I have just had a few servers that somehow has failed to update their Forefront Client Security client software đ The problem seem to be that Forefront cannot seem to stop the FCSAM service while updating, the service is stuck on “Stopping” and neither taskkill og any other utility seem to be able to kill it.
The errors in the eventlog go something along these lines;
Microsoft Forefront Client Security Antimalware Service
Error 1921. Service 'Microsoft Forefront Client Security
Antimalware Service' (FCSAM) could not be stopped.
I have tried uninstalling, rebooting and reinstalling but this did not help.
The workaround suggested is to set the service FCSAM to manual, reboot, upgrade and then setting the service back to automatically – however this only works for now and thus only postpones the problem.
I have found this article on a similar problem which I will try tomorrow, this includes some additional cleanup steps;
Eg. issuing the command; sc delete fcsam
I will also try to slipstream the installation of Forefront Client Security before I retry the re-installation, description on how to do here (mind you use the latest update and not the one the article refer to);
If you live in Europe you are bound to have experienced being rejected, when trying to watch your favorite TV show on a US web-site – something in the line of “We are sorry but your IP seem to come from a country outside the USA” bummer – this is annoying as some US TV stations have cool tv shows available for free viewing (but restricted to the US).
So, as I have mentioned before you can use the TOR network (http://www.torproject.org/) to proxy around this problem – but TOR is an install package that may not always be appropriate to install on a company/school pc etc, along comes UltraSurf (http://www.ultrareach.com/) a simple little portable application you can put on your USB stick.
UltraSurf will once it is started open a browser and you can browse the net with a US based IP (by proxying your traffic) thus giving you access to US based webservices. Speed is not great but seemed acceptable and I managed to get an ok mediastream from ABC (note you may have to restart the browser when installing activex components).
A word of caution, I would not share creditcard or other confidential information on a proxyed connection, you never know who/what is inspecting your HTTP traffic, HTTPS/SSL/TSL traffic should be secure though (but still think about what you are doing).
https://readmydamnblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/toplogo4.png00Mikehttps://readmydamnblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/toplogo4.pngMike2010-01-27 20:05:102010-01-27 12:38:55Bypassing US IP restrictions and/or Surfing anonymously
If you have ever worked with Microsoft ISA server you may have heard of “GFI WebMonitor”, “GFI WebMonitor” is an add on to the ISA server (it does also exist as a standalone server application) that will allow for Malware, Virus scanning along with traffic analysis and extended logging of HTTP traffic thus protecting workstations against ‘drive by infections’ and other script dangers while surfing.
The news part is that GFI now offer a freeware version, the freeware version is however limited to logging and statistics thus the Malware and Virus protection is turned off in the freeware version after 30 days. But still the logging and statistics functionality is not half bad for free.
So if you are looking for traffic logging and analysis this may be worth a look.
Forefront Client Security – problems updating
Antivirus, SecurityBypassing US IP restrictions and/or Surfing anonymously
TV, Utility, WebIf you live in Europe you are bound to have experienced being rejected, when trying to watch your favorite TV show on a US web-site – something in the line of “We are sorry but your IP seem to come from a country outside the USA” bummer – this is annoying as some US TV stations have cool tv shows available for free viewing (but restricted to the US).
UltraSurf will once it is started open a browser and you can browse the net with a US based IP (by proxying your traffic) thus giving you access to US based webservices. Speed is not great but seemed acceptable and I managed to get an ok mediastream from ABC (note you may have to restart the browser when installing activex components).
A word of caution, I would not share creditcard or other confidential information on a proxyed connection, you never know who/what is inspecting your HTTP traffic, HTTPS/SSL/TSL traffic should be secure though (but still think about what you are doing).
Get it here (Free);
http://www.ultrareach.com/
Show your IP (you will notice this changes once UltraSurf is started);
http://showip.net/Â or http://www.ipchicken.com/
GFI WebMonitor 2009 Freeware
Network, Security, WebThe news part is that GFI now offer a freeware version, the freeware version is however limited to logging and statistics thus the Malware and Virus protection is turned off in the freeware version after 30 days. But still the logging and statistics functionality is not half bad for free.
So if you are looking for traffic logging and analysis this may be worth a look.
Get it here;
http://www.gfi.com/internet-monitoring-software