{"id":7103,"date":"2025-01-21T11:51:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T09:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/?post_type=announcement&#038;p=7103"},"modified":"2026-10-19T13:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T10:09:11","slug":"withsecure-elements-no-support-for-old-clients","status":"publish","type":"announcement","link":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/announcements\/withsecure-elements-no-support-for-old-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"WithSecure Elements \u2013 No support for old clients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As previously announced, support for all older Elements clients has ended at the end of 2024. <\/p>\n<p>Part of this end of life process for the older versions is for WithSecure to remove old backend services for delivering updates. This is due to our demerger from F-Secure.<\/p>\n<p>This means that all engine and definition updates for these older non-supported versions have ended. For continued protection, please ensure that ALL your devices are using the latest supported WithSecure branded Elements version. It is a free update for customer with valid subscriptions, there is no need to purchase anything new.<\/p>\n<p>For more details, please refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/community.withsecure.com\/en\/kb\/articles\/31410-withsecure-elements-and-f-secure-branded-clients-end-of-support-2024-12-31\" rel=\"nofollow noopener ugc\" target=\"_blank\">official announcement<\/a> <\/p>\n<h2 data-id=\"checking-for-unsupported-elements-clients\"><strong>Checking for unsupported Elements clients<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It is possible for the Elements security administrator to check for unsupported clients. Navigate to &#8220;<strong>Home<\/strong> \/ <strong>Endpoint Protection<\/strong> \/ <strong>Issues<\/strong>&#8221; in the Elements Security Center to find information on outdated clients.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"entry-image display-large float-none\"><a class=\"embedImage-link\" href=\"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2026\/10\/image-50.png.webp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener ugc\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"embedImage-img\" src=\"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2026\/10\/image-50.png.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2026\/10\/image-50.png.webp 1858w, https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2026\/10\/image-50-300x150.png.webp 300w, https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2026\/10\/image-50-1024x512.png.webp 1024w, https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2026\/10\/image-50-768x384.png.webp 768w, https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2026\/10\/image-50-1536x768.png.webp 1536w, https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2026\/10\/image-50-447x224.png.webp 447w, https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2026\/10\/image-50-292x146.png.webp 292w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" alt=\"image.png\" height=\"929\" width=\"1858\" loading=\"lazy\" data-display-size=\"large\" data-float=\"none\" data-type=\"image\/png\" data-embed-type=\"image\"><\/img><\/a><\/figure>\n<h2 data-id=\"automatic-updates-for-elements-clients\"><strong>Automatic updates for Elements Clients<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Clients automatically update to the supported WithSecure branded versions, but there could be valid reasons why they have not yet done so:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Unsupported Operating System<\/strong> \u2013 See <em>Pre-requisites for using WithSecure Elements software<\/em> below. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Missing Microsoft ACS support<\/strong> &#8211;<strong> <\/strong> See <em>Pre-requisites for using WithSecure Elements software<\/em> below<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reboot pending &#8211; <\/strong>Microsoft Windows may prevent the automatic upgrade of the Elements client, if there is a reboot pending. Please reboot to see if that allows the upgrade to continue.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Automatic client updates have been disabled<\/strong> &#8211; These are controlled by <strong>Automated Tasks<\/strong> in the security profiles. Remove any automated task for \u201c<em>Allow WS elements agent update<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Low disk space<\/strong> \u2013 The WithSecure Elements clients need sufficient free disk space to download and unpack the new version. Please ensure that you have free space on your computer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For customers who are using \u201cgolden images\u201d or other tooling to deploy the Elements software, these methods <strong>MUST<\/strong> be updated to use the latest installers.<\/p>\n<h2 data-id=\"pre-requisites-for-using-withsecure-elements-software\"><strong>Pre-requisites for using WithSecure Elements software<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 data-id=\"supported-operating-systems\"><strong>Supported Operating Systems<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The computer MUST be using a supported version of the operating system<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please note<\/strong>: WithSecure <strong>ONLY<\/strong> supports versions that are still supported by the Operating System vendor.<\/p>\n<h4 data-id=\"elements-agent-for-windows-computers\"><strong>Elements Agent for Windows Computers<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Microsoft Windows 10 (all 32-bit and 64-bit editions, including Windows 10 IoT Enterprise)\n<ul>\n<li>Please note there is limited support for Windows 10 LTSB. The WithSecure local user interface is not available on this version, other functionality works normally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Windows 11 (all editions)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 data-id=\"elements-agent-for-windows-servers\"><strong>Elements Agent for Windows Servers<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Microsoft\u00ae Windows Server 2016 Standard<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft\u00ae Windows Server 2016 Essentials<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft\u00ae Windows Server 2016 Datacenter<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft\u00ae Windows Server 2016 Core<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft\u00ae Windows Server 2019 Standard<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft\u00ae Windows Server 2019 Datacenter<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft\u00ae Windows Server 2019 Core<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft\u00ae Windows Server 2022 Standard<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft\u00ae Windows Server 2022 Datacenter<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft\u00ae Windows Server 2022 Core<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft\u00ae Windows Server 2025 Standard<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft\u00ae Windows Server 2025 Datacenter<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft\u00ae Windows Server 2025 Core<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 data-id=\"elements-agent-for-mac\"><strong>Elements Agent for Mac<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>macOS 15 &#8220;Sequoia&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>macOS 14 &#8220;Sonoma&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>macOS 13 &#8220;Ventura&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 data-id=\"linux-security\"><strong>Linux Security<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>AlmaLinux 8, 9<\/li>\n<li>Amazon Linux 2<\/li>\n<li>Debian 10, 11, 12<\/li>\n<li>Oracle Linux 8, 9<\/li>\n<li>RHEL 8, 9<\/li>\n<li>Rocky Linux 8, 9<\/li>\n<li>SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (Service Pack 5)<\/li>\n<li>SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 (Service Pack 2 or newer)<\/li>\n<li>Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04, 22.04, 24.04<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-id=\"microsoft-acs-compatibility\"><strong>Microsoft ACS compatibility<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Since February 2023, WithSecure products for Windows <strong>REQUIRE<\/strong> that the operating system has been patched to support ACS signed files<\/p>\n<p>Please see <a href=\"https:\/\/community.withsecure.com\/en\/kb\/articles\/29714-changes-in-support-on-microsoft-windows-minimum-patch-level\" rel=\"nofollow noopener ugc\" target=\"_blank\">this article<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As previously announced, support for all older Elements clients has ended at the end of 2024. 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