On Tuesday, January 13, 2026, an updated utility will be included in the Beta content to resolve a missing service dependency in Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS) Threat Prevention. The updated utility will address an issue introduced by a previous content update in December 2025, where the ENS Storage Protection service (mfedsp.exe) was in a stopped state after the update completed.
The update to the utility in production content is scheduled to start deployment on January 19, 2026.
Details of the issue being resolved can be found in the Knowledge Base article Known Issue: Trellix Endpoint Security Storage Protection service (mfedsp.exe) is terminated unexpectedly.
To switch to using beta content, follow the steps detailed in the Knowledge Base article How to test Real Protect Beta content.
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