Users Guide
• A few WSProbe options have been deprecated to improve security. The WSProbe utility no longer supports the following options: -u
(enable or disable Application Data Encryption), -x (exclude application from Application Data Encryption), and -i (revert an excluded
application back to included in Application Data Encryption). [DDPC-1279]
• All characters of the 32-character Endpoint Code now fully display in the External Media Shield manual authentication dialog.
[DDPC-1295]
• Excess logging of le-create operations no longer occurs. [DDPC-1339]
• An issue that caused excessive memory consumption has been resolved.[DDPC-1468]
• On a Windows computer, External Media Shield now successfully opens les and folders named with accented characters that are
stored on external media and provisioned using a Mac computer. [DDPC-1517]
• When encryption models are changed (SDE to HCA) after an encryption sweep has completed, the computer no longer experiences a
temporary blue screen. Previously, this occurred while key types were swapped, and allowing the computer to reboot typically restored
functionality. [DDPC-1536]
• External Media Shield no longer displays Access Denied errors when the Windows Media Encryption and Windows Port Control policies
are set to O and Disabled. [DDPC-1572]
• After upgrade from Security Tools v1.3.1, the computer shuts down normally. [DDPC-1606]
• Processes related with pop-up notications during the encryption sweep have been streamlined, reducing CPU usage. [DDPC-2115]
• Decryption with the Encryption Removal Agent at uninstallation now succeeds. Previously, in a few cases, decryption began but did not
nish sweeping the entire volume. [DDPSUS-751]
• An issue that caused multiple reboots during installation or upgrade on some computers is resolved. [DDPSUS-766]
Advanced Authentication
• A non-administrator user can now run an application through User Account Control on a Windows 8, 8.1, or 10 computer with Security
Tools installed. [CSF-1313, DDPC-1578]
• Windows password entry now succeeds when entered rst in dual-factor authentication on Windows 10, after upgrade to the Windows
10 Fall Update. [DDPC-1675]
Preboot Authentication
• A non-administrator user can now run an application through User Account Control on a Windows 8, 8.1, or 10 computer with Security
Tools installed. [CSF-1313, DDPC-1578]
• The issue that led to shutdown at PBA login on a computer running ActivClient v7.0.2 is resolved. [DDPC-1898]
Resolved Technical Advisories v8.9
Encryption
• The Encryption client uninstaller now defaults to the uninstall/decrypt option instead of uninstalling but leaving les encrypted. When
the option to uninstall without decrypting is selected, the Encryption Removal Agent is no longer installed. [DDPC-857, DDPC-1455]
• Silent uninstallation now supports decryption with pre-download key material on locally and remotely managed clients. [DDPC-930]
• The Shield Service no longer crashes during an HCA encryption sweep when the Volumes Targeted for Encryption policy is set to All
Fixed Volumes. [DDPC-955]
• Files larger than 64Kb that are encrypted with the User or Common key on computers with HCA cards are no longer corrupted after
decryption during uninstallation. [DDPC-1000]
• Upgrades now succeed, and an error no longer occurs with the message, "Error 1303: The installer has insucient privileges to access
this directory." [DDPC-1178]
• An issue that resulted in rare crashes of the local console when the console was open during an encryption sweep is resolved.
[DDPC-1199]
• A default SDE Encryption Rules policy which caused problems with Windows updates has been resolved. The issue resulted from
encryption of \System32 executable les. [DDPC-1207]
• Restarting or shutting down a computer during an encryption sweep no longer causes a Shield Service crash. [DDPC-1233]
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