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TechNet Wiki went live on Wednesday
Hi folks, I know I’ve blogged about this earlier, but I wanted to take time to note that the TechNet...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 04/16/2010
New updates coming!
Greetings blog readers! I’m happy to announce that we will release a new antimalware engine update...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 04/08/2010
Thoughts on Enterprise Manager
Enterprise Manager is a great way for Client Security customers to do centralized management and...
Author: Craig Wiand - MSFT Date: 04/02/2010
Miscellaneous Real Time agent keys
The final installment in our series on registry keys for FCS is a big one – there are a lot of...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 04/01/2010
Scanning email archives
Continuing in the registry key series, let’s talk about DisableEmailScanning. By default, the...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 03/19/2010
Setting a process exclusion in your network
Trust me, one of these days you will need to exclude a process from being scanned by FCS. Or maybe...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 03/12/2010
Wildcards in path exclusions: FCS
Since the August 2009 antimalware engine update we support wildcards in path exclusions for...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 03/08/2010
Setting definition update keys via policy
Next up in our registry key series: setting definition update keys via policy. On the FCS TechNet...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 03/05/2010
Can’t find it? Write it!
Hey Folks, I wanted to point out a new resource available to you to find information, and, if you...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 03/04/2010
Checking for definition updates when starting
Next up in our registry key series: enabling definition updates upon service start. By default (out...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 02/26/2010
Additions to the Client Security Best Practice Analyzer
The Client Security BPA was posted to the download center shortly after FCS released. The initial...
Author: Craig Wiand - MSFT Date: 02/19/2010
Scanning reparse points
Next in our series: how to enable scanning of reparse points, also known as junctions, or mount...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 02/08/2010
Scanning removable drives
In response to a recent question via this blog, I’d like to explain a setting for antimalware...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 01/29/2010
Ever wonder what's in a definition update?
And what the various files in the update do? And what the different types of udpates are? If you're...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 01/28/2010
FCS KB 976668 and 976669 fail to install on Windows 2000 when the installation is run as Local System
We’re tracking an issue where the latest FCS antimalware client update won’t install on Windows 2000...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 01/14/2010
Setting the Collection server during WSUS deployment
Last month in the Client Security blog the Forefront Client Security team announced the availability...
Author: Craig Wiand - MSFT Date: 01/12/2010
Logparsing FCS to find files that were infected
Happy New Year! Kurt Falde, one of our CSS Support Engineers, posted a great blog post about how to...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 01/04/2010
New Update Available
Greetings! Yesterday we released a new hotfix - this hotfix provides the following benefits: Adds...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 12/11/2009
FCSv1: In place OS upgrades from Win2k8 Core to Win2k8 R2 Core has an upgrade issue
Issue: Upgrade or uninstallation of Forefront Client Security (FCS) v1 is not possible, after an in...
Author: dhill@microsoft Date: 10/08/2009
Forefront Client Security v1.0 on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Greetings! You may have seen this by now, but I wanted to reiterate here: Forefront Client Security...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 09/04/2009
Client Security slow logon issue
After installing the most recent antimalware update (KB971026), some Client Security customers have...
Author: Craig Wiand - MSFT Date: 08/13/2009
TechEd 2009
Hey folks – we’ve got an exciting line up of sessions about FCS and Stirling that you will want to...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 05/08/2009
FCSNerds at it again...
Hello folks! I'm happy to share with you another wonderful post from our friends over at the FCS CSS...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 04/01/2009
More resources.....
Hello FCS experts! I'd like to introduce you to Kurt Falde's blog. Kurt is a CSS Security Engineer,...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 03/05/2009
Tamper protection from the Security Wizard
Howdy everyone! Just wanted to post a quick Yay!! For Yaniv! – Yaniv once again has posted some...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 01/29/2009
Client pods…..
The FCS Nerds have a great blog post describing how to relocate an FCS client to a new management...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 11/14/2008
Configuration Manager and WSUS announcements!
Today we posted guidance on using an existing WSUS server from an Configuration Manager deployment...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 10/20/2008
Social Bookmarking??
Hello FCS experts – and you know who you are. You are the ones who have figured out the tips and...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 09/24/2008
FCS SP1 releases!
Today we are pleased to announce the availability of Forefront Client Security Service Pack 1 (SP1)....
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 08/26/2008
Tools anyone?
Did you know that Microsoft has an open source hosting website? Codeplex (www.codeplex.com) is a...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 08/11/2008
Subject: Using Forefront Client Security and System Center Configuration Manager while Leveraging the Same WSUS Server Role
Hello, The Forefront and System Center teams recognize the importance of enabling customers to take...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 08/05/2008
NAP and FCS
For some more technical depth on the Solution Accelerators Forefront Integration Kit for Network...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 06/18/2008
NAP Anyone?
The Forefront Client Security team is pleased to announce the public availability of the Microsoft...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 06/13/2008
Announcing new support!
The FCS team is pleased to announce support for: · Agent protection of Windows Server 2008 – Server...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 06/10/2008
Managing an enterprise deployment of Forefront Client Security
We’ve seen a lot of questions from customers asking whether Client Security can be deployed and...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 12/21/2007
Announcing the Microsoft Forefront Technology Adoption Program
Hello everyone!! With the successful release of Forefront Client Security v1, it’s time to...
Author: csfanos Date: 12/04/2007
Client Security and the home user
Forefront Client Security is an enterprise-level antimalware offering. As part of a total security...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 12/04/2007
SSA Definition Update with Windows Firewall check!
Today we published another Security State Assessment (SSA) definition update on Microsoft Update!...
Author: AdrienneWu Date: 10/30/2007
The Microsoft Forefront Client Security Health Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 SP1 has been released!
While you’ve always had the ability to use MOM 2005 to monitor things like IIS and SQL for your...
Author: CherylB Date: 10/25/2007
Four Forefront Products are Info Security Product Excellence Finalists!
Exciting news! Forefront Client Security is a finalist for Info Security's 2008 Global Excellence in...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 10/15/2007
Changes to FCS Client WSUS Installation package
Using WSUS is likely the easiest and most popular way to deploy the FCS client to computers. As...
Author: Craig Wiand - MSFT Date: 10/05/2007
Tools to help 3rd party products check when Client Security was last updated.
Hello World, My name is Steve Scholz; I am a Technical Security Specialist for the US. Education...
Author: Steve Scholz- MSFT Date: 09/26/2007
The Microsoft Anti-Malware Engineering Team has a blog, too!
And they have some incredible information on the impact of the "Storm" worm - and how MSRT is...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 09/26/2007
Understanding Forefront Client Security Fix 940060
A new fix has been released for FCSv1in how the system handles Overrides and...
Author: Saveen Reddy Date: 09/17/2007
Troubleshooting Installers – a brief introduction
Greetings! My name is Keith Newham. As a software developer in test for the Forefront Client...
Author: KeithN Date: 08/30/2007
Best Practice for Multiple FCS Deployments
Hi Folks, Here’s a FCS Best Practice from the Engineering team for those of you that have deployed...
Author: Eduardo Villasenor Date: 08/17/2007
Security State Assessment goes live on MU!
My name is Adrienne Wu, and I’m a Program Manager on the Forefront Client Security (FCS) team. When...
Author: AdrienneWu Date: 07/24/2007
TechEd 2007 US is over….
And I am fully recovered. In case you have never been to TechEd, it is one of the premiere learning...
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 06/21/2007
Forefront Client Security is released!
Hello Folks – well it’s been a while since there has been a post to this blog. The past few months...
Author: Anthony Chavez Date: 06/07/2007
Troubleshooting Guide Available!
Hello! My name is Kim and I’m a Technical Writer here at Microsoft for Forefront Client Security....
Author: Kimborly A. Ditto-Ehlert Date: 03/05/2007