Sat 1/17/09
Late here as well. Seems to be a periodic trend. It's probably due to the servers as mentioned in the earliers posts here.
My current DAT is 5496 created 1/15/09
A forced update says my DATs are up to date. Incorrect.
The manual download site here:
http://www.mcafee.com/apps/downloads/security_updates/dat.asp...shows that DAT 5498 was issued today 1/17/09. So far it hasn't been pushed to me.
So the DAT 5497 never got pushed to me and is likely lost in limbo land. I ususally get the DATs about 6PM and I would expect 5498 to hopefully show up for me then. I usually don't fret over it too much unless the delay stretches out over 3 or 4 days or so. (unless of course there's a current zero day outbreak...then I expect and demand immediate up-to-date protection). Granted, we're paying for full service, but I'll defer on a rant and grant the benefit of doubt. Glitches do happen.