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  • 1.  Scan Engine EOSL and definitions

    Posted Jul 31, 2014 06:05 AM

    Hi we're still running Scan Engine 5.x which I understand is now well and truly EOL (as of March 2014), but die to other technical factors, such as our servers hosted by VMWare 4.5 we are unable to upgrade currently to Protection Engine.  Adding to this, a recent network change by the customer's network sullier has rendered all direct updates unfeasible meaning we need to implement an internal liveupdate server.

    Will it still be possible to update Scan Engine from Live Update and how long will the definition files still be compatible with scan engine 5.x products?

    Will it be possible to set up a Liveupdate v2 server to disseminate virus definition files to these old Scan Engine servers?

     

    Thanks

    Steve



  • 2.  RE: Scan Engine EOSL and definitions

    Posted Aug 06, 2014 08:07 PM
    Hi, I don't think you would not get any answers or confirmation of until when definitions for SSE will be made available.That's up to Symantec to decide. For your reference, one of my customer was using SAVSE 4.3.18 until the end of 2013, where the product was EOSLed some time in 2007, and did not have any issues with definition updates. So you may be able to use SSE 5.x for few more years, or it may stop working TOMORROW. You would never know. Haro