Tag: Security

Per SEP admin guide documentation, SEP client has the logic built-in to auto-identify and skip the AD related files when it’s installed on Windows Domain Computer Servers. However, in my testing I found that isn’t the actual case and here are the screenshots of the observations where SEP client Auo-Protect scanning AD files:

Separate the reported clients into respective categories based on criteria given below. Follow the respective troubleshooting steps for each category of clients reported in SEP lagging definitions. Categories: ====================== SEP application issues: Clients having issues with SEP application itself like folders/services missing. Thus they would fail to get the latest definitions Not checked-into SEP server: Clients have latest definitions dated to when they last connected to SEP servers. This means these clients have issues with connecting to SEPM servers itself SEP lagging definitions: Clients which have SEP working fine, connecting to SEPM server, but still failing to get the latest […]

My TestLab Environment: Two physical machines of same hardware model ‘OptiPlex 755’ One has SEP RU5 and other don’t have any AV software Both the machines are in the same OU and NO GPs Both the machines have up-to-date patches and same software environment Firewall disabled Same user login via RDP Sample details:       a.  Folder size: 1.5 GB        b. Folders count: 1227        c.  Files count: 13,785 Performance Statistics: 1. Reboot times (in seconds) – using stopwatch           a. Base Win7 — Avg: 15.43 sec           b. Win7 with SEP — Avg: 14.94 sec           c. Difference — […]