Secure Endpoint Agent release notes - Version 7.11 hotfixes

If automatic agent updates are disabled, you can assign an agent version to your account's Windows and Mac devices to prevent agent upgrades. To determine if you want to assign a particular agent version, review this topic to learn about the enhancements and fixes supported in each hotfix version of the Secure Endpoint Agent.

About the Secure Endpoint Agent

The Secure Endpoint Agent is a small software client that resides on devices managed in Secure Endpoint Console. After the agent is initially installed on a new device, the agent is activated with its first connection to the Absolute Monitoring Center.

Each agent package includes software specific to its supported operating system, including the agent and its associated components, an installer, and a readme file.

System requirements

The 7.11.0.x package bundles contain Secure Endpoint Agent software that support devices running the following operating systems:

Operating system

Supported versions

Windows Versions 7, 8.1, and 10
macOS Versions 10.9 to 10.14

Agent improvements and fixes

The following fixes and improvements are available in each agent version:

Agent Version Component Component version Platform Fixes and improvements
7.11.0.1

Hardware

(HDP)

1.0.1.13 Mac
  • When the network SSID changes on a device, the new value is now uploaded to the Absolute Monitoring Center in the device's next agent connection, which typically occurs every 15 minutes.
7.11.0.2

Hardware

(HDP)

2.0.2.14 Windows
  • After the release of Absolute 7.11, a full Hardware scan may have failed to run on a device after its network SSID changed. This issue is now fixed. The scan is now performed within the next 24 hours, as expected.
1.0.3.1 Mac

Device Usage

(DUR)

1.0.2.14 Windows
  • Previously, an issue in the DUR component may have caused it to crash causing spikes in CPU usage and the loss of device usage payloads. This issue is now fixed.

Web Usage

(WMA)

7.11.1.9 Windows
  • Previously, the WMA component may have intermittently blocked agent connections to the Absolute Monitoring Center until the device was restarted. This issue is now fixed.
  • Stability and performance improvements.
7.11.0.3

Web Usage

(WMA)

7.12.0.51 Mac
  • The Secure Endpoint Agent now supports the collection of web activity in the Chrome browser on Mac devices.

NOTE  Fixes and improvements to the Web Usage (WMA) component apply to customers participating in the Web Usage beta program only.