{"id":7336,"date":"2026-05-07T09:31:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T06:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/?post_type=announcement&#038;p=7336"},"modified":"2026-10-19T13:11:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T10:11:40","slug":"major-capricorn-update-for-endpoint-protection-may-2026","status":"publish","type":"announcement","link":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/de\/announcements\/major-capricorn-update-for-endpoint-protection-may-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Capricorn update for Endpoint Protection &#8211; May 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UPDATE 2026-05-13: <\/strong>This has now been released to production with version &#8222;<strong>2026-05-13_01<\/strong>&#8222;<\/p>\n<p>We will soon be releasing a major update for our Capricorn engine, used by our Endpoint Protection products. This is expected to be released on\u00a0May\u00a012th\u00a02026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This will result in a larger download as\u00a0an\u00a0updated version of the virus definition files are distributed.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 data-id=\"key-improvements\">\u00a0<br \/><strong>Key improvements<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Optimized databases through consolidation of overlapping detections, resulting in:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Smaller footprint: Size on disk expected to decrease by ~160MB, decreasing by about half.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Faster updates and reduced initialization disk I\/O due to reduced database size\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 data-id=\"update-details\"><strong>Update Details<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Platform coverage: This update applies to\u00a0<strong>all WithSecure Endpoint Protection products<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 across\u00a0<strong>Windows, Mac, and Linux<\/strong>\u00a0platforms that\u00a0utilize\u00a0the\u00a0<strong>Capricorn engine.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Download size: All affected endpoints will now download a larger one-time update package of\u00a0<strong>approximately 130-150\u00a0MB<\/strong>\u00a0during the rollout.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 data-id=\"deployment\"><strong>Deployment<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The update will be\u00a0<strong>delivered automatically.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>No manual action or configuration<\/strong>\u00a0is\u00a0required.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The release time will be confirmed 24 hours in advance through our community channels.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Updates\u00a0containing\u00a0this release will start with &#8222;WithSecure Capricorn Engine (2026-05-xx-xx)\u201d.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>With this update, you can expect\u202f<strong>leaner, faster, and more efficient endpoint protection<\/strong>\u202f\u2014 without compromising security.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE 2026-05-13: This has now been released to production with version &#8222;2026-05-13_01&#8222; We will soon be releasing a major update for our Capricorn engine, used by our Endpoint Protection products.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","announcement_category":[143],"class_list":["post-7336","announcement","type-announcement","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"source_system":"vanilla-import","import_hash":"1ad76dc0eb0ddaa2ecd24aca139d9a5effd4fe2c","vanilla_article_id":32915,"legacy_author":"AndyF_WS","vanilla_url":"https:\/\/community.withsecure.com\/announcements-en\/kb\/articles\/32915-major-capricorn-update-for-endpoint-protection-may-2026","vanilla_category_id":226,"machine_translated":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/announcement\/7336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/announcement"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/announcement"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/announcement\/7336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8864,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/announcement\/7336\/revisions\/8864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"announcement_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/announcement_category?post=7336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}