Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.0 for Windows File Servers
 
WHAT'S NEW

Version 5.0.70 (release date: 26.10.2005) - RC Maintenance Pack 3

Added:
- support for work in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server x64
- automatic restart of application processes after a forced termination or software failure
- an opportunity to build a list of trusted processes excluding from control processes specified by the administrator thus decreasing the overall system load 
- input of CPU load limit via the control plug-in
- an opportunity to not use a proxy server while updating from sources within a LAN
- restriction for the volume of updates to anti-virus databases and application modules added to a local updates' source: updates for all products of Kaspersky Lab or just for Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.0 for Windows Workstations and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.0 for Windows File Servers

Fixed:
- improvements in the operation of the anti-virus database updating system
- sending of redundant data during updates from an Administration Server 
- revised interception of file operations to avoid problems that appear in the operating system as a result of long load on disk subsystem. Problems could appear in the form of system freeze or quick depletion of virtual memory in a system.

Version 5.0.50 (Release date: 25.04.2005) - Maintenance Pack 2

Fixed: 
- driver error occurring during the product certification stress test

Version 5.0.49 (Release date: 11.04.2005) - Maintenance Pack 2 RC

Added:
- possibility to activate license key at fist application launch (Deferred license key installation)
- possibility to use environment variables to set values
- support of command line return codes
- possibility to save/restore application settings has been realized

Fixed:
- use of system resources has been decreased
- decrease in use of system resources by on-demand scan task in case of high activity of other applications has been realized
- the system of installed license key status monitoring has been improved
- updating through ISA with enabled packet filter
- NTLM authorization using ISA proxy servers (2K, 2004)
- automatic update rollback in case of anti-virus database update task failure

Version 5.0.40 (Release date: January 27, 2005) - Maintenance Pack 1

Fixed:
- inability to update from certain types of servers/proxies 
- errors occurring during updates from an Administration Server 
- error in the upgrade version, which could affect the integrity of the anti-virus database 

Version 5.0.39 (Release date: December 31, 2004) Maintenance Pack 1 RC

The following features have been added:
- support for detecting potentially unwanted software using extended anti-virus database:
  potentially dangerous riskware and hacking software, adware and pornware, programs-jokes;

- support for launching the updating procedure and the anti-virus scan using any user's rights that allows to perform the following actions automatically or remotely from the administration console:
  anti-virus scan and disinfection of user's automatic startup objects, MS Outlook/MS Outlook Express mailboxes, encrypted files and files located on the network drives,
  updating via a proxy-server that uses NTML authorization;

- a possibility to delay automatic rebooting of file server after installing of application updates that require system reboot;
- a possibility of automatic updating using the administration server;
- a possibility to save user-defined settings after the installation of a new application version;

Fixed:
- installing of Kaspersky Anti-Virus caused errors "An error occurred while creating object 'WScript'" and "An error occurred while creating object 'JSProxy'" when running ASP pages by MS Internet Information Server;
- an impossibility to scan UNC network paths; 
- an incorrect automatic installing of active license key while upgrading from 4.x versions of Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows File Servers;
- incorrect descriptions of the Kaspersky Anti-Virus events displayed by MS Windows Event Viewer;
- effect of settings enabling iChecker and iStreams technologies on the anti-virus protection level;
- absense of the full path to composite files stored in the quarantine/backup storage;

Improved:
- Command Line functionality improved;
- task execution status diagnostics in the management console;
- license key information display in the Install license key of the management console;
- secure storage of the proxy-server password;
- diagnostics of errors occurring during the updating.