I'm still having this problem with 5695.
Vista Home Premium x64 SP2
SecurityCenter - 9.11.109
VirusScan - 13.11.102
DAT - 5695.0000
Engine - 5301.4018
MVT gives no problems. This is after Uninstall->MCPR->Reinstall->Update.
Event log is:
Faulting application mcods.exe, version 13.11.102.0, time stamp 0x4a047c04, faulting module mscan64a.dll, version 5.300.0.2777, time stamp 0x486bbc99, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x0000000000166de9, process id 0x458, application start time 0x01ca1310d848f01f.
Specifically, McAfee's virus scan (on-access or manual) fails on the file "GameMon.des", which is part of GameGuard. This comes with the Aion program (closed beta opened yesterday, Fri 7/29). If I completely remove GameMon.des from my machine, the errors disappear (and full system scans complete successfully).
The problem is triggered when:
- The GameMon.des file is scanned (individually).
- A full system scan encounters the GameMon.des file.
- The on-access scan encounters the GameMon.des file.
When the on-access scan fails, the event log is shows a fault from mcshield.exe.
Previously (around July 17), McAfee quarantined GameMon.des (false positive). This is understandable. However, the scanner now completely fails on the file (and becomes disabled), which isn't ok.
The problem started yesterday (7/31). My system is updated/scanned daily. However, GameMon.des was removed around 7/17 and re-added 7/31 due to the start of the Aion beta. This makes it difficult to pinpoint the date (between 7/17 and 7/31) that the problem actually started.