End of Life for McAfee Agent 4.8.x (Excluding HP-UX, AIX, and Solaris)

Technical Articles ID: KB88098
Last Modified: 1/16/2020

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McAfee Agent (MA) 4.8.x

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This support statement is provided by the Product Management Team.

Effective Date: March 15, 2017

McAfee announced End of Life (EOL) for all MA 4.8.x versions for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux operating systems, effective March 31, 2018. As of this date, McAfee no longer provided support for these versions.

IMPORTANT: MA 4.8.x is available for HP-UX, AIX, and Solaris operating systems until further notice.

This EOL notification affects all following product versions:

MA 4.8.0
MA 4.8.0 Patch 1
MA 4.8.0 Patch 2
MA 4.8.0 Patch 3
All subsequent patches and hotfixes for these versions

Product and Versions	Details
MA 4.8.x for: Windows Macintosh Linux	End of Life date was March 31, 2018
MA 4.8.x for: AIX HP-UX Solaris	This announcement does not affect these customers. MA 4.8.x is still supported on these operating systems until further notice.

IMPORTANT: Customers should plan to upgrade to a current version of the MA 5.x product as soon as possible. For additional upgrade assistance, see KB51573 - Supported platforms, environments, and operating systems for McAfee Agent and Common Management Agent.

Related Information

For product lifecycle details, see the McAfee Product and Technology Support Lifecycle page at: http://www.mcafee.com/us/support/support-eol.aspx.

For End of Life (EOL) policy details, see the Corporate Products EOL policy at: https://www.mcafee.com/enterprise/en-us/assets/misc/support-policy-product-support-eol.pdf.

Definitions:

EOL period—The time frame that runs from the day McAfee announces product discontinuation, until the last date that McAfee formally supports the product. In general, after the EOL period is announced, no enhancements are made.
EOL date—The last day that the product is supported, according to the terms of the McAfee standard support offering.

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