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Issue: Unable to change the settings in an Elements EPP for Computers or Elements EPP for Servers profile in the Elements Endpoint Protection Portal due to the "save and publish" button being grayed out.Resolution: The profile editor includes extra validation checks to make sure all settings are complete and correct. If…
Issue: How to remotely change the subscription key of the Elements Endpoint Agent (EPP for Computers and EPP for Servers) via the Endpoint Protection Portal?Resolution: Follow these steps to remotely change a subscription key of a device using the Endpoint Protection Portal: * Log into the Endpoint Security Center Portal:…
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: 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: Error: "User cannot be added to this organization." appears on the Management > Organization Settings > Security Administrators page when trying to add administrator in the Elements portal. Resolution: This error usually means that the user already has access rights to an Elements organization, but currently there…
Issue: Customer or reseller partner would like to cancel an existing Evergreen (SaaS) WithSecure Elements subscription. How to cancel it? Resolution: If you have the product through a reseller partner, you need to contact them and they can request a termination of an existing Evergreen / SaaS subscription. If you are a…
Issue: How to create or generate a WSDIAG diagnostics file on a Windows computer? Resolution: Follow the steps below to generate a WSDIAG report. Click on the Windows Start button In the list of apps, click on WithSecure Click on WithSecure Support tools Click Run diagnostics Once completed, it generates a file called…
Issue: Error "Failed to fetch remove operations data" when trying to load a certain BCD ID. Only that specific BCD ID is displaying the error. Other BCDs have no issue. Resolution: Do check if the device linked to the problematic BCD is still in the device list, or has not been removed. As the reason this error could occur…
Issue: How to test if EDR sensors on Windows, Mac and Linux are working and reporting detections to the Elements Endpoint Detection and Response portal?Resolution: For Windows sensors there are a few tests outlined in the product Simple test with Windows system tools | Elements Endpoint Detection and Response | Latest |…
Issue: Normally, the alert notification email from EDR will be sent when a detection with he risk level at "Severe", "High" and "Medium" has been added to the portal, but is it possible to configure the alert email that ONLY will be notified when "Severe" or "high" risk level has happened? Is it possible to filter the…
Issue: Why number of "Non-user mailbox" protected by Elements Collaboration Protection exceeds the purchased license size? Resolution: Non-user mailboxes will not be counted directly to the license size, like 1 license: 1 mailbox. Instead, it will be be counted with a ratio of 1:2. For example if you have an Elements…
Issue: Collaboration Protection sent URL detection from an mail received over 2 month ago. Why the delay has occurred?Resolution: If the detection found except neither Inbox nor Sent, it might cause when the mail was moved directory. The suspicious emails are automatically scanned depending on the action defined in the…
Issue: Why is spam / bulk / advertising / phishing email getting through even if Elements Collaboration Protection is in use? Shouldn't spam email be filtered by the spam filter? Resolution: Elements Collaboration Protection does not include a spam filter. Microsoft Office 365 has its own anti-spam policies, of which you…
Issue: Error when updating Azure Entra ID Identity script; "ERROR during Azure deployment: Cannot validate argument on parameter 'Tenant'. The argument is null or empty. Provide an argument that is not null or empty, and then try the command again. Collecting information on failed deployments..." Resolution: Do make sure…
Issue / Symptoms: Error: "The management group cannot be found" when deploying Elements Identity Security for Entra ID with the /deploy.ps1 command. Additional errors: "The deployment validation failed. Deployment WSecCD-azure_entra_id terminates with the unexpected state." Resolution: If you get this error, we recommend…
Issue: When going to the Environment > Devices page in the Elements Security Center portal and clicking a device to see the device details, the Findings tab for Exposure Management findings is missing for a device. Resolution: Make sure that Vulnerability Management Scanning has been enabled for the device and that the…
Issue: Some scheduled system scan (network scans) end up with "Terminated" status.Resolution: We recommend to look into the scan log, which can be viewed by:* Log in to the Elements Vulnerability Management portal * Go to the Security Configuration > Scans > Network scans page * Open the scan group which is having issues…
Issue: No identity found and scan results do not show any details on Elements Exposure ManagementResolution: Firstly, for the view which is not populated issue, we would suggest to check if the API permissions has been granted in Azure portal. which may refer from the User guide:: Onboarding Azure cloud accounts | Elements…
Issue: I would like to use third-party application with Elements Vulnerability Management portal using the API, but how do I start?Resolution: The quick introduction and best practice guide to the Elements Vulnerability Management API are available here. You can find the full reference manual for Elements Vulnerability…
Issue: How to create WithSecure Elements Vulnerability Management API keys for authenticationResolution: An API key consists of an access key (for example, PA3IAKNANLM9) and a secret key (for example, UO9mkDEHFGa1Vau6o#1AfxwRmBQW@!qV). Note that the sample requests in this documentation show access and secret keys enclosed…
Issue: How to upgrade an existing Elements Endpoint Protection EPP for Computers or EPP for Servers subscription from Standard to Premium or how to add Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) feature to the existing subscription? Resolution: If the customer has an Evergreen (monthly) subscription and you want to upgrade the…
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: The Software Updater feature in Elements Endpoint Protection and Business Suite Client Security detects several updates as missing even if they have already been installed. After each installation attempt the product shows a restart or reboot request. Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox are among the affected updates.…
Issue: After upgrading to WithSecure Policy Manager 16.11, cannot view more than 10,000 items in Web Reporting views such as Host properties, and scheduled PDF reports for Host properties include only about 500 computers. Resolution: You can try splitting the machines in two groups and copy/paste Host Properties in excel…
Issue: What is the recommendation for Windows/Windows SQL server scanning settings? Should the SQL databases and logs be excluded in the virus scanning settings? Resolution: As a general rule we always advise to follow Microsoft's official recommendations from their KB base about exclusions on Microsoft corporate software.…
Issue: Offline computers in an isolated environment running Business Suite Client Security 16.01 and Server Security 16.01 are not able to be updated because when applying the zip-file using fsaua-update_32.exe, the following error message is displayed: "ERROR: Update archive file is broken" Resolution: This is a known…
Issue: How to upgrade Cloud Protection for Salesforce? Is there any roll-back option available after upgrade to latest version so that incase if there is any issue with the new version then we can rollback to old version. Resolution: The latest version of the Cloud Protection for Salesforce solution is always available in…
Issue: How to download the latest version of WithSecure Cloud Protection for Salesforce? Resolution: The latest version of WithSecure Cloud Protection for Salesforce version can be downloaded from our product Downloads page.
Issue: How to increase the Scan Quota in Cloud Protection for Salesforce when getting error: "monthly scan usage quota limits exceeded" ?* What’s the impact on the service when we hit the monthly scan quota limit? * What are the options available to optimize the scan quota usage? Resolution: You are getting that email…
As of February 2026 partner users can no longer self-register into the Partner Portal. Instead, their company administrators can add them to their company. This change enhances security and removes the waiting time for activating new accounts. Here is how to add a new user account to Partner Portal as a Partner Portal…