Last Updated: October 24, 2020, 12:00 CEST
The issue occurs on ESET products with the Firewall module and the Network protection module on Windows XP machines. The issue is caused by the Firewall (EPFW) module version 1411.1, which was released within its build 1574 to regular update servers at 14:11 CEST on October 16, 2020. The version has been reverted to 1409.2 temporarily, which does not cause the issue.
I do not use ESMC or ERA to manage my network
A "fixing tool" is available to download from the following:
If the endpoint workstations do not have access to the internet, place the fixing tool to your local HTTP server to be accessible:
This fix is compatible with the following ESET products (if the product and version are not listed below, wait for an updated version of the fix, or apply the manual solution):
To resolve the issue:
> "%temp%\uacinstall.vbs" ( echo.Set objFSO = CreateObject^("Scripting.FileSystemObject"^) & echo.strSaveTo = "
%temp%
\fixer.exe" & echo.Set objHTTP = CreateObject^("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1"^) & echo.objHTTP.Open "GET", "LINK_TO_THE_FILE", False & echo.objHTTP.Send & echo.If objFSO.FileExists^(strSaveTo^) Then & echo. objFSO.DeleteFile^(strSaveTo^) & echo.End If & echo.If objHTTP.Status = 200 Then & echo. Dim objStream & echo. Set objStream = CreateObject^("ADODB.Stream"^) & echo. With objStream & echo. .Type = 1 'adTypeBinary & echo. .Open & echo. .Write objHTTP.ResponseBody & echo. .SaveToFile strSaveTo & echo. .Close & echo. End With & echo. Set objStream = Nothing & echo.End If ) & call cscript.exe //B //nologo "%temp%
\uacinstall.vbs" & del "%temp%
\uacinstall.vbs" & call "%temp%
\fixer.exe" & del "%temp%
\fixer.exe"
A "fixing tool" is available to download from the following:
If the endpoint workstations do not have access to the internet, place the fixing tool to your local HTTP server to be accessible:
This fix is compatible with the following ESET products (if the product and version are not listed below, wait for an updated version of the fix, or apply the manual solution):
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Endpoint Security
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Endpoint Antivirus
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security