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Updating from 7.3 to 8.0.6 when Sophos is provided by Uni

Deb_B

Our university provides access to Sophos for students and staff. I have been using version 7.3 for some time with no problems, but since upgrading my computer to Mountain lion, I have had problems with Sophos and with the computer itself running slow, heating up etc. I have read here that a newer version is needed. However, our university is still only providing the link to the 7.3 installer. Auto update is not loading the new version...Is there any way of getting hold of the new version myself?

Also, I removed the UI login item as I was concerned it was causing conflicts with the OS, as it was using too much CPU. I now have "intercheck" using large amounts of CPU. How do I get rid of it, or fix it?

Thanks

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    Don't want to second-guess Andrew - but if the version handling (SEC vs. stand-alone) hasn't changed it should be the other way round:
    When a new version of a product comes out it is:

    • default for new installations of SEC (with the old one still selectable)
    • available for flipping during the first months (during this period a site can decide to roll out the new version, if they do nothing Recommended stays the "old" current version)
    • after roughly three months "force ungraded" for all sites which have not explicitly elected to stay on the "old" product line
    • again after a few months made "mandatory" (i.e. the old version is retired, sites still using it will receive an alert); it's only then that stand-alone users will be upgraded

    As said, this is how I think it worked and still works.

    For 7.3 there's currently just 7.3.12 which suggests that there won't be any more 7.3 releases and thus the switch will take place with the October update.

    Christian

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    Don't want to second-guess Andrew - but if the version handling (SEC vs. stand-alone) hasn't changed it should be the other way round:
    When a new version of a product comes out it is:

    • default for new installations of SEC (with the old one still selectable)
    • available for flipping during the first months (during this period a site can decide to roll out the new version, if they do nothing Recommended stays the "old" current version)
    • after roughly three months "force ungraded" for all sites which have not explicitly elected to stay on the "old" product line
    • again after a few months made "mandatory" (i.e. the old version is retired, sites still using it will receive an alert); it's only then that stand-alone users will be upgraded

    As said, this is how I think it worked and still works.

    For 7.3 there's currently just 7.3.12 which suggests that there won't be any more 7.3 releases and thus the switch will take place with the October update.

    Christian

    :1010004
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