Questions tagged [sophos]
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what does my work admin see on my pc and phone?
I have a computer in my office connected to .Net server of the work place. Plus the whole internet in the place also needed to be accessed by a valid user account. They use a technology called sophos (...
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IE8 issues on Windows 7 RC
I'm running Windows 7 RC and noticed today that when trying to launch IE nothing happend. The only way to launch IE was to right-click and Run As Administrator.
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Sophos Antivirus for Mac - Update preference disabled in Mac OSX Lion
I use Sophos Antivirus on my Mac (running Lion 10.7.5) and I am not able to change Update Settings as it is greyed out. I clicked on the Lock icon on the bottom portion, entered my password (...
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Can ping by IP, and FQDN, but not hostname over SSL VPN
I am connecting to a server at another location, I cannot access network shares by hostname (\server\share). I decided to ping the server to see if I could reach it, no luck. Pinged by IP and got a ...
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WLAN showing an X and unable to connect
I have Windows 10 laptops for guests visiting our company and they want to connect to WLAN. However, the WLAN they need to conect to, shows an X in a circle:
When clicking on the WLAN, I get an error ...
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webserver with sophos utm - website not found 404 error
I am trying to host a website through Sophos UTM and setting up a DMZ
I configured the website in IIS and configured the webserver in Sophos UTM
did the port forwarding in the router tested it on the ...
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Forcing Firefox to validate SSL certificates from Sophos
A network I'm often connected to uses a Sophos network block on many sites. I would like to try to get around this. I looked at the solution from how to make firefox ignore all ssl certification ...
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firewall vs Soap (electronic billing API)
This is a complex question since it includes configuration and programming at the same time, but neither Sophos support nor the electronic billing service (consumer API) have given me an answer.
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How to prevent Sophos HitmanPro, Sophos Endpoint Defence, and Windows Defender High CPU with Visual Studio Code GIT operations
For a little over a week now I have been having high CPU usage issues by Sophos HitmanPro.Alert, Sophos Endpoint Defence and Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection Service when performing GIT ...
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Ubuntu Sophos Auto Update
When I use a standard use account will Sophos update properly? It should auto update every hour by itself but when I use a standard use account will everything work properly on Ubuntu 18.04?
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Powershell.exe infected by “C2/Generic-B” Virus/spyware
Good day everyone!
I'm scanning all the local computers with Sophos anti-virus via Windows Server.
I can remotely remove most of the viruses or malware that Sophos detects on other PCs.
Sophos also ...
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What time is fullreqtime in Sophos logs? E.g. fullreqtime="256266588"
In the logs from Sophos there is a Parameter called fullreqtime. In my case:
fullreqtime="256266588"
How do I convert the number to a time or Duration, what is this value?
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Is it true that routers, like the Sophos XGS 87 decrypt the data stream on VPN connections?
I have a NordVPN account and the router at our office is Sophos XGS 87. According Sophos literature they do deep packet inspection on TLS 1.0 to 1.3 (HTTPS) connections.
It seems the router acts as a &...
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sophos av path exclusion not working
I repeatedly get the Unable to write to talpa socket error because sophos free on ubuntu is trying to access a sshfs mount. I don't know what else I need to do to get sophos to not try to scan this ...
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Sophos Endpoint Security and Control -> windows event viewer logs (on windows 2008R2 / 2012R2)
I'm trying to understand if and how would it be possible to save / record Sophos Endpoint Security and Control related events / actions within the Windows Event Viewer Log -> where should I look / ...
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Mac OSX can dig or nslookup but cannot ping host
I am facing a problem with my mac on a Sophos Remote IpSec VPN.
The VPN IpSec is set to be the Default Gateway.
I can connect to the VPN, and I can join every IP on my remote network.
I can dig and ...
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Occasional and Momentary Site-to-Site VPN Tunnel Failures
I just started managing a number of locations that have site-to-site VPN connections. Part of what I've been doing is going through the Sophos firewalls examining alerts, findings and incidents. While ...
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Sophos UTM virtual appliance VM in DMZ
How safe would it be for a 'VM' Virtual Appliance UTM Sophos Firewall to be in DMZ. Can its security get compromised while the VM is in DMZ.. Im planning on such a setup for VPN access and certain ...
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Sophos SSL VPN Client Uninstall - Error opening registry for reading (HKLM\SOFTWARE\OpenVPN)
After uninstalling Sophos SSL VPN Client, windows gives the error message at start up:
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Sophos SSL VPN Client
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Error opening registry for reading ...
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Installing Sophos VPN client on MacOS
I am completely unfamiliar with MacOS. So when faced with trying to install the Sophos VPN client On someone's Laptop I've hit a brick wall.
The installer ends with the extension .ovpn. Mac OS ...
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Virus/Spyware: C2/Generic-B detected in C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe [duplicate]
Sophos has detected the following:
C2/Generic-B detected in C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
How do I get rid of this? Many thanks in advance!
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Sophos SSL-VPN Assistance
Kindly help.I am new to VPN.
SSL-VPN in Sophos was initially configured in such a way that, when I download a ssl-vpn.exe package from the sophos user portal and install it on my windows machine, I ...
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How to check the location of the threat detected by Sophos on macOS?
I'm using Sophos Home on macOS Sierra and I've given the following message after restart:
Threat detected by Sophos
'Virus/Spyware' Troj/JSDldr-EZ has been detected.
Cleanup will be performed ...
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Using Python Pip from behind Sophos firewall with certificate
I have this problem using pip at my workplace since the System Admin has started using the Sophos XG Firewall with a custom CA installed in my windows local system and firefox. I don't have any proxy ...
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LogMeIn Central not tracking Anti-Virus
We've been using LogMeIn to manage our PCs within our office (250+).
After a LogMeIn update, LogMeIn central has completely stopped tracking the version of Sophos we run in our office.
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Can you install custom UTM software on pre-existing firewalls/UTMs?
I have a Netgear ProSecure UTM50 (the Netgear ProSecure line is end of life.)
Is it possible to install something such as Sophos UTM/Untangle/etc. on it?
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Sophos Remote Management & VuuPC - can my business partner access my private data?
I am not very security-savvy, but after getting loads of viruses and malware, one of my business partners offered to install their best antivirus software on my computer - it's called Sophos.
A few ...
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How do I stop Sophos anti virus from scanning directories that are under source control
From googling it seems its well known that SophosAV as well as other AV programs have issues with how they interact and can inhibit source control utilities like TortoiseHG or TortoiseSVN.
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How to configure Sophos UTM to mask an internal ip with a DNS name
I have a CRM software which runs on Apache on a separated network at a 10.10.10.10 ip while my local network is at 192.168.1.0 range.
I also have 10.10.1.0 range for VPNs which are only can connect ...
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Accessing Sophos WebAdmin on Virtual Machine?
I installed Sophos Free Home UTM on Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager and cannot access the webadmin GUI from outside the Virtual machine. I have changed the network adapter from Nat to bridged adapter ...
