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Windows Live Messenger - msmsgs.exe Blocked On Login

Today I came in to see that Sophos started blocking Windows Live Messenger or C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe whenever someone would log into a machine. We had about 10 alerts before I quickly set it as an Approved application to avoid everyone getting the Application Control popup on login.

It seems strange that this has been blocked since we've installed Sophos, yet it gets blocked today for the first time.

We are only scanning for Applicaitons On-Access and the alerts are appearing during login. Is there a way to avoid this in the future or will we just have to keep Live Messenger as Approved for now? 

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  • Yes, we block all instant messaging applications. It has never alerted us of blocking it in the past and just started this morning.

    I've checked event viewer and nothing has seemed to have changed with the messanger application.

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  • Yes, we block all instant messaging applications. It has never alerted us of blocking it in the past and just started this morning.

    I've checked event viewer and nothing has seemed to have changed with the messanger application.

    :10679
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