Sophos Central release notes
These are the release notes for Sophos Anti-Virus for macOS (Sophos Central edition).
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Version 10.0.0 New
New Features
This release supports the EDR 3 capabilities in Sophos Central (to be rolled out for Macs by September). Live Discover allows admins to use osquery to search the device data across their estate to answer almost any question they can think of. Live Response allows admins to start an interactive session to a remote device.
This version supports macOS 10.13 and later.
Updated Components
The threat detection engine version is 3.79.0.
Resolved issues
| Issue ID | Description |
|---|---|
| MACEP-4232 | Improved battery life when performing on-demand scans. |
| MACEP-5178 | Resolved an issue when connecting devices lacking vendor, product or serial information. |
Components Updated
| Sophos Anti-Virus | 10.0.0 August 2020 | 9.9.8 April 2020 | 9.9.6 November 2019 | 9.9.5 November 2019 | 9.9.4 September 2019 |
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Version 9.9.8
Resolved issues
| Issue ID | Description |
|---|---|
| MACEP-4973 | Resolved blank captive portal. |
Version 9.9.6
This release contains performance improvements.
Resolved issues
| Issue ID | Description |
|---|---|
| MACEP-4600 | Improved memory usage when Threat Case creation is enabled. |
| MACEP-4602 | Resolved an issue with modified permissions on the man8 directory when using disk encryption. |
| MACEP-4493 | Resolved an intermittent failure where web pages may fail to load. |
| MACEP-4606 | Improved support for macOS 10.15 Catalina when using MDM profiles. |
Version 9.9.5
New features
- This release contains improved support for macOS 10.15 Catalina.
- This release contains stability improvements.
Resolved issues
| Issue ID | Description |
|---|---|
| MACEP-4456 | Users can now copy paths from the Events panel. |
Version 9.9.4
New features
- This release contains support for macOS 10.15 Catalina.
- This release contains security and performance improvements.
Updated components
The threat detection engine version is 3.77.1. For information about the threat detection engine, see the Sophos Threat Detection Engine release notes.
Resolved issues
| Issue ID | Description |
|---|---|
| MACEP-4414 | Resolved an intermittent issue on macOS 10.14 Mojave where the Captive Network Assistant page could fail to load. |
| MACEP-4410 | Addressed CVE-2020-10947. |
Known issues
| Issue | Description |
|---|---|
| Issues with copying infected files to a quarantine folder. | If the immediate scanner moves or copies an infected file to a quarantine folder, the action is intercepted by the on-access scanner. This is because Spotlight indexes the quarantine folder when a file is quarantined there. To work around this, in the Spotlight preferences, put the quarantine folder into the list of excluded folders. |
Authentication caching
- Authentication caching in macOS may prevent you from unlocking the preferences panel immediately after an upgrade. To unlock the preferences panel, log out, then log in to your Mac again.
Support
You can find technical support for Sophos products in any of these ways:
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- Visit the Sophos Community at community.sophos.com/ and search for other users who are experiencing the same problem.
- Visit the Sophos support knowledge base at www.sophos.com/en-us/support.aspx.
- Download the product documentation at www.sophos.com/en-us/support/documentation.aspx.
- Open a ticket with our support team at https://secure2.sophos.com/support/contact-support/support-query.aspx.
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