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Featured: Connect And Protect - The North West Company

IanZ | 20 Jul 2009 | 1 comment

Last year, we started looking at SEP11. As we're still running on SAV8 for majority of the servers and clients, with a few SAV9 and SAV10, I believe it's about time to start upgrading to the latest version. I checked the features, documentations, forums, blogs, articles and everything about SEP and I'm getting a negative feedback, a lot of people are complaining. Some even call it a nightmare! Very discouraging. I kept on thinking, as the Server Technology Analyst and only 1 year with the company, I don't want to risk my new job as well as mess around with the servers. Is SEP11 ready for primetime, or is it a disaster? SEP11 is September 11, hmmm, a 9/11 disaster! So we didn't rush to deploy this. Instead, I started working on test servers and clients. At the same time, as I'm the only one who's going to deploy and implement this, I need to have a plan, a very safe one.

I created a project plan, first looking at the existing SSC setup and client configurations. As another...

Featured: Connect and Protect-Symantec Endpoint Protection -- Always a winner !!

Vikram Kumar-SAV to SEP | 20 Jul 2009 | 3 comments

Hi,

I work as a Security Consultant for my company and obviously as an Antivirus specialist.

So this story is about a client who had about 8,000 clients and was currently using MacAfee. They were at the end of their contract, in few months,so they were looking for a better solution as they were hit by number of outbreaks in the last couple of years and were not satisfied with the support provided.

So a Conference call was scheduled and I was invited to give my views on which antivirus solution to consider migrating, and why to switch. We also discuss the Pros and Cons.

Their requirement were pretty simple, but very strict, and they wanted a secure and Malware free environment due to the recent outbreaks which cost them too much with high downtimes and un-availability of critical production servers.

So when I joined the Conference, there were about 8 members with their own views and recommendations. Some...

Featured: Symantec Endpoint Protection Integration Component 7.0 Overview

stebro | 26 May 2009 | 2 comments

The Symantec Endpoint Protection Integration Component 7.0 provides integration between the Symantec Management Platform 7 and Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.

Features include:

Antivirus Inventory

Identifies installed endpoint security products from Symantec, McAfee, Trend, Sophos, CA, F-Secure, Kaspersky, and ESET
Details on Symantec Endpoint Protection client
Symantec Endpoint Protection Client Migration Job

Task based uninstall, restart, and Symantec Endpoint Protection Installation
Tasks can be customized for and blended with any Task Server task
Symantec Endpoint Protection Client Tasks

Full and Quick Virus Scans
Update virus definition and other security content
Repair Symantec Endpoint Protection client
Reporting

Antivirus summary
Computers with Tamper Protection enabled
Migration details including installation failure feedback
Benefits include:

Robust...

Slides and Notes from the South Florida Security & Compliance User Group Meeting -1/28/10

rcarela | 01 Feb 2010 | 0 comments

The South Florida Security & Compliance User Group Board of Directors would like to thank everyone who attended the meeting at the Citrix Building on January 28, 2010. Here attached are the powerpoint presentations that took place. If anyone would like to present or host a future meeting please let us know. Please spread the word about our group! If our group continues to grow so will our experience and knowledge.

The Powerpoint presentation file

BE12_VCB is titled : Symantec Backup Exec 12.5 VMware - Virtual Consolidate Backup
SIMs is titled: Security Information Managers [SIM/SIEM]

More to come in the near future please continue to benefit from using our resources at Symantec.

Switching gears at work – Focusing on one thing

jjesse | 24 Jan 2010 | 0 comments

Last year, the company I work for was asked to be one of the partners that Symantec has that can sell and consult on professional services for Vontu. So my boss sent me to training and told me that I would be taking the lead on that product for the company. So I became team lead of no one and added yet another hat to my already busy schedule and life. Don’t take me wrong, I love my company, but I had a lot of hats I was wearing at ITS. I was Director of Training, DLP Lead, and Practice Principle for Michigan and Ohio.

Let me take a break here and describe what a Practice Principle is. ITS is run a bit like a law firm. There are partners and also a managing partner. (There is the managing Partner, my boss Wade, and several other partners who are mostly silent.) A practice principle is someone who is in charge of a practice and working...

When trying to open SEPM on Windows 2008 server, error Could not find the main class com.sygate.scm.tools.DatabaseFrame. Program

sezam | 18 Jan 2010 | 3 comments

When SEPM console is tried to be open an ERROR: "Could not find the main class com.sygate.scm.tools.DatabaseFrame. Program will exit " occurs.

The problem is UAC. To make SEPMconsole working properly You need to dissable UAC.

Windows Installer tries to install SEP continously

sezam | 14 Jan 2010 | 0 comments

Some time I face with customer which have a problem with continuous SEP installation.

This could be connected with 2 problems:

1. Domain or Local User privileges are to restricted[remember to much restrictions is also not good. You need to know how to balance with restrictions]
2. Installation is corrupted.

This problem is annoying because Windows Installer want to install SEP client continuously which can be very nervous.

Solution for this problem is to:

1. Find UninstalString value for Symantec Endpoint Protection which is situated in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

2. Paste this string to command line with changed option /I to /X ( ex. MsiExec.exe /X{68B52EFD-86CC-486E-A8D0-A3A1554CB5BC} )

Deleting Proxy settings from LiveUpdate configuration[Unmanaged Clients].

sezam | 07 Jan 2010 | 0 comments

Some days ago I faced with an issue.
In a big network all Live Update applications were configured with Proxy[Unmanaged clients]. But the proxy setting were needed to be disabled.

Network configuration is handled by files:
- Settings.LiveUpdate;

- 1.Settings.LiveUpdate;
- 2.Settings.LiveUpdate.

which are situated in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Symantec\LiveUpdate folder.

If You have a big environment and You need to perform disabling of proxy setting for FTP an WWW the best is create a script which will delete Settings.LiveUpdate and 1.Settings.LiveUpdate files.

I think It could be useful.

General information about using Ghost Solution Suite (GSS) with Windows 7.

Mhine | 05 Jan 2010 | 2 comments

Ghost Solution Suite 2.5, the latest version, is not currently compatible with Windows 7. Symantec is working on an update to GSS 2.5 that will allow for installation as well as the cloning of Windows 7. We will update this article when that update is available.

Although unsupported the Ghost executables from GSS 2.5 LU3 (build 2165) may clone a Windows 7 file system when used in a PreOS environment.
There are a few things to consider if you plan to test the cloning of Windows 7:

· Do NOT install Ghost Solution Suite on the Windows 7 Operating System. Install it into XP or Vista to then use the executables.

· We suggest that you use the Ghost Boot Wizard to create bootable media with the Ghost cloning Executables that can then either connect to a GhostCast Server session or clone to local hard drives

w32.downadup.B please help me

fahad_noor@hotmail.com | 01 Jan 2010 | 5 comments

please tell me prefect idea how to rid off this problem

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