When you use Microsoft Antigen Enterprise Manager 9.0 to gather the Antigen Worm List engine information, the engine version is 0 in the Scanner Information area. This occurs even though the Antigen Worm List engine is not out of date. Additionally, the following events are logged in the Application log:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: SEM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 0
Date: 2/6/2007
Time: 4:33:18 PM
User: N/A
Computer: <computer name>
Description:
The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( SEM ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: 2007-02-06 16:33:18.843 [pid:2884] [tid:3240] ERROR Microsoft.SEM.StatisticsPump.StatisticSEMMachine - There is an error in XML document (7, 32).-Exception System.InvalidOperationException: There is an error in XML document (7, 32). ---> System.Xml.XmlException: The '@' character, hexadecimal value 0x40, cannot be included in a name. Line 7, position 38.
at System.Xml.XmlScanner.ScanName()
at System.Xml.XmlScanner.ScanMarkup()
at System.Xml.XmlScanner.ScanToken(Int32 expected)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.SetElementValues()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.ParseElement()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.Read()
at System.Xml.XmlReader.GetTextContent()
at System.Xml.XmlReader.ReadString()
at System.Xml.XmlReader.ReadElementString()
at Microsoft.Xml.Serialization.GeneratedAssembly.XmlSerializationReaderAntigen_SpamStatistic.Read1_Antigen_SpamStatistic(Boolean isNullable, Boolean checkType)
at Microsoft.Xml.Serialization.GeneratedAssembly.XmlSerializationReaderAntigen_SpamStatistic.Read4_Antigen_SpamStatistic()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(XmlReader xmlReader, String encodingStyle, XmlDeserializationEvents events)
at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(XmlReader xmlReader, XmlDeserializationEvents events)
at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(XmlReader xmlReader)
at Microsoft.SEM.Structs.Conversion.Deserialize(String data, Type type, Encoding encoding)
at Microsoft.SEM.StatisticsPump.WMIStatisticProvider.QueryRemoteWMI(StatisticSEMMachine machine, SqlConnection connection)
at Microsoft.SEM.StatisticsPump.WMIStatisticProvider.WBEM2DB(StatisticSEMMachine machine, SqlConnection connection)
at Microsoft.SEM.StatisticsPump.StatisticSEMMachine.WBEM2DB(SqlConnection connection) retrieving statistic Antigen_SpamStatistic from machine <computer name> in module System.Xml.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: SEM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 0
Date: 2/6/2007
Time: 4:33:18 PM
User: N/A
Computer: <computer name>
Description:
The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( SEM ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: 2007-02-06 16:33:18.718 [pid:2884] [tid:3240] ERROR Microsoft.SEM.Structs.Conversion - There is an error in XML document (7, 32).-XML deserialization of string "<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><Antigen_SpamStatistic xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<TimeFrom>2007-02-06T14:35:00.000000-00:00</TimeFrom>
<TimeTo>2007-02-06T14:39:59.000000-00:00</TimeTo>
<JobId>1</JobId>
<Folder>4</Folder>
<SpamAction>3</SpamAction>
<SenderDomain>Dorothy <bebaf@captrust.com>{SET:bebaf@fourthcoffee.com</SenderDomain>
<Counter>1</Counter>
<id>0</id>
</Antigen_SpamStatistic> " into type Microsoft.SEM.Structs.Antigen_SpamStatistic failed. in module System.Xml.

Hotfix Information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, submit a request to Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site: Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language.

Prerequisites

Because of file dependencies, Microsoft Antigen 9.0 must be installed on the computer before you apply this hotfix.

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace a previously released hotfix.

File information

This hotfix may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build. This hotfix contains only the files that you must have to correct the issues that are listed in this article.

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

Antigen 9.0 for Exchange

Antigen 9.0 for SMTP Gateways

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.