If you use Kaspersky with Microsoft Lync (or OCS 2007), you may be interested to know that Kaspersky can kill Lync’s connectivity. Specifically, Kapersky Internet Security’s network traffic monitor, called Web Protection in some versions blocks the network traffic. It can kill remote desktop sharing sessions (Microsoft Live Meeting sessions) within OCS/Lync, as well as audio/VoIP, and video. Curse you anti-virus! The solution is to disable Kaspersky from scanning communicator.exe (%Program Files%Microsoft Lynccommunicator.exe), essentially making it a trusted application.
OCS Guy also encountered this issue with Microsoft Office Live Meeting, and he too explains the problem and resolution, which was to disable scanning of Microsoft Office Live Meeting’s traffic:
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