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Issue: Real-time scanning or DeepGuard has detected a file to be malicious. How to submit a sample file to Virus labs to find out if it is a false positive? What if a possibly malicious file has not been detected, how to submit a sample file to virus labs to find out if it is a false negative? Resolution: If you suspect…
Issue: When an WithSecure endpoint product is installed on a computer or server, there is high CPU or memory (RAM) usage and applications are experiencing performance issues. The connectivity of some applications can also be slow or blocked completely. Issue affects all WithSecure clients: * Elements Endpoint Protection…
Issue: Getting an error of "Your login to WithSecure™ Partner Portal failed. Please try using a different browser, or you can open a support ticket at: https://www.withsecure.com/en/support " when logging into Partner Portal. Resolution: This error message appears typically when user has an existing WithSecure user…
Issue: I would like to register my Policy Manager Server which is not connected to a network (offline), how do I proceed?Resolution: * Contact WithSecure support by opening a support request here. * Provide the following information for WithSecure technical support to create an offline registration file: * Account Name *…
Issue: WithSecure Elements Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) detects a safe application (e.g. an in-house application). How to whitelist the detection?Resolution: You can close the Broad Context Detection (BCD) as "Accepted behavior", to create suppression rule that can accept the behavior of a user or a process. To do…
Issue: How to reset two factor authentication (2FA) for a WithSecure Business Account (Elements, Partner Portal, eService Portal) user account. Example scenarios: * User has a new mobile device and wants to move or transfer the authenticator to the new device * Device that had the multi factor authentication (MFA)…
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Hello, We recently noticed that access to guts2-old.fsapi.com suddenly started returning HTTP 404 errors around May 2026. We understand that this is a legacy update server and that end-of-support / migration notices were announced around 2024. However, the hostname had remained accessible until recently, so we would like…
For some time now, I've been getting an alert on my Policy Manager console, with this message: "Malware and Spyware Protection Malfunction. Please restart." I've checked the machine remotely and it seems that Windows Defender is still activated, but as soon as I deactivate it, it reactivates after restart. Do you know a…
Hello, When I try to install AV client with f-secure-linuxsecurity-installer, I have a 404 error when installer requests guts2 url on the Policy Manager : ------------ package f-secure-linuxsecurity-12.0.19-1.x86_64 is already installed Preparing... ######################################## Failed to install the product!…
Hi I have an issue with installing F-Secure Client Security Premium 15.30 We are logged in with Admin and UAC is disabled ' There is a problem with this windows installer package. A Program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personanel or package vendor.' 15.30 work fine on windows 10…
Greetings! I have the following issue: When trying to request virus-signatures or other updates, both the clients protected by WithSecure Business Suite and the Hyper-V (Which currently runs With-Secure Server Security Premium) fail to request the updates. I get the following logs in C:\ProgramData\F-Secure\Log\AUA…
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Hi, we have curious case. Elements Sec Center says a File would be detected as Trojan. We ran a local Scan with the Elements Agent and the Agent tells us, there is no risky file nor a Trojan. Why would these 2 results differ? I double checked that its the same appliance and the same path and still i got no clue why it…
Hi, Is ther a way to run powershell on devices, automated or manual for an admin? I have a need for making an powershell script that shuts down some vpn connections, updates the vpn client and then starts up the connections again. We have an "WithSecure Elements EDR and EPP for Computers Premium" licens. I can see that…
Hi, We have a problem where our customer is moving from their old it support to our support. Their old support does not respond when we asked them to release Elements EPP locked installation so we can uninstall Elements EPP and reinstall our new Elements EPP to get customer clients to our portal. So, I tried to uninstall…
Hello, Has anyone managed to install Withsecure elements via Intune yet? We are unable to have the application installed as a 'line of business app' via Intune. If you did, what config did you use? We use the following parameters: /qn VOUCHER=XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
I need to install and configure a WithSecure Elements Connector to forward all security events to a SIEM server. I have installed WithSecure Elements Connector in my managed environment on Linux. I follow this guide:…
Hello everybody, I am new to F-secure Elements. I try to install it using a GPO with MSI packages. I have read and follow steps of f-secure admin guide. But when at the end of the creation of my GPO, i go to the "modifications/changes" tab and point to my mst file, i have an error message saying "eventid 101: Installation…
Hello, We are currently experiencing a serious issue on several Windows workstations since the latest WithSecure EDR update combined with recent Windows Updates. It looks like a potential conflict between WithSecure EDR / Microsoft Defender and the latest Windows build. Issue description After unlocking or logging into a…
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Hi Unable login into emea psb portal, password incorrect. In the f-secure client "missing updates" and "installations" list is empty as well. Some global issue?
Hello all, How to manually set the WithSecure Client Security Update server to to lets say 'guts2.fsapi.com' for example? Kind regards, rdpk07
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