Application Control Updates Release Notice
This is a notification for the latest Application Control 5.95 data update, which has been rolled out on the 30th August 2022
| Application name | Type | Owner |
| Postman | ProgrammingScriptTool | Postman, Inc. |
| MS Remote Desktop Client | RemMan | Microsoft Corporation |
| DirectPrint | SystemTool | direcprint.io |
| Lively Wallpaper | ScreensaverApplication | Rocksdanister |
| Eventing Command Line Utility | SystemTool | Microsoft Corporation |
| Any Video Converter | MediaConvTool | Anvsoft Inc. |
| SQL Navigator for Oracle | ProgrammingScriptTool | Quest Software |
| Zero Install | DownloadManager | Bastian Eicher et al. |
| CloudFactory WorkStream Browser | Browser | CloudFactory USA LLC |
| SmartGit | ProgrammingScriptTool | Syntevo GmbH |
| macOS | ||
| macOS 13 Installer | SystemTool | Apple Inc |
| Postman | ProgrammingScriptTool | Postman, Inc. |
Note: We recommend customers to switch over from "cloudfactory" to "CloudFactory WorkStream Browser" to control cloud factory browser applications. “Cloudfactory” name will be deprecated and is replaced by “CloudFactory WorkStream Browser”.
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)