Sophos

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Error 1920 installing Sophos Management console 5.52 on Server 2016

This entry was posted in Sophos Tips and tagged Error 1920 Sophos Sophos Enterprise Console on March 3, 2020 by HAL

This is just a short article – lost a day investigating this so I wanted to get something up for any one else who run into this. The background was a clean  installation on a Windows 2016 server running Exchange 2016. No errors or issues reported during that install. The installer was downloaded as normal […]

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Sophos hires a Hitman (by acquiring Surfright)

This entry was posted in Security Software Sophos and tagged Hitman Pro Sophos on December 15, 2015 by HAL

The news appeared yesterday that Sophos have acquired the developer of the highly regarded Hitman Pro anti malware tool. Was I suprised ? Not really but I look foward to the benefits of Hitman appearing in the Sophos Endpoint protection portfolio. I hope we will see this relatively soon as the threats to endpoints keep […]

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Free antivirus tool from Sophos

This entry was posted in Software Tips and tagged Sophos on June 10, 2014 by HAL

Sophos are offering a companion product to go along side your antivirus endpoint protection   Its available here   As Sophos say …   Overview Infected with a virus? Unsure whether your existing antivirus software has detected and removed it? Still having problems and unsure where to turn to next? Sophos Virus Removal Tool can […]

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Got Mac ? Get Sophos

This entry was posted in Must Have Software and tagged Macs Sophos on May 26, 2014 by HAL

Sophos are offering a free product for mac users at home. You can grab it from here   Their blurb says   Full Mac protection from viruses, Trojans and worms Easy installation and painless maintenance Business-quality antivirus, backed by SophosLabs 100% free! Totally, absolutely, completely Supports OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and up So why […]

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Virus protection for your phone

This entry was posted in Gadgets Samsung Software and tagged Android Antivirus Sophos on November 18, 2013 by HAL

Sophos offer a free mobile antivirus client for your Android phone. You can get it here Amongst other things you get Anti-Virus Protection • Scans apps as you install them • On demand and scheduled scan of previously installed apps and files on external storage (such as SD cards) • Displays Potentially Unwanted Apps (PUA) […]

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Gotcha when updating Buffalo terastation

This entry was posted in Software Tips and tagged Antivirus Buffalo Terastation Firmware Sophos on February 14, 2013 by HAL

Had an issue where the updater application for a rack mount buffalo terastation iscsi edition would not seem to run. Checked that the download was not corrupt but each time it was started there was no splash screen or sign of the application searching for terastations as expected. The issue – antivirus (in this caser […]

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More Fun – With Autorun :(

This entry was posted in Software Tips and tagged Sophos on November 29, 2012 by HAL

Picked this up this morning – worth having a look W32/VBNA-X worm spreads quickly through networks and removable media SophosLabs researchers have noticed a significant increase in the spread of malware we call W32/VBNA-X (among other names). Several other vendors, including McAfee (W32/Autorun.worm.aaeb) and Symantec (W32.ChangeUp), have been alerting their customers as well. While the […]

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How to shoot yourself in the foot – Sophos style ?

This entry was posted in Software Tips and tagged Sophos on September 21, 2012 by HAL

This week was a low point for Sophos – the antivirus company. With remote email notification for all Sophos clients – the moment the first email arrived I knew we were in for trouble. Having alerted my colleagues and have notified Sophos support – we watched the drama unfold. The Problem? An update that caused […]

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