Job warning alert "The Symantec ThreatCon Level is not up-to-date" is generated in Backup Exec 12.5

Starting from Symantec Backup Exec 12.5 the need of installing Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) on Media Server has been removed. Backup Exec now directly polls the Internet to get Symantec ThreatCon status. The above issue in Backup Exec is encountered even when Symantec Endpoint Protection is not installed on the Media Server.

Above issue may be encountered if there is no access to the Internet OR if there is no response/a delay in response from the Internet.