Forefront, Antigen Updates Needed

Changes to the Kaspersky antimalware engine mean that Forefront and Antigen server protection customers will need to apply updates to ensure that they remain protected by Kaspersky. The updates will be available from July through Sept. 2010 and must be applied by the end of Jan. 2011 or customers will not receive signature updates and will see errors. Customers who cannot update by that time can avoid problems by deselecting the Kaspersky engine.

Kaspersky Engine Changing

Antigen 9 products for Exchange and Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) are commonly used to protect Exchange Server 2003 and Windows Server SMTP installations, while the Forefront products for Microsoft application servers protect 2007 and later versions of Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, and Communications Server. These Forefront and Antigen products use multiple scanning engines to improve detection of malware and to ensure that protection continues while signatures are updated. Up to five engines can be selected and Microsoft occasionally adds or deletes engines from the list.