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Installing McAfee Endpoint Security 10.2.1 issues

  • September 27, 2016
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  • September 22, 2017

I'm installing McAfee 10.2.2 using a similar approach to @Kaltsas's from his post above.
I install the ePo Agent 5.0.5 (from a custom installer using their crappy install.sh script) and then the Threat Protection package. Thankfully we aren't being forced to use Firewall or other components. McAfee with Threat Protection is intrusive enough thank you very much.

However, I've found that using this process in an imaging workflow simply isn't working well for me. It installs the agent successully, and says it has installed the Threat Protection product, but upon reboot, it's not running. I have to then install it again. I had to come up with a silly process of caching the installers to a location on the drive, then calling them to install with a LaunchDaemon that waits to run until someone is logged in. That's really the only way I've been able to get it to work, which is annoying. I seriously hate McAfee's product and their dumb installers. So much time and energy wasted in getting something installed that just drags the performance of the machines down. It should not be so complicated, and yet every release, McAfee manages to mangle this into something you need to jump through hoops to use.


  • September 23, 2017

Hi All,

I have install McAfee Agent and ENS successfully in out environment, and as per above comments I find you guys are facing issue installing McAFee ENS. So here is what I did to resolve the issue.

Step1 --> Added the package to install ENS
Note: This will install all three module TP, WC and FW

Step2 --> Add a script to run after the installation for removing the unwanted ENS Module
For Removing Firewall Module, Add this command in script --> sudo /usr/local/McAfee/uninstall Firewall
For Removing WebControl Module, Add this command in script --> sudo /usr/local/McAfee/uninstall WebControl

This works 100%, Please test and let me know if you face any challenges.

Regards,
Sam