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Antivirus (R9.4) - 29 December 2016

Antivirus New Features

Antivirus

ATTWO-1703

A filter icon now displays in the Flags column of the machines grid if the grid is filtered, on the Machines pages of the Antivirus and Anti-Malware modules.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1784

Added a new 'client license deactivated' alert type to the Antivirus module.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1874

Added support for installing Antivirus on Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011.

Antivirus, Antivirus (Classic)

PROTECT-868, ATTWO-1853

Added Kaspersky support (KES10 SP1 MR3) for installing the new Antivirus client on Windows workstations running the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. Applies to both Antivirus and Antivirus (Classic). All new installs now use version 10.2.5.3201. Version 10.2.4.674 installs continue to be supported.

Antivirus and Anti-Malware New Features

Anti-Malware, Antivirus

ATTWO-1902

All Kaseya-related folders and Kaseya agent-related applications have been added to the Global Exclusions of the Antivirus and Anti-Malware module.

Anti-Malware, Antivirus

ATTWO-1951

The following columns were set as default columns in Antivirus and Anti-Malware:

For the Installation column set:

  • Agent Status
  • Machine Id
  • Install Status
  • Installed On
  • Pending Actions
  • Flags
  • Database Date

For the STATUS column set:

  • Add Flags

In addition a new 'Kaspersky Antivirus Version' column was added to Antivirus grid and a new 'Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Version' column was added to the Anti-Malware grid.

Anti-Malware, Antivirus

ATTWO-1952

Previously, the only status states reported back during an Antivirus or Anti-Malware install were:

  • Downloading Files
  • Installing
  • This fix adds three additional status states:
  • Downloading OEM files to the VSA
  • Downloading Files to the endpoint
  • Installing product on the endpoint

 

 

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Antivirus, Anti-Malware

ATTWO-1741/ATTWO-1742

Antivirus and Anti-Malware now automatically stagger the install schedule of multiple machines when they are being installed concurrently. This applies both to an on premises VSA and across all VSA tenant partitions on the same SaaS server. The previous Distribution Window option in the install dialog was removed.

Antivirus Bug Fixes

Antivirus

AF-1836

Fixed an issue to ensure the 'select all' option respects the current machine filter on the Antivirus > Machines page.

Antivirus

AF-1840

Fixed an issue to ensure the 'select all' option respects the current machine filter on the Antivirus > Machines page.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1504

Multiple scans no longer run concurrently if a scan is already running.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1526

The Antivirus > Dashboard page now displays counts that respect the machine ID/group ID filter you've selected.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1528

Sort and filter options were removed from the 'AV Components' column displayed on the Antivirus > Machines page.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1534

Firewall Status has been removed from the Antivirus Summary report.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1540

The name value part called 'Machines With Unhandled Exceptions' no longer counts a detection with the Status of 'deleted' as an "unhandled exception'.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1560

Fixed an error that could display when clicking the Antivirus > Machines > 'Get Status' button.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1567

Exclusions added to a profile using the Antivirus > Detections page now display on the profile's Exclusion tab on the Profiles page.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1568

Fixed an issue that prevented the Live Connect Server Manager app from running from an agent machine that had Antivirus installed, unless the Live Connect server app was specified as a trusted app. These trusted apps are now added as global exclusions by default.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1575

IP address validation was added to the Antivirus > Profiles > Network Attack Blocker > 'Addresses of exclusions' field.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1599

Removed the display of the percentage scan completed, to prevent a false scan error from being displayed.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1603

Fixed an issue that prevented Antivirus from being uninstalled successfully.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1629

When installing Antivirus clients, the 'Blocking Install Issues' list now respects the machine ID/group ID filter you've selected.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1634

Fixed an issue with incorrect data displayed for Antivirus > Last Full, Critical, and Custom scan dates and times when the agent is in a different time zone than the server.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1638

You can now assign alert profiles to multiple agents at the same time.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1651

The 'out of compliance" alert is now suppressed until a new Antivirus client install has completed its initial configuration.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1679

The state of the 'Scan new and changed files only' setting in Antivirus profiles now matches the state on the Kaspersky client on the endpoint.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1695

Added Scan Exclusions and Trusted Apps default entries to SaaS tenant partitions.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1697

Added a validation warning message when attempting to install an Antivirus client on top of an Antivirus (Classic) client, if the client is not up to date. "Please update to the latest version of KAV (10.2.4.674) on Classic KAV before migrating."

Antivirus

ATTWO-1714

Fixed an issue in Antivirus that prevented 'trusted applications' from being ignored by Kaspersky on client machines.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1714

Fixed an issue in Antivirus that prevented 'trusted applications' from being ignored by Kaspersky on client machines.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1738

Fixed the display of multiple pending action icons in Antivirus and Anti-Malware when multiple endpoints are having update issues.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1740

When a Policy Management policy is assigned to a machine that specifies an Antivirus alert profile--but does not specify a server profile and/or workstation profile--no install occurs and a 'missing profile' error displays in Antivirus for that machine.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1747

Fixed an issue that caused all data on the Antivirus > Machine page to disappear after:

  • Selecting the Antivirus > Show > Machines > Antivirus Installation option.
  • Sorting the page using 'WSC Reported Product Name' column.
  • Refreshing the page or navigating away and coming back.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1777

When scheduling the migration of a machine to use the new Antivirus module, the uninstall of the existing Antivirus (Classic) no longer occurs immediately. Instead it is uninstalled just prior to installing the new client.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1778

Fixed an issue that prevented multiple machines from being migrated successfully from Antivirus (Classic) to Antivirus, when a batch migration was performed.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1844

Fixed an issue that prevented a profile from being deleted if quotes were included in an exclusion, such as "C:\Program Files".

Antivirus

ATTWO-1862

Fixed an issue that prevented Antivirus installs from running when the 'prompt before install" option was selected in the install dialog.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1869

Fixed an issue that allowed Antivirus to be installed even though the agent was suspended.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1876

Fixed an issue that allowed a non-master user to select and assign a private profile created by another VSA user that should have been hidden.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1883

Fixed an issue with showing correct counts for Antivirus-protected workstations and servers when using the machine filter while running the Executive Summary report.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1885

Fixed an issue with duplicate system profiles in the drop-down list when clicking the Assign Profile button.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1888

Fixed a locked file issue that prevented the Antivirus installation process from completing.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1891

Fixed an issue that prevented scheduling the Antivirus > Get Status command on a large number of agent machines simultaneously.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1894

Machines installed with Antivirus (Classic) no longer have to be upgraded from version 10.2.4.674 to version 10.2.5.3201 before migrating them to the new Antivirus module.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1897

Fixed an issue where updating global exclusions caused the system to attempt to update every agent, regardless of Antivirus provisioning or install status.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1903

Fixed an issue that caused 0 machines to display when selecting agents and and Assign/Scan/Update, after installing Antivirus 10.2.5.3201 clients.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1919

Added a daily job to remove operation queues 2 days older than when they last ran.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1931

Fixed an issue that caused Global Exclusions to be deleted after upgrading to 9.3.0.17.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1934

Fixed an issue with the Antivirus > Machines page mis-identifying machines as 'Not Installed" with the Antivirus client even though they were.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1945

Fixed an issue that caused disabled components to become enabled when a profile was edited and saved.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1960

Fixed an issue that caused the Antivirus client to fail and one if its components become corrupted when invalid scan exclusions were configured.

Antivirus

ATTWO-1972

Fixed an issue with a duplicate agent displaying in the Antivirus module after a repair, install or upgrade when running the VSA using SQL Server 2008.

Antivirus

ATTWO-2021

Fixed an issue with Antivirus action dialogs showing machines outside of the selected Antivirus filter.

Antivirus

ATTWO-2047

Fixed an issue with Windows 10 prompting to uninstall/renew Kaspersky during a new Antivirus install.

Antivirus

ATTWO-2066

This patch marks the following trusted applications as system-created, if already user-created, and removes any redundant copies.

C:\Program Files\Kaseya Live Connect\Kaseya.AdminEndpoint.exe

C:\Program Files\Kaseya Live Connect\KaseyaLiveConnect.exe

This patch also removes the following system-created items added in a previous patch.

<agent install directory>\Kaseya Live Connect\Kaseya.AdminEndpoint.exe

<agent install directory>\Kaseya Live Connect\KaseyaLiveConnect.exe

Antivirus

ATTWO-2070

Fixed an issue during installs, where endpoints were returning 'cannot download 10xUpdate.zip'.

Antivirus

ATTWO-2076

Antivirus components on a machine no longer display a failure status when when the profile assigned to that machine is disabled.

Antivirus

ATTWO-2091

Fixed an issue that removed an applied profile from machines when an exclusion was added to the profile using the Detections page.

Antivirus

ATTWO-2102

Fixed an issue that could cause pending actions in the AntiVirus module to hang.

Antivirus

ATTWO-2122

Fixed an issue with Antivirus scheduling not honoring the timezone offset set on the System > Preferences page.

Antivirus

END-1592

Antivirus pending actions are no longer delayed because the server and agent's time zones are greater than UTC.

Antivirus

ESR-518

Fixed an Antivirus pending actions error: 'Error On Endpoint: . Failed to query param object : Script error util.getEndpointInfo@getValue'. The error was caused by the Kaspersky API not returning the date of last definition update because of missing registry key.

Antivirus

PROTECT-772

Fixed an issue with KAV Service queries causing Kserver outages.

Antivirus

PROTECT-819

Updated the method of uninstalling Antivirus (Classic) when migrating machines to the new Antivirus module.

Antivirus

PROTECT-836

Added a fix for removing registry entries on a 64 bit system, when migrating agents from Antivirus (Classic) to Antivirus.

Antivirus

PROTECT-851

Fixed a 9.3 Antivirus license failure caused by an SQL script not executing during the R9.3.0.12 patch.

Antivirus

PROTECT-859

Updated the message displayed in Antivirus (Classic) after migrating a machine to Antivirus, indicating the machine is now managed using the Antivirus module.

Antivirus

PROTECT-884

Fixed an issue with detecting auto removal of Antivirus (Classic) client was successful, preventing installation of the new Antivirus client from continuing.

Antivirus

PROTECT-916

Fixed the count displayed for Antivirus (Classic) 'Objects Scanned' in the Executive Summary report.

Antivirus

PROTECT-857

The new Antivirus no longer reports that Antivirus (Classic) is still installed when it is removed manually by the user.

Antivirus and Anti-Malware Bug Fixes

Antivirus, Anti-Malware

ATTWO-1529

For both Antivirus and Anti-Malware, the following De-duplication settings were removed from the Summary tab of Alert Profiles:

* Every X minutes

* Every X hours

Antivirus, Anti-Malware

ATTWO-1539

Fixed an issue with with Antivirus and Anti-Malware legacy reports showing the correct machines installed.

Antivirus, Anti-Malware

ATTWO-1546

After a new install or upgrade, the VSA requires about 30 minutes to download and create the new Antivirus and Anti-Malware packages used for client installs. This patch fixes an install failure that occurred if a client install was started by the user before the download and package creation was completed. A new download icon now displays if a client install is attempted, displaying the text 'Downloading OEM files to VSA'.

Antivirus, Anti-Malware

ATTWO-1551

The 'definitions out of date" alert is now suppressed if 'Get Status' is clicked before a new Antivirus client has completed its initial configuration.

Antivirus, Anti-Malware

ATTWO-1552

Fixed an issue that could prevent Antivirus and Anti-Malware from installing clients in a new install of the VSA.

Antivirus, Anti-Malware

ATTWO-1649

Fixed an issue with assigned custom profiles not working when a weekly schedule is used.

Antivirus, Anti-Malware

ATTWO-1685

Additional columns were added back to the Antivirus and Anti-Malware > Machines pages. (IP-1878/ATTWO-1685) The total list of columns now includes:

In Antivirus

  • Machine ID
  • Install Status
  • Installed On
  • Pending Actions
  • WSC Reported Product Name
  • Agent Id
  • AV Components
  • AV Profile
  • Database Date
  • Flags
  • Has Active Threats
  • Last Critical Scan
  • Last Custom Scan
  • Last Full Scan
  • Last Reboot
  • Last Vulnerability Scan
  • Login Name
  • Management Version
  • Next Full Scan
  • Operating System
  • Reboot Needed
  • Time Zone Offset
  • WSC Manufacturer
  • WSC Up to Date
  • WSC Version

In Anti-Malware

  • Machine ID
  • Install Status
  • Installed On
  • Pending Actions
  • WSC Reported Product Name
  • Agent Id
  • AM Components
  • AM Profile
  • Database Date
  • Flags
  • Has Active Threats
  • Last Flash Scan
  • Last Quick Scan
  • Last Full Scan
  • Last Reboot
  • Login Name
  • Management Version
  • Next Full Scan
  • Operating System
  • Reboot Needed
  • Time Zone Offset
  • WSC Manufacturer
  • WSC Up to Date
  • WSC Version

Antivirus, Anti-Malware

ATTWO-1694

Fixed an issue with the pending action error icon not displaying on the Machines pages of the new Antivirus and Anti-Malware modules after a failed install.

Antivirus, Anti-Malware

ATTWO-1700

Fixed an issue with AM and AV license alerts not being generated in SaaS tenant partitions.

Antivirus, Anti-Malware

ATTWO-1701

Three alert actions were removed from the Configuration - Settings > Licensing Alerts page, for both of the new Antivirus and Anti-Malware module.

  • Create Alarm
  • Create Ticket
  • Script Name to Run

All three alert actions required you to specify a machine, which does not apply to licensing alerts. Remaining alert actions include:

  • Email Recipients
  • Notify users in VSA Inbox
  • Notify users in VSA notification bar.

Antivirus, Anti-Malware

ATTWO-1716

Fixed an issue that caused duplicate agent rows to display in Anti-Malware and Antivirus modules.

Antivirus, Anti-Malware

ATTWO-1733

This patch ensures that if a machine doesn't have the profile or alert profile that a Policy Management policy specifies, then it is flagged as out of compliance in Policy Management.

Antivirus, Anti-Malware

ATTWO-1739

A triggered Antivirus or Anti-Malware alert now only flags the module that encountered the alert condition.

Antivirus, Anti-Malware

ATTWO-1745

The grids on the Machines pages of the Antivirus and Anti-Malware modules no longer select the top row agent by default.

Antivirus, Anti-Malware

ATTWO-1754

A triggered Antivirus or Anti-Malware alert now only flags the module that encountered the alert condition.

Antivirus, Anti-Malware

ATTWO-1847

This fix ensures Antivirus and Anti-Malware license counts are consistently calculated, regardless of whether the VSA was newly installed or upgraded.

Antivirus, Anti-Malware

ATTWO-1854

Fixed an issue with filtering agents on the Machines pages of the Antivirus and Anti-Malware modules.

Antivirus, Anti-Malware

ATTWO-1865

Fixed an issue with the dates and times specified for scheduling installs and uninstalls not being honored in Antivirus and Anti-Malware.

Antivirus, Anti-Malware

DEVOPS-255

Fixed an issue with Kinstall not showing the 9.3 Anti-Malware and Antivirus install options, if not already licensed.

Antivirus, Anti-Malware

PROTECT-805

Fixed an error that could occur when Antivirus and Anti-Malware queries exceeded the parameter limitation of SQL,