Sophos 3.74.6 (Android): Pop-Ups

Hi E A 

Can you please help us with the name of Sophos application you have installed? These articles will help in clarifying which permissions we require and why we require those permissions. 

Sophos Mobile Control Permissions and Sophos Mobile Security Permissions.

It's Sophos Mobile Security, but has 2 different Version numbers:

- 9.0.2992 (where i can permit "access to usage data")

- 3.74.6 (in it's own settings as "Sophos Anti-Virus Engine")

Actually there are many others in Google Play Store complaining about the same problem.

I'm sorry, but i'm not going to permit anything, so i hope you'll fix this immediatly...

Hi E A 

Thank you for providing the details. So it seems that you are using the latest version of Sophos Mobile Security and as stated in this article, Sophos mobile security does require permissions to a few resources of the smartphone in order to perform all its activity to protect your smartphone. A brief explanation is also provided in the article as to why those permissions are required by the application.  

But that doesn't answer my question.

I don't want any forcing pop-ups, you're just ignoring the real problem many of your users.

But that doesn't answer my question.

I don't want any forcing pop-ups, you're just ignoring the real problem many of your users.

Hi E A 

You can try stopping all the notifications for this application but I don't think it will stop the pop-ups/splash screens. Since Sophos mobile Security is not given all the permissions, it will show you those pop-ups. It is not possible to stop them as of now. I would request you to submit a feature request so that our product management team can have a look at this.