Kaspersky Anti-Virus® 5.7 for Novell Maintenance Pack 1 (version 5.7.3) RELEASE NOTES ================================================================================ Release date: 2008-08-06 ================================================================================ Contents: ================================================================================ * What's new * Brief product overview * System requirements * Product installation * Product upgrading * Known issues and appropriate solutions ================================================================================ What's new ================================================================================ Bugfixes: * An option to exclude files from scanning based on their size has been added in the application. * The anti-virus database updater module now supports creation of a file containing debug information. * The error causing server crash in case of incorrect application settings has been fixed. * The Network Agent error occurring during updates via an Administration Server group task of Kaspersky Administration Kit has been fixed. * Insufficient memory error (java.lang.OutOfMemoryError) in the operation of anti-virus database updater while using older JVM versions has been fixed. * Fixed minor application runtime errors. * Fixed minor errors in the anti-virus database updater module. ================================================================================ Brief product overview ================================================================================ Kaspersky Anti-Virus® 5.7 for Novell NetWare (hereinafter referred to as Kaspersky Anti-Virus) is an anti-virus application designed for protection of LAN file servers running Novell NetWare. Kaspersky Anti-Virus offers the following features: * Real-time server protection – anti-virus scanning of all files being executed or modified, disinfection and/or removal of infected objects. * On-demand server scanning – sequential scanning of server files upon administrator's request or according to a schedule performed with the specified frequency. The product can disinfect and/or remove infected objects during the procedure. * Updating of the anti-virus databases – updates to the anti-virus databases used for scanning and propagation of updates to other servers within Novell NetWare LAN. Updates can be scheduled to run regularly and can be delivered to specified servers. An opportunity to create backup copies of the files being updated for a possible roll-back to their previous version is supported. * Event logging – creation of detailed reports about the results of on-demand server scanning, its real-time protection and updates to the anti-virus databases. You can review or print out the reports. * Backup copying – backup copies of all suspicious or infected objects are preserved prior to their disinfection or removal. This feature helps restore the data in case of problems or errors during disinfection or removal. * Notification – administrators and users are informed about completed scanning procedures and warned about revealed malicious objects via the Novell NetWare network and e-mail. Kaspersky Anti-Virus is based on client-server architecture. The server part consists of three modules: * Kaspersky Anti-Virus, which provides for the anti-virus functionality. * Updater, which provides for updates to the anti-virus databases. * Network Agent, which provides for the interaction between Administration Server of Kaspersky Administration Kit and Kaspersky Anti-Virus® 5.7 for Novell NetWare. The client part consists of: * Management module for ConsoleOne. * Web-based management module. * Module for product management via Kaspersky Administration Kit. The client part provides the user interface to the administrative services of the application. It allows you to install the application, configure and control the server part. ================================================================================ System requirements ================================================================================ Hardware requirements: * Pentium CPU or higher. * At least 32 Mb of available RAM. * At least 32 Mb of available disk space. Software requirements: * One of the following operating systems: * Novell NetWare 6.5 SP3 or later * Novell NetWare 6 SP3 or later. * Tomcat servlet container (for installation and operation of the web module) * Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later. ================================================================================ Installing Kaspersky Anti-Virus® 5.7 for Novell NetWare (version 5.7.3) ================================================================================ * During installation Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.7.3 removes earlier versions of Kaspersky Anti-Virus versions. The installer changes all files necessary for the functioning of version 5.7.3. In particular, it removes the configurations of previous versions. * To manage Kaspersky Anti-Virus via Kaspersky Administration Kit users must have Kaspersky Administration Kit 6.0.1320 and the application management plug-in version 1331 installed. To install the plug-in for every Administration Console that will be used for remote management of Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.7 for Novell NetWare, you have to run the klcfginst.exe file (included into the distribution package of Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.7 for Novell NetWare). The Administration Console should be closed before klcfginst.exe is started. ================================================================================ Upgrading an earlier version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus ================================================================================ To upgrade Kaspersky Anti-Virus® 5.7 for Novell NetWare 5.7.2 to version 5.7.3, perform the following steps: 1. Make sure that all the components to be updated are unloaded on the servers. 2. Run the installer package of Kaspersky Anti-Virus® 5.7 for Novell NetWare - Maintenance package 1 (version 5.7.3) 3. Update all the installed components. ================================================================================ Known issues and appropriate solutions ================================================================================ * Kaspersky Network Agent (referred to as klnagent.nlm) is recommended when working in a protected address space of Novell NetWare Server. * klnagent.nlm can be started by command: load address space = klnagent klnagent.nlm or by running nagent-5.ncf executable * In case of failure klnagent.nlm can be shut down using: unload kill address space = klnagent * Managing the application through Kaspersky Administration Kit is limited to the following functions: * Of all the Network Agent management functional only agent port management function is available * Running tasks from a specified account is not supported. * Policies for mobile users are not supported. * Kaspersky Anti-Virus install/uninstall via Kaspersky Administration Kit is not supported. * Versioning of files in Quarantine/Backup is not supported