New Update McAfee R136

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After three months, McAfee has finally released the new version R136.

Here are the translated changes:

The Neo engine upgrade is now separate from the main program version upgrade; even if the main program hasn't been updated to R136, the Neo engine has already been upgraded to the latest version.

The new version of the Neo engine adds a PDF parsing module.

 
It still makes me scratch my head that a company founded in the US, doesn't have its own release notes site, and we have to find this information from a site in China?
I just got off a 15 minute Chat support session where they wanted me to log into my account to find that information. I gave them the link from above and mentioned by name (not every vendor) that BD, Kaspersky and F-Secure (sent him this link) have a designated site for build/release note information, but was given a link to log into my account, again. Edit: I gave them the F-Secure link, so they could see what it looked like, but maybe they just didn't understand?

Are the release notes somewhere in the McAfee portal, as I don't remember seeing them there?
And this link is fruitless.

Even F-Secure includes a direct link (blue Release notes) from within the app UI -> Support.
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It still makes me scratch my head that a company founded in the US, doesn't have its own release notes site, and we have to find this information from a site in China?
I just got off a 15 minute Chat support session where they wanted me to log into my account to find that information. I gave them the link from above and mentioned by name (not every vendor) that BD, Kaspersky and F-Secure (sent him this link) have a designated site for build/release note information, but was given a link to log into my account, again. Edit: I gave them the F-Secure link, so they could see what it looked like, but maybe they just didn't understand?

Are the release notes somewhere in the McAfee portal, as I don't remember seeing them there?
And this link is fruitless.

Even F-Secure includes a direct link (blue Release notes) from within the app UI -> Support.
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That's funny, actually. But seriously. I think these are basic things—users should know what changes or improvements have been made.
By the way, how's F-Secure working out for you?
 
That's funny, actually. But seriously. I think these are basic things—users should know what changes or improvements have been made.
By the way, how's F-Secure working out for you?
Very well. Great browsing and banking protection, stable (no glitches), very quite (no upsell notifications, ever). Perfect amount of settings for me, and all the protection I need for what I do, and don't do online, and what I download and don't download. Occasionally, on a app update (not Windows) the app can have a slow start-up, as F-Secure seems to be re-scanning it, making sure it's safe? Other than that, it's still my favorite :)
 
Very well. Great browsing and banking protection, stable (no glitches), very quite (no upsell notifications, ever). Perfect amount of settings for me, and all the protection I need for what I do, and don't do online, and what I download and don't download. Occasionally, on a app update (not Windows) the app can have a slow start-up, as F-Secure seems to be re-scanning it, making sure it's safe? Other than that, it's still my favorite :)
Thanks for your reply. I'll give it another try sometime soon. My license is still valid for quite a while. I'll check out what they've come up with, and I'm also curious to see how it performs in @Sahdowra's test.
 
Thanks for your reply. I'll give it another try sometime soon. My license is still valid for quite a while. I'll check out what they've come up with, and I'm also curious to see how it performs in @Sahdowra's test.
I don't want to hijack this thread, but the newest beta has an encouraging update, that I wouldn't want Shadowra to test until it's had a few updates/fixes maybe around v26.5?