

- #Symantec endpoint protection windows 10 patch update#
- #Symantec endpoint protection windows 10 patch windows 7#

Microsoft KB4512506/KB4512486 and future updates can be safely installed and the soft block was removed on August 27th, 2019.

Symantec has completed its evaluation of the impact of this update and future updates to Windows 7/Windows 2008 R2 and has determined that there is no increased risk of a false positive detection for all in-field versions of Symantec Endpoint Protection. Yesterday, in a coordinated reveal, both Symantec and Microsoft say that all is now well.
#Symantec endpoint protection windows 10 patch windows 7#
… Out of an abundance of caution, Symantec and Microsoft worked together to only allow the update to be visible to versions of Symantec Endpoint Protection that fully support SHA-2 signed Windows executables replaced by this and future updates to Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 2008 R2 SP1. All currently available versions of Symantec Endpoint Protection are affected. This issue is specific to Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.
