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Sophos installation failed

Hello all,

Today I run SophosSetup.exe as administrator, the network is internet , but the installation failed (prompt: Failed to extract the installation package).

i tried many times , it still failed, anyone who knows why?  



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  • Hello Han

    The fresh installer package can be downloaded on your managed Sophos central account. You may ask your administrator who manages your Sophos central to ask for it. Using a different package outside of your central account may lead to another issue. 

    Glenn ArchieSeñas (GlennSen)
    Global Community Support Engineer

    The New Home of Sophos Support Videos!  Visit Sophos Techvids
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  • thanks a lot , i got it and i think so, many thanks for your support.

  • You're always welcome. :) If you have queries about our product, feel free to reach out to us at any time. Have a good day ahead.

    Glenn ArchieSeñas (GlennSen)
    Global Community Support Engineer

    The New Home of Sophos Support Videos!  Visit Sophos Techvids
  • Could I make a plea that the "SophosSetup" changes name - so it's obvious when there's a new/updated version. "SophosSetup02022024" etc... would help so much if we knew which version we're running/downloading?

  • The file you download from Sophos Central is known as the stage 1 installer and is very lightweight.  It's only real job is to pull down the stage 2 part of the installer which is the part more frequently updated.

    You can name SophosSetup.exe anything you like if you want to version it and it's very rare for an older version to be a problem as it primarily just pulls down the hosted stage 2. 

    If there are new command line switches added or it is re-signed, then it is perhaps more important to get the latest if you need the new switches it passes through to stage 2.

    The file is an unauthenticated link unique to the account, so it maybe that any deployment scripts can just pull the latest file. E.g. as a PS command:

    iwr "https://dzr-api-amzn-eu-west-1-9af7.api-upe.p.hmr.sophos.com/api/download/[unique]/SophosSetup.exe" -outfile SophosSetup.exe


    I hope that helps.

  • thank you very much, now i got the newest version of sophos V1.19 from my IT manager, the problem is solved.  :)

  • thank you very much, now i got the newest version of sophos V1.19 from my IT manager, the problem is solved.  :)