GFI EndPointSecurity 4 can send alerts to specified recipients when a particular event is generated. You can configure alerts to be sent via email, via SMS and via a Network message. More information on configuring GFI EndPointSecurity 4 alerts can be found in the GFI EndPointSecurity 4 manual: Configuring notifications.

A new build of GFI EndPointSecurity 4 (build 20080215) has been uploaded. Updates in this new build include: NEW: German translation NEW: Support for the latest version of Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP1, Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 NEW: Events are filtered in order to reduce the number of events generated FIX: Agent generates assertion errors when installed FIX: Agent generates conflicting events for the same user (access denied and access allowed at the same time) FIX: Email alerts are not sent when using SMTP authentication FIX: Added the possibility to specify file type restrictions for files without an extension The latest build of GFI EndPointSecurity4 and its companion ReportPack can be downloaded from:

The GFI EndPointSecurity Agents need to connect to the GFI EndPointSecurity main installation. This connection is required to show which EndPointSecurity Agents are online, and to transfer log information which will eventually be stored in the central database. The GFI EndPointSecurity Agents can only connect to the GFI EndPointSecurity main installation which was used to deploy the agents. If the agent is updated by another EndPointSecurity main installation, only the last protection policy deployed on the machine will apply. Note however that you may have 2 or more GFI EndPointSecurity installations used to monitor different machines. These can also be configured to log to the same central database.

Note: In order to update GFI EndPointSecurity Agents which were not originally deployed by the same GFI EndPointSecurity installation, you would need to configure the same Agent Security password in both instal

Custom messages are displayed whenever a device is connected to the machine. The custom message is therefore displayed when connecting a USB stick or a portable printer, for example, but will not receive any messages when inserting a CD into the CD drive, since the CD drive is already plugged in to the machine. The same will occur if a floppy disk is inserted in the floppy drive.

Note: Even though no pop up messages are displayed, access to the device will still be controlled by the GFI EndPointSecurity Agent as defined in the protection policy of the specific machine.

The Messenger service is no longer available in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. No network messages will be sent if any of the following products is installed on a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, or the product is configured to send a network messages to a machine which is running one of these Operating Systems. GFI EventsManager GFI Network Server Monitor GFI EndPointSecurity Notifications can still be sent via email and via SMS.

GFI EndPointSecurity allows control over the following device categories: Floppy disks CD DVD Storage Devices Printers PDA Devices Network Adapters Modems Imaging devices Human Interface devices Other devices

GFI EndPointSecurity can also control the physical port to which devices are connected: USB ports FireWire ports Serial (COM) ports Parallel ports Infrared (IrDA) ports Bluetooth adapters Wireless (WiFi) PCMCIA S-ATA SD

Notes: Apart from controlling Device categories and the physical ports, GFI EndpointSecurity 4 also controls access to devices using the following:

Open the GFI EndPointSecurity console.

Go to the General' tab and click on the Licensing' node.

The Licensing' page will show the licensing status. For example:

Product status: Evaluation Version (2 days passed, 10 days permitted)

Computers limit : unlimited

License key: EVALUATION

Product Status' will show the number of days GFI EndPointSecurity can be evaluated for and how many days have passed from the start of the evaluation period.

Note: GFI EndPointSecurity can be evaluated for 10 days. If, when downloading the installation file, you have provided correct contact details you will receive an evaluation license key which will extend the evaluation to 30 days.

Yes, the GFI EndPointSecurity protection control agent needs to be installed on each machine. However, this can be easily managed remotely from the GFI EndPointSecurity console. The deployment of the GFI EndPointSecurity protection control agent can also be done through Active Directory Group Policies. The following links describe the different deployment methods: Deploy immediately through the GFI EndPointSecurity Console Schedule a deployment from the GFI EndPointSecurity Console Deploy through Active Directory

Note: The account used to connect to the remote machine for deploying the GFI EndPointSecur