14 DAY TRIAL // Customers running multi-engine AV protection from Microsoft are advised to upgrade as soon as possible, as the Redmond company made available for download two major updates related to Antigen 8. On October 28th, the software giant released Antigen 8 for SharePoint Service Pack 1 and Antigen 8 for IM Service Pack 1. Both upgrades are now available for download, and customers already running Antigen 8 for IM and Antigen 8 for SharePoint can grab the SP1 release most suited to their specific product via the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center.
“The Forefront Server team is pleased to announce that Antigen 8 for SharePoint Service Pack 1 and Antigen 8 for IM Service Pack 1 are now available for download. It is important for customers to upgrade to these service pack releases before the AV engine mix is changed on December 1st, 2009 (as announced on July 1st, 2009). Previous builds of the product will still function after December 1st, but only one engine will be updating (Norman),” noted Tom Canino, lead program manager for Forefront Server Team.
At the start of July 2009, Microsoft announced that it was going to change its security strategy related to third-party products included in its own solutions starting December this year. Specifically, the Redmond company revealed that it was going to standardize on a handful of AntiMalware engines. As of December 1st, 2009, all Forefront server security products, Antigen included, will bring to the table a set of five antimalware engines. In addition, companies running Antigen 8 will need to turn to the service packs in order to change the update engines download location for Forefront Server products, from SYBARI.COM (which will not be accessible after 2/1/2010) to MICROSOFT.COM.
“The service packs can be downloaded from the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center by opening the “Servers” group and finding the corresponding Forefront Server product. Antigen 8 for SharePoint SP1 (part number X16-09934) can be found under “Forefront Security for SharePoint with Service Pack 3”. Antigen 8 for IM SP1 (part number X16-09863) can be found under “Forefront Security for Office Communications Server”,” Canino added.