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Sophos Anti-Virus

Type: Product

Name: Sophos Anti-Virus

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

LIS pulls anti-virus

LIS recently announced that they will no longer offer Sophos as a free anti-virus option. Students and faculty must remove Sophos from their personal computers and install new anti-virus software in its place.The change by LIS came suddenly to the Luther ... [Published Luther College Chips - May 09 2013]

Entities: Sophos Inc, Antivirus, Antivirus Software, Sophos Anti-Virus, Microsoft Security Essentials

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

App Directory: The Best Antivirus App For Mac

While it?s relatively unlikely you?ll run into malware using the Mac, it?s not impossible, and you may want to consider an antivirus tool to protect your Windows-using friends from any malware you might inadvertently send their way. We think that Sophos ... [Published Lifehacker Australia - May 06 2013]

Entities: Sophos Inc, Antivirus, Sophos Anti-Virus, Malware

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

The Best Antivirus App for Mac

While it's unlikely you'll ever run into malware for the Mac, you may want to consider an antivirus tool anyway—if not to protect yourself, but to protect your Windows-using friends from any malware you may inadvertently send their way. We think that ... [Published Lifehacker - May 03 2013]

Entities: Sophos Inc, Antivirus, Malware, Sophos Anti-Virus, Quarantine

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Phoenician Casino

Installs itself in the registryLeaves non infected files on computerAffected Operating SystemsRecovery Instructions:Cleanup for this potentially unwanted application (PUA) is available with Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000/XP/2003, version 6.0. Please ... [Published Sophos Anti Virus - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Casino, Sophos Anti-Virus, Windows 2000

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

Free Sophos protection for Macs now on FB

Digital News AsiaApr 16, 2013Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac available as free download from Sophos website and Facebook AV MarketplaceAV Marketplace is a destination for more than one billion users to ensure they’re safe ... [Published Digital News Asia - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Sophos Inc, Sophos Anti-Virus, Marketplace

First reported Apr 13 2013 - Updated Apr 13 2013 - 1 reports

Facebook Inc

Facebook AV Marketplace International Offers Sophos’ Free AV for Mac

Sophos announced that the free Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition is now available on Facebook’s Antivirus Marketplace in English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish languages. The international Antivirus Marketplace connects individuals with free ... [Published Enterprise IT News - Apr 13 2013]

Entities: Sophos Inc, Marketplace, Facebook Inc, Antivirus, Sophos Anti-Virus

First reported Apr 12 2013 - Updated Apr 12 2013 - 1 reports

Windows 2000

Android USB Cleaver

Cleanup for this potentially unwanted application (PUA) is available with Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000/XP/2003, version 6.0. Please follow the instructions for removing applications. ... [Published Sophos Anti Virus - Apr 12 2013]

Entities: Android, Sophos Anti-Virus, Windows 2000

First reported Apr 05 2013 - Updated Apr 05 2013 - 1 reports

Revealer Keylogger

Entities: Keylogger, Sophos Anti-Virus, Windows 2000

First reported Mar 10 2013 - Updated Mar 10 2013 - 1 reports

Avanquest Introduced Recommendations on AMSORM, CHK, CWK and DATA...

AMSORM, CHK, CWK, and DATA file extensions are associated with a variety of different file types one of which is a data file. Taking into account that data files are typically stored in a binary format or they can be considered a text format depending ... [Published PRWeb - Mar 10 2013]

Entities: Avanquest Software SA, Sophos Anti-Virus, Microsoft Excel, Apple Inc

Quotes

...Sophos is smart enough to tell you "Hey, this won't hurt you, but we're going to quarantine/delete it so you don't accidentally email this attachment to someone else." That's a huge benefit—and it keeps you from being that guy no one likes

The Best Antivirus App for Mac [Published Lifehacker - May 03 2013]

...for our more than one billion users to ensure they’re safe from the latest security threats,” said Joe Sullivan, chief security officer, Facebook. "To help our users keep their hardware better protected, we’re pleased to offer Sophos software for those using Mac devices."

Facebook AV Marketplace International Offers Sophos’ Free AV for Mac [Published Enterprise IT News - Apr 13 2013]

An anonymous reader writes "Yesterday afternoon anti-virus company Sophos Inc. released a normal anti-virus definition update that managed to detect parts of their own software as malicious code and disabled / deleted sections of their Endpoint security suite, including its ability to auto-update and thus repair itself. For many hours on the 19th, Sophos technical call centers were so busy customers were unable to even get through to wait on hold for assistance. Today thousands of enterprise customers remain crippled and unable to update their security software." Sophos points out that not everyone will be affected: "Please note this issue only affects Windows computers."

Sophos Anti-Virus Update Identifies Sophos Code As Malware [Published Slashdot - Sep 20 2012]