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Changes in Windows Security Center status reporting after Maintenance Release 2

Question/Issue:
Maintenance Release 2 (MR2) for Symantec Client Security 2 and Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 9 introduced some changes in the way that Windows Security Center reporting is handled. You want to know what these changes are.


Solution:
The following tables describe how the Windows Security Center reports status.

How the Windows Security Center reported status before MR2
ConditionStatus
Any antivirus conditionON (green)
Any firewall conditionON (green)


How the Windows Security Center reports Symantec AntiVirus status beginning with MR2
ConditionVirus protection status
Antivirus is not installedNOT FOUND (red)
Antivirus is installed with full protectionON (green)
Antivirus is installed and virus definitions are out-of-dateOUT OF DATE (red)
Antivirus is installed and Auto-Protect is not enabledOFF (red)
Antivirus is installed, Auto-Protect is not enabled, and virus definitions are out-of-dateOFF (red)
Antivirus is installed and Rtvscan is turned off
manually
OFF (red)


How the Windows Security Center reports firewall status beginning with MR2
ConditionFirewall status
Firewall is not installedNOT FOUND (red)
Firewall is installed and enabledON (green)
Firewall is installed but not enabledOFF (red)
Symantec product is not installed or enabled, but
third-party firewall is installed and enabled
ON (green)


Note: Symantec Client Security 2 disables the Windows Firewall by default. If there is more than one firewall enabled, WSC reports that multiple firewalls are installed and enabled.





Document ID: 2004100413365448
Last Modified: 01/10/2005
Date Created: 10/04/2004
Operating System(s): Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional Edition, Windows XP 64-Bit Edition 2003, Windows Server 2003 32-bit Edition, Windows Server 2003 64-bit Edition
Product(s): Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 9.0
Release(s): SAV 9.0 [All Releases]


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