSE 8.8 Update 4 Hotfix 929019. 

To validate whether you are experiencing the issue described in this article, check the version of <system drive>\windows\system32\drivers\Mfehidk.sys. The version associated with this issue is 15.3.0.643.
 

Solution

This issue is resolved in MAC 6.2.0.458 and later.

McAfee product software, upgrades, maintenance releases, and documentation are available from the Product Downloads site at: http://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/downloads.aspx.

NOTE: You need a valid Grant Number for access. KB56057 provides additional information about the Product Downloads site, and alternate locations for some products.

Rate this document

Languages:

This article is available in the following languages:

English United States
Japanese

Glossary of Technical Terms


 Highlight Glossary Terms

Please take a moment to browse our Glossary of Technical Terms.