On-access scanning causing problems with legacy Filevault
Ok so at some point I found out how to enable legacy filevault on my mac for my primary account and did so. Eventually (not immediately) I started having problems logging in with the screen freezing to the point that I reinstalled mac. Last week I finally…
How do I install Sophos AV 9.4.2 for Mac?
I have a 2015 MBP, running 10.11.3. I am trying to install the 9.4.2 version of Sophos AV on it. Just after I authenticate the install, it always errors out thusly :
Thinking it might have been a bad download, I re-downloaded the installer and tried…
Updates use HTTP and not HTTPS - why?
Hi,
I've noticed that the Sophos updater downloads updates using HTTP. Specifically, the configuration in "/Library/Sophos Anti-Virus/sau.plist" lists " http://dci.sophosupd.com/osxhe" as the update URL.
This apparently cannot be changed to HTTPS…
Cleaning a threat on a USB drive wiped out ALL the data on it!!
I've been using Sophos on my MacBook Air 2013 for over a year. Today I inserted an 8 gb USB drive and a threat came up. I went to the quarantine manager, cleaned up the threat and now EVERYTHING has disappeared from my drive. HELP! What should I do now…
Concern that “Cleanup may delete files that are identified as components and listed under Locations" may delete or damage disk image.
Quarantine Manager detects a threat on my iMac: Troj/Java-CM, (which affects Windows OS). Location is: /Users/bradconfer/Documents/Mercury C Archive/G4HD BatGyrl A.dmg G4HD BatGyrlA.dmg is a disc image of a hard drive partition (hopefully bootable if…
Configuring SAV Mac 9.4 for Pulse Secure
Our IT shop uses the Pulse Secure ESAP 2.8.8 software, which runs a "host checker" to verify anti-virus software on a user's home computer. SAV for Mac version 9.x is on the supported software list available here: https://www.pulsesecure.net/techpubs…
Please Help....iPhone Back Up Corruption Issue...What Is This?
Hello,
November 9, 2015
I had problems with my iPhone 6 Plus and Apple sent me a new iPhone.
But before I restore the new iPhone from the backup I decided to scan the iPhone back up with Sophos antivirus.
And Sophos reported.....
Threats…
ISSUE: Corrupted iPhone Back Up
Hello,
November 4, 2015
I had problems with my iPhone 6 Plus and Apple sent me a new iPhone.
But before I restore from the backup I decided to scan the iPhone back up with Sophos antivirus.
And Sophos reported.....
Threats: 0
Issues: 1
And…
My internet keeps on slowing down, almost to a stop at times. Little Snitch tells me that sophoswebintelligence.bundle is responsible. What can I do to stop Sophos taking over my bandwidth?
MacBook OS 10.10.5
Sophos 9.4 Threat detection engine 3.61.0 Threat data 5.20
NUMEROUS ISSUES yet answered much less SOLVED replies for Mac here are just sad.
I am sure i have key loggers, a back door or malicious remote user which has changed all my files so that nothing will update on my Mac for months... it has changed and added 4 times more .plist files than i had and changed all my configurations, network…