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URGENT FOR SPAMCURE USERS - Retirement of SpamCure engine

Posted Friday, October 02, 2009 4:30 PM by FSS SME
We have already announced the changes of engines availability due on the 1st of December, it´s important to understand that the SpamCure antispam engine by Mail Filters will also be retired. We have invested in new antispam technology through a partnership Read More...
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Troubleshooting blocked file transfers when Forefront Server for OCS returns no errors

Posted Wednesday, August 26, 2009 12:32 PM by FSS SME
This blog explains a problem with file transfers in Office Communications Server. The symptoms are that files are being blocked between two clients, but Forefront is not logging any incidents and no notifications are being generated. In order to find Read More...
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Spamhaus Update

Posted Monday, July 06, 2009 10:57 AM by FSS SME
Although Microsoft doesn’t recommended any particular RBL (Realtime Block List) provider for use with Antigen products, Spamhaus is one of the most widely-known providers on the market. It’s come to our attention recently that Spamhaus has phased out Read More...
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Now Available – Antigen and Forefront server security service packs!

Posted Wednesday, July 01, 2009 6:43 PM by hollyki@microsoft.com
Microsoft announced today the release of four service packs from the Antigen and Forefront product families that provide leading protection for customer’s Exchange and SharePoint environments. To download the service packs, and for more information about Read More...
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No or limited data written to Programlog.txt

Posted Thursday, June 11, 2009 12:13 PM by FSS SME
Ever seen the programlog.txt just stop logging? Me neither until the last couple of days. To backtrack a bit, the programlog.txt is the most used and most important of all of the Antigen/Forefront Server logs. It lives in the \Data subfolder of any Forefront Read More...
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File Filtering for Specific Users in FSE

Posted Friday, June 05, 2009 3:04 PM by FSS SME
Good day everybody, some weeks ago I dealt with a request that took me quite sometimes and lots of tests, I thought I should share this on our blog as to save someone´s head hake. The request was: I want to set a File Filter to prevent Standard Users Read More...
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Updating Scan Engines in FSE, FSSP, FSOCS and Antigen 9 – what are my options?

Posted Tuesday, April 21, 2009 11:45 AM by FSS SME
Customers often ask us the best way to update their scan engines in their specific environment, so I’m writing this blog to go through the main scenarios that customers face and to discuss how to best choose an update method that suits your individual Read More...
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Antigen & Forefront Server Security Official Links

Posted Wednesday, April 15, 2009 10:07 AM by FSS SME
Some links to useful information about Antigen/Forefront Server Security Official MS pages: starts here to find presentations, evaluate the product on-line through our virtual labs and download trial software. Forefront Server Security http://www.microsoft.com/forefront/serversecurity/en/us/default.aspx Read More...
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Latest versions of Antigen /Forefront Security Server products

Posted Friday, April 10, 2009 4:49 PM by FSS SME
Here are the latest versions as of today (28 th of October 2009) of Antigen and Forefront Server Security products with relevant kb articles. Latest versions are always the “recommended ones”, support specialists may ask you to upgrade your system to Read More...
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How do Exchange IMF and Antigen Advanced Spam Manager work together?

Posted Wednesday, February 25, 2009 9:05 AM by FSS SME
Following article explains how Exchange Intelligent Message Filtering (IMF) and Antigen Advanced Spam Manager (ASM) work together. Specifically how SCL ratings are assigned IMF Options Blocking spam with the IMF is a two-stage process. The filter scans Read More...
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Notes on the new Antigen Cluster Resource (Antigen 9 SP1 RU5 and above)

Posted Wednesday, February 18, 2009 3:14 PM by FSS SME
Microsoft recently released Rollup 5 for Antigen 9 SP1 , which contains a particularly important fix for Exchange 2000 / 2003 clusters. The full issue behind this fix is documented in KB957015 . Essentially, the ‘fix’ adds a new Antigen Cluster Resource Read More...
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How to determine if Antigen or Forefront Server catch specific malware without paying for a support incident

Posted Monday, February 09, 2009 8:45 PM by hollyki@microsoft.com
Hello, my name is Robert McCarthy and I am a support engineer for the Antigen and Forefront Server product set. Since the advent of Antigen, its hallmark feature has been the ability to incorporate multiple third party scan engines into our scan jobs. Read More...
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Anti-virus Discussion and Troubleshooting Tips

Posted Thursday, January 29, 2009 11:33 AM by FSS SME
The virus world has always seen a battle between virus makers and anti-virus vendors, each trying to outwit each other through their speed and technology. Antigen and Forefront products incorporate proprietary and 3 rd -party anti-virus scan engines that Read More...
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Licensing in Antigen 9 and Forefront Server Security 10 Products

Posted Thursday, January 29, 2009 11:10 AM by FSS SME
This blog entry gives you an overview of licensing for Antigen 9 and Forefront Server Security products, such as FSE and FSSP. Your product’s expiration date can depend on several factors. Historically, Antigen licensing was controlled by a file called Read More...
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The ‘Illegal Mime Header’ Feature – what you need to know

Posted Thursday, January 29, 2009 11:06 AM by FSS SME
‘Illegal Mime Header’ is an important feature in Antigen/Forefront. This blog entry describes the expected functionality of this feature from the Antigen 9 for Exchange/SMTP with SP1 and Forefront for Exchange RTM (SP0) releases. The ‘Illegal Mime Header’ Read More...
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