Endpoint Requirements Cloud

System Requirements for EPP Clients

For Installing Seqrite Endpoint Protection client through client install utility, the system requirements are as follows.

Important to Know:

  • SEPP client can not be installed on Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 if these updates are not installed:
    – KB4474419

    – KB4490628.
    Install them by clicking on the link OR
    Install Internet Explorer 11 to get the updates automatically. After installing the KB articles, you need to restart the system.

  • For Windows 2016, Windows Server 2019 and Server 2022, you need to uninstall Windows Defender. Post the uninstallation, make sure that you restart the system.

Windows OS

  • Microsoft Windows 2008 Server R2 Web / Standard / Enterprise / Datacenter (64-bit)
  • Microsoft Windows 7 Home Basic/ Premium / Professional / Enterprise / Ultimate (32-bit/64-bit)
  • Microsoft Windows SBS 2011 Standard / Essentials
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard / Datacenter (64-bit)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard / Essentials / Foundation / Storage Server / Datacenter (64-bit)
  • Microsoft Windows 8.1 Professional / Enterprise (32-bit/64-bit)
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Home / Pro / Enterprise / Education (32-Bit / 64 -Bit)
  • Microsoft Windows 11
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (64-bit)
  • Windows 10 November 2019 Update
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Standard / Datacenter / Essentials
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Standard / Datacenter / Essentials

Hardware Requirements

Processor

  • Minimum: 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
  • Recommended: 2 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

RAM

  • Minimum: 1 GB
  • Recommended: 2 GB free RAM

Hard disk space

  • 4 GB free space

Web Browser

  • Internet Explorer 7 or later

Network protocol:

  • TLS 1.2

Important to Know:

  • For installing the client on Window server OS, uninstall Windows Defender with the following link, See docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-antivirus/windows-defender-antivirus-on-windows-server-2016#install-or-uninstall-windows-defender-av-on-windows-server-2016
  • From version 1.6 onwards, Seqrite Endpoint Protection Cloud uses only SHA2 Certificate for code-signing. For more details on patches mandated by Microsoft, click here https://www.seqrite.com/blog/seqrite-announces-sha-1-deprecation-for-its-products
  • Seqrite Endpoint Protection client can not be installed on Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 if these updates are not installed:
    – KB4474419
    – KB4490628.
    Install them by clicking on the link OR
    Install Internet Explorer 11 to get the updates automatically. After installing the KB articles, you need to restart the system.

  • For Windows 2016, Windows Server 2019, Server 2022, Server 2025 you need to uninstall Windows Defender. Post the uninstallation, make sure that you restart the system.
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