Application Control Updates Pre-release Notice
The following have been identified as applications that would benefit from some level of control and will be added to the existing list.
Note: These applications will be automatically blocked for customers who have enabled the following optional setting in their Application Control policy for either Sophos Central or Enterprise Console:
- Sophos Central: New applications added to this category by Sophos
- Enterprise Console: All Added by Sophos in the future
If you don’t want new applications to be automatically blocked the above setting can be disabled.
This is a notification for the latest Application Control 5.96 data update, which is currently planned to be rolled out on the 11th Oct 2022 . Occasionally the list changes slightly before the release date, there will be a follow-up update on the release date to confirm it has been released.
| Application name | Type | Owner |
| uTox | IMClient | uTox |
| ADSelfService Plus | SecurityTool | ZOHO Corp |
| LB Booster | ProgrammingScriptTool | R.T.Russell |
| Boxcryptor | EncryptionTool | Secomba GmbH |
| Naver Whale Browser | Browser | Naver Corporation |
| Action1 Remote Desktop | RemMan | Action1 Corporation |
| CaseWare Idea | SystemTool | CaseWare IDEA Inc. |
| DSI BILLING Govmail | EmailClient | Dsi Billing Services |
| MiniTool uTube Downloader | DownloadManager | MiniTool Software Limited |
| AnalogX PortMapper | NetworkTool | AnalogX, LLC |
| macOS | ||
| Naver Whale Browser | Browser | Naver Corporation |
Important: Controlled Applications are sometimes re-evaluated by Sophos and raised in risk profile. Applications such as these may be moved from Application Controlled managed to be detected as Potentially Unwanted Application and blocked. The following Application are now being detected as PUA:
| Application name | Type | Owner |
| PWDump7 | PasswordDump | Tarasco.org |
For more information on PPUA, please review KBA: Admin tool Detected as Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA)
For information on configuring Application Control please review these links:
- Currently Controlled Application list: Controlled Applications
- Sophos Central managed: Sophos Central Application Control Policy
- Sophos Enterprise Console managed: Enterprise Console Application control policy
- For frequently asked questions: Application Control Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)