Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition

[spike]

Version 7.2.2 (engine 3.14.1) of Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition has been released. It contains fixes for the following:

• DEF65406: Kernel panic when scanning NTFS volume. This works around a  bug in Apple’s NTFS kernel extension (Apple Bug ID# 7202356) which can result in a kernel panic when information is requested on a resource fork for a file on an NTFS partition.
• DEF51881: Misclassification of certain DMG files leading to slow scanning, excessive memory and disk space usage. The DMG files are now classified correctly.

The two defects above could have caused instability while using "Scan Local Drives"  on systems with Bootcamp partitions or containing certain type of DMG files. With the 7.2.2 fixes in place, "Scan Local Drives" operates as intended without the need to create a custom scan to exclude Bootcamp partitions and/or DMG files. Scanning large DMG files may, naturally, take some time but should not lead to system instability.

Please note that all existing installations have been upgraded automatically. You need do nothing. However, to confirm that the upgrade has happened, check the "About" button, and you should see something like:

Version: 7.2.2C,

Threat detection engine: 3.14.1

Threat data: 4.60

Regards,

spike.

[fallen1]

Ah, well. New version won't do me any good--since my update is not working, as indicated in my post below.

[carlos]

Hi fallen1

You need this Tool:

- EasyFind easyfind

This is an better Searchtool

1 Remove Sophos with app

2 restart

3 start easyfind

4 type here sophos

all files by sophos - open in finder

here delete the files are named by sophos

search also for pkg and bom

attension only sophos files delete

restart

install sophos again

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dont worry about the files thy are in your trash

maybe this workaround helps

good luck 

[fallen1]

It appears that EasyFind is for Mac OS 10.5; mine is 10.4.9.

Thank you anyway. I appreciate the reply.

fallen1

[davidmorr]

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fallen1 wrote:

It appears that EasyFind is for Mac OS 10.5; mine is 10.4.9.

Thank you anyway. I appreciate the reply.

fallen1

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Look for an older version on their site. I have been using it on OS X 10.4 for years.

[Niko70]

Thank you Sophos for this new version; it works smoothly on my MiniMac 

Keep up the good work,

bye-bye!

[grahamperrin]

See http://community.sophos.com/t5/Comments-and-feedback/list-of-current-versions-outdated-release-notes...

[Fotomann]

My Mac OS is 10.6.6, and this upgrade still causes my Boot Disk to fill up - then it locks up the system!

Oops!

[pdiaz]

n/a

[QC]

Hello Paul,

this is an old thread and the latest post is from over a year ago. Meanwhile HE has been updated and is now 7.3.10C (with version 8 already available at the download page).

Christian