Issues like this one need some work, perhaps from both vendors involved, to
iron out. That's part of what betas are for. I would expect that this may
well get fixed, but how much before final release, and in what form (would
this require a new VPN client update from Cisco?)--I can't predict.
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"Jack" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Bill, your remarks seem very pertinent. The item in question is:
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\VPN
> Client.lnk
>
> I don't like touching the Cisco VPN at the best of times. It's very
> sensitive, which was why I was hoping there was some way of persuading
> Defender to ignore it definitively! It's no big deal - it's just I always
> have a Defender icon in my Systray!
>
> Jack
>
> "Bill Sanderson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Spynet voting should be recorded as Cisco VPN users encounter this issue.
>> What I don't know is whether the object voted on is the same one--I
>> suspect not, in which case there's a problem. What prevents malware from
>> creating a shortcut with a like name and location as it's startup
>> mechanism. This one may take some effort to "fix."
>>
>> --
>>
>> "Jack" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:F16E50ED-5573-49C1-843D-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>I have Cisco VPN installed and it sits in the Startup folder. At startup
>>> Defender brings up a message that the CISCO VPN startup file has been
>>> changed. It prompts me to allow or block. Blocking doesn't sound like a
>>> good
>>> idea so I allow it each time. It's true that the shortcut in the Startup
>>> folder seems to change each boot (it has an updated date/timestamp).
>>> Does anyone else have this problem? Is there any way I can permanently
>>> tell
>>> Defender to ignore Cisco VPN?
>>> Thanks
>>
>>
>
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