We are proud to announce the release of Forefront Security 2010 for SharePoint Beta 2 (FSSP). · FSSP provides industry leading antimalware protection by simultaneously using up to 5 individual antimalware engines. Protection is provided for both viruses...

Hi, my name is Alex Nikolayev and you might remember me for my previous work with Exchange server Transport. Having an unconditional love for Transport, I moved to Forefront Server Security team to help with delivering cool new features to protect it...

Hello. My name is Mitch Hall, and I am a program manager on the Forefront Server Security team. Today, we are proud to announce the release of Forefront Security 2010 for Exchange Server Beta 2 (FSE), which can be used with Exchange 2007 SP1 and Exchange...

SUMMARY: Due to increases in the size of antivirus definitions over time, we suggest that Antigen and Forefront Server customers increase the timeout value for downloading these updates. While the current default value of 5 minutes has worked well...

A new version of the Norman engine was released through the Forefront Server Security Rapid Update system on March 26, 2009. The Norman update package was made available for download at approximately 8:30 am EST on that day. Release Details This...

Forefront Security for Office Communications Server integrates multiple antimalware engines from Microsoft and industry-leading partners to provide comprehensive protection against the latest threats. People often ask us what the big deal is about using...

The Forefront Security for Office Communications Server (FSOCS) RTM version was launched on March 16, 2009. The product engineering team would like to provide some insight into the evolution of this product as we’re very excited about this release and...

Hey folks, I am a member of the FSS User Assistance (UA) team. To stay current with our products and related technologies, I read blogs and other online technology sites to keep up with new technologies, tips, and general info about security, messaging...

My name is Paul Gruner, and I am a Customer Service and Support engineer at Microsoft. We often get questions about how Microsoft Exchange Intelligent Message Filtering (IMF) and the Antigen Advanced Spam Manager (ASM) work together. The short answer...

Hi, my name is Scott, and I'm a technical writer in the Forefront Server Security (FSS) User Assistance (UA) group here on Long Island, New York. Every few months or so, we update our existing “legacy” documentation on our TechNet Web site, and this post...

Hello, my name is Molly Gilmore and I’m a program manager on the Forefront Security Rapid Response Engineering team. I work closely with our antivirus engine partners on support and technical integration issues. Others on the team and I have been working...

Please use the following link to download Rollup 2 for Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960814 Issues that this hotfix package fixes This hotfix package fixes the following...

Please use the following link to download Rollup 5 for Antigen 9.0 with Service Pack 1. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957075 Listed below are the fixes included. · 957010 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957010/ ) The Getenginefiles...

Here is some important news for customers using Sybari Antigen 8.0 for Exchange or Antigen 8.0 for SMTP Gateways to protect their Microsoft Exchange environment. Microsoft has decided to extend the end-of-life for Sybari Antigen for Exchange 8.0 and...

Hello. My name is Joe Anderson, and I work with the CSS Security Support Team. Having firsthand experience with customers, I wanted to give some insight into things that we request when troubleshooting a particular issue. Below, I describe several...

Hello everyone. I wanted to remind Antigen and FSE/FSSP users that the engine and definition updates for the Computer Associates (CA) InoculateIT engine will end on September 29 th , 2008. On January 16 th , 2007, the Computer Associates (CA) InoculateIT...

Today we are excited to announce formal support for Forefront Server Security for Exchange SP1 and Forefront Server Security for SharePoint SP1 running on the Hyper-V platform. This is part of a larger announcement that affects multiple Microsoft products...

Microsoft is aware of an issue with the Microsoft AV engine not updating on some installations of Antigen and Forefront Server Security products. Not all installations of the products are experiencing this issue, however all products may be affected....

Forefront for Exchange SP1 Rollup3 has been released. The fixes that are included with in Forefront for Exchange SP1 Rollup3 are as follows. Prior to full publication of Forefront for Exchange SP1 Rollup3 we are making our customers aware that this...

Our anti-spam partner Mail-Filters changed the hosting location from which we retrieve anti-spam updates. Although Microsoft was notified that this change would take place at a future date, our partner was not properly informed that security restrictions...

Microsoft has resolved the recent SpamCure engine updating and detection issue that was seen in Antigen 8.0 and 9.x products since August 1, 2008. Please update the SpamCure engine. After the engine is successfully updated, detection rates should improve...

Microsoft is aware of an issue with the SpamCure engine not updating and detecting spam in Antigen 8.0 and 9.x products since August 1, 2008. We are working with the engine vendor to resolve this issue and will continue to update this blog as more information...

Hello, this is Neil Carpenter. I’m an Escalation Engineer on the support side of our business and I work with Antigen and Forefront Security for Exchange Server and SharePoint. We have been working on a hotfix rollup for Antigen 9.1 that will include...

Hi Everyone, Steve Lindsay here again from the Tools and Infrastructure team. Today I'm introducing a new series called 'Meet the Forefront Team'. This series will be a video pod-cast series of interviews with members of the Forefront Team. Our...

Hello – Andy Day from the EMEA Antigen/Forefront Support Team here to give you some tips on oiling your anti-spam engine in Antigen for Exchange/SMTP. Let the spring cleaning commence... Over recent years, spam has emerged as a more prominent pain...