The Symantec Endpoint Security (SES) or Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) agent delivers browser protection through an extension for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. This article provides information about which versions of the extension are supported on browser versions. Additionally, this article provides guidance for installing the Chrome extension using an Active Directory (AD) Group Policy Object (GPO).
To install the SEP browser extension using an Active Directory Group Policy Object. The steps below are specific to Chrome, but it also works for Edge with the correct ExtensionID
NOTE: SEP will honor the active directory GPO first, and if our extension ID is not found SEP will fall back to installing the extension from the Liveupdate package via local GPO, provided the following Chrome GPO policy extensions settings are not configured.
If the above settings are configured, you will need to add the following extension ID's to the Chrome GPO policy setting Configure Extension installation allow list.
Distribution Channel | Extension ID |
Google Chrome Web Store | pamolibmfebkknkdmfabpjebifbffbec |
Microsoft Edge Add-ons website | mafpfdefhckoofnjleedgkpohekieocm |
LiveUpdate |
14.3 RU2 and later:
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GPO snapshot for reference :
In this case, the SEP Chrome Browser Extension must be configured using the steps above. This could be done locally for non-domain computers or via GPO for domain members