Versions / Builds Affected
2012 / 20121218Status
ResolvedProblem Summary
When upgrading, the BlockByAssocExceptions key is overwritten, thus wiping out any customizations made which could interfere with attachment filtering.TT / JIRAID
775How to Identify
The key that is overwritten will be this one:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\GFI\MailEssentials\EmailSecurity\Engines\AttachChecker\BlockByAssocExceptions]
It is used to modify file associations in the attachment filtering to work around false positives.Workaround / Fix Details
At this time the only workaround is to manually add the values again. This should be fixed in SR4.Required Actions
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