CountryCensor Not Available With SEG Version 8.X

This article applies to:

• Trustwave SEG
• Upgrading to 8.X
• CountryCensor functionality

Symptoms:

• Upgrade to 8.0.2 or above is blocked if CountryCensor is referenced in the configuration, or if files in the config folder reference the CountryCensor dll.

For earlier versions:

• The SEG Engine will not start after upgrade to 8.0.0. or 8.0.1 if Category Rules that use CountryCensor are enabled in the configuration. 
• Engine log in Debug displays Unable to load library...CountryCensor.dll - 193 - %1 is not a valid Win32 application
   
  
   
• The Application Event Log contains entries similar to:
  Faulting application name: MMEngine.exe, version: 8.0.1.0, time stamp: 0x595ec9db
  Faulting module name: MSVCR120.dll, version: 12.0.21005.1, time stamp: 0x524f83ff
  Exception code: 0xc0000417
  Fault offset: 0x000000000006dd3d
  Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Trustwave\Secure Email Gateway\MMEngine.exe
  Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\Trustwave\Secure Email Gateway\MSVCR120.dll

Information:

• The CountryCensor functionality in SEG has been deprecated for several years (it was removed from new installations in version 7.3).
• The IP database is not being updated.
• The existing functionality does not provide significant value for spam detection.
• For these reasons, the DLL required for CountryCensor is not available for SEG 8.X.
• The installer for version 8.0.2 and above enforces removal of all references to CountryCensor.

Resolution:

• Remove all rules that use CountryCensor from your configuration.
• Remove all files that reference CountryCensor from the config folder.
• Commit configuration.  
  • If upgrade to 8.0.2 was blocked it will be allowed.
  • For 8.0.0 or 8.0.1, after you commit configuration you can start the SEG Engine service.