[NEWS6331] ESET Endpoint Antivirus for macOS and ESET Endpoint Security for macOS versions 6.4.168 have been released

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This article applies to version 5.x of ESET Endpoint Antivirus and ESET Endpoint Security. These products are currently in Basic Support status and are expected to reach End of Life status in December 2020. After this date, ESET Endpoint Antivirus and ESET Endpoint Security will no longer receive detection engine updates to protect against malware.

ESET Endpoint Antivirus for macOS and ESET Endpoint Security for macOS versions 6.4.168 have been released and are available for download.

Changelog

  • Added: Product will automatically try to restart ESET Service if it crashes
  • Added: Notification appears when ESET Service is not responding
  • Added: Ability to hide product icon in Menu Bar Extras (tray icon)
  • Added: OpenSSL replaced by Apple native security framework
  • Added: Firewall has ability to automatically allow software signed by Apple to access network
  • Added: Status notification about migration of Media Control to Device Control when upgrading from version 4 to version 6
  • Added: Product verifies ESET SSL certificate on all supported OS X/macOS
  • Added: Upgraded POCO parsing library to the latest build
  • Added: Setup information from Installer is stored as data and interpreted by ESET Service
  • Fixed: esets_proxy listening on port 57856
  • Fixed: Unnecessary and frequent logging by ESET Service after user changed /etc/pam.d/sudo
  • Fixed: Zero files scanned after completed scan in hard drive
  • Fixed: esets_proxy crash under various special circumstances
  • Fixed: Long delay after system reboot
  • Fixed: Kernel panic in version 6.4.161.0 on wrongly formatted exclusions in policy from ESET Remote Administrator
  • Fixed: Interactive firewall prompts appear for ESET signed software or Apple-signed software
  • Fixed: Unexpected error message shown in logs
  • Fixed: FaceTime is blocked by firewall in default configuration
  • Fixed: Notification that computer will shut down in 60 seconds but computer actually shuts down in 2 seconds
  • Fixed: Device Control logs appear even when the feature is disabled
  • Fixed: Incorrect name of Network protection module in Help section
  • Fixed: Application path for application rules created in ERA is not displayed
  • Fixed: Wording improvements in multiple language editions

Known Issues

For a detailed list of known issues, see Known issues for version 6 ESET Endpoint products.

Upgrade to Latest Version

See the following ESET Knowledgebase article for instructions to upgrade to the latest build: