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Microsoft has issued a patch to remind Windows 7 users that they’ll soon have no patches. The update tells users that they won’t be able to get support for Windows 7 after 14 January 2020,. Sophos Home is compatible with Mac OS X 10.8 and higher, as well as Windows 7 and higher. It has an extremely simple and user-friendly process of managing.
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Sophos Central - Endpoint Update
Thanks, Sophos I guess I cant get a virus if I cant login. The only workaround so far has been to log in as a local user without network and disable all runtime protection services on the local machine and rebooting. While making sure the server policy has been changed to also disable these settings.
EDIT #1
In hindsight, this post was made more to see if this was happening to anyone else as Sophos support had been vague sorry about not adding that to the original post.
In hindsight, this post was made more to see if this was happening to anyone else as Sophos support had been vague sorry about not adding that to the original post.
Sorry for the delay in updating I made this post right as I was leaving the office yesterday and did not want to update without information. am about to go back into the office and have a look. This issue yesterday was affecting about 30 of our 300 machines but would have affected more if not for the policy we pushed out early. The actual issue seems to be Sophos blocking all internet connections rather than simply stopping login due to the user profile service not running correctly for domain users.
EDIT #2
- Core Agent: 2.0.0
- Endpoint Advanced: 10.8.1 Note: When the issue first showed up I did see 10.8.1.1
- Sophos Intercept X: 2.0.1 Note: When the issue first showed up I did see 2.0.1
The Sophos Logo has also changed from a Blue Circle to a blue shield
We are also running a XG firewall but have noticed this issue happening to remote users.
We are also running a XG firewall but have noticed this issue happening to remote users.
EDIT #3
Seems like just disabling only Malicious Traffic Detection as also worked around the issue Have raised this with Sophos and they have said that is is an issue and has been raised internally and is going through their development team however this was over a phone call still not official statement from Sophos
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Antivirus makers Sophos and Avast are warning users that installing a recent Windows update may cause their PCs to lock up or fail to boot.
In notices filed Monday, Avast reported that older machines running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 are becoming locked or frozen on startup after certain Microsoft Windows updates are applied: KB4493472, KB4493448, KB4493467, and KB4493446. Sophos also identified the same patches were at the root of some computers failing to boot when running Sophos' own software. Sophos identified patches specific to Windows Server as well.
Windows 10 users do not seem to be affected, based on what the two companies reported.
According to Sophos, Microsoft has already begun blocking Windows machines that have the Sophos Endpoint installed. For its part, Avast said it's working on a fix: 'We have developed micro-updates that should resolve the issue and restore functionality to our users,' the company said.
Avast said the micro-updates should automatically take effect. Users will need to let their PC stand for approximately 15 minutes, during which the updates should take effect. If that doesn't work, Avast recommends rebooting the machine into safe mode and then filing a ticket with customer support. Sophos users must go through a more complicated process, including manually recovering the machine.
The Microsoft patches in question roll up a number of fixes, including Spectre Variant 2 and Meltdown patches for little-used Via CPUs, as well as authentication issues for Internet Explorer 11.
What this means to you: If you're a Sophos or Avast user, approach your next Windows upgrade with caution. To be fair, while the October 2018 Update's file-deletion fiasco is still fresh in our memory, most Windows 10 upgrades run reasonably smoothly. Microsoft is also working out some of the worst kinks, and giving users more control over when and how updates occur.
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