An anti-malware platform update for stand-alone Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 clients is available from Microsoft Update

This anti-malware platform update contains the following improvements:

• Adds new malware remediation functionality to the anti-malware platform
• Adds anti-tampering improvements to the anti-malware platform
• Improves overall performance of the anti-malware platform

Update information

How to obtain this update

Microsoft Update

This update is available from Microsoft Update.

To obtain and install the update from Microsoft Update, follow these steps on a system that has Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 Client installed:

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. In Control Panel, double-click Windows Update.
3. In the Windows Update window, click Check Online for updates from Microsoft Update.
4. Click Important updates are available.
5. Select the update package, and then click OK.
6. Click Install updates to install the update package.
   

Prerequisites

To install this update, you must have Update Rollup 1 for Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 installed.

Restart information

You may have to restart the computer after you apply this update.

Update replacement information

This update does not replace a previously released update.

Additional information

This update brings the antimalware client version to 4.2.0223.1. You can find the version information by clicking About on the Help menu of the Endpoint Protection client user interface.