Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 RU1 is out. The list of fixes and features is here. I upgraded my test server no problem. That is the server where everything always works out fine. SEP 12.1 RU1 is version 12.1.1000.157. The previous version was 12.1.671.4971. So of course when you log into SEPM, click on admin and Client Install …
Symantec released Maintenance patch 3 for SEP 11.0.6. this week. Changes and fixes are listed in the Symantec knowledge base. Release notes are here.
Ouch! Symantec has posted a knowledge base article. Symantec Endpoint Protection will not support Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2 until SEP 11.0.7 (11.0 Release update 7). There are no known issues. They just aren’t going to certify it until 11.0.7.
Today Symantec pre-announced Symantec Endpoint Protection 12. You can sign up for the public beta now, although the beta bits are not immediately available. It wasn’t stated whether this beta includes the server install or if it is client only. (update – Good news! Symantec commenter reports beta will be the full install and not client only). The full …
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This morning I saw a post from Larry Seltzer rehashing the argument that Microsoft should be allowing the deployment of third part updates via Microsoft Update. (He uses the older term “Windows Update” which is for Windows products only. Microsoft Update is the term for the update server for the broader group of Microsoft products). He argues, there …
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The sandbox functionality in Adobe Reader X is known to conflict with some antivirus products. I’ve installed Reader X at home with no issues. A post in the Symantec Connect forums indicates Adobe Reader X cannot open on computers that use the Network Threat Protection component of Symantec Endpoint Protection. The workaround for the moment is to disable …
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We’re seeing emails with the subject “phone calls” and “setting for your mailbox are changed” getting detected as bloodhound.exploit.290. That’s a generic detection for a Adobe Reader PDF exploit.
The Microsoft Exchange team wrote a blog back in 2006 summarizing the need to email message limits. Email size limits help protect you against denial of service attacks. Intentional or not Internal sender or external, a large message can consume all available resources. The problem can be aggravated by Antivirus for Exchange. It only has …
VPN Split Tunneling allows a user to VPN into the corporate network and pass data over the encrypted tunnel to the there while at the same time still talk to local resources and go directly to the internet. The alternative is to always tunnel and send almost everything through the VPN. The idea of always …
I was over at the Drudge Report last night and finally saw a fake antivirus social engineering attempt there. I’d heard before that the ads on drudge often served that up, but it was the first time I ran across it myself. On my work computers, I have the full Symantec Endpoint Protection suite installed …