RE: Symantec vulnerability update

Hi Amy:

Did you hear back on this? It sounds like it relates to my problem.

Michael

At 10:50 AM 5/31/2006, Amy Gee wrote:
>Hi folks,
>
>So far, I have upgated four computers at my department but they all began to
>have a same issue. They all are unable to access shared folders/drives
>until about 30 minutes after the system boots up or immediate after the
>symantec firewall is manually disabled and re-enabled.
>
>Windows files/folder sharing is permitted and the IP addresses of designated
>computers are added to the safe zone. Prior to the update, the computer can
>immediately access any shared folders and drives.
>
>Anyone else experience this problem?
>
>Thanks,
>Amy
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-micronet-list@lists.berkeley.edu
>[mailto:owner-micronet-list@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Allison Henry
>Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 1:35 PM
>To: Micronet-UCB microcomputer support user group;
>ucb-security@lists.berkeley.edu
>Subject: [Micronet] Symantec vulnerability update
>
>Symantec has released patches for the security vulnerability in Symantec
>Anti-Virus announced on Friday. These patches must be installed on each
>workstation running Symantec Anti-virus v10.x (including Symantec Client
>Security 3.x) to protect against this vulnerability. To make sure the
>updates are applied and to get the benefits of the latest version of
>Symantec, we are recommending the following actions:
>
> 1) Go to http://software.berkeley.edu/windows/scs3/current/
> 2) Download and install the SCS 3.1 desktop client
> 3) Download and install MP1 for 3.1
> 4) Download and install PP1 for SCS 3.1 MP1
>
>For system administrators:
>We recommend that you upgrade all Symantec clients to 3.1 and apply the
>appropriate patches. However, if you wish to stay at your current version of
>Symantec, you can find the appropriate patches for your version number at
>http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/enterprise/products/sym_client_security/scs
>_3/files.html.
>
>Please make sure you apply the appropriate patches in the correct order for
>your version of Symantec. We are working on developing tools to aid in the
>distribution of patches to large numbers of workstations, so watch for
>further updates.
>
>Please help us get the word out to the campus community. There are still no
>exploits out based on this vulnerability and with your help we want to get
>campus users protected before the exploits are released.
>
>Thank you,
>
>--
>Allison Henry
>System and Network Security
>University of California, Berkeley
>http://security.berkeley.edu
>
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