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Getting "Could not update Sophos Anti-virus" for SAV Mac version 8

juanian

I have an old PPC Mac (which is my old secondary machine) using OS X 10.4.11 running Sophos 8.0.6C.  I would like to get the latest anti-virus definitions before support ends for version 8.

It looks like there is a problem downloading the definitions (or installing them): 


com.sophos.intercheck:
com.sophos.autoupdate: Sophos AutoUpdate
com.sophos.autoupdate: Version 8.0.6
com.sophos.autoupdate: Copyright (c) 1989, 2004, Sophos Group, www.sophos.com
com.sophos.autoupdate:
com.sophos.intercheck: Sophos Anti-Virus
com.sophos.intercheck: Version 4.80, 06 August 2012
com.sophos.intercheck: Includes detection for 3881237 viruses, trojans and worms
com.sophos.intercheck: Copyright (c) 1989-2012 Sophos Ltd, www.sophos.com
com.sophos.intercheck:
com.sophos.intercheck: Using IDE files:
com.sophos.intercheck:
com.sophos.intercheck: mdro-eis.ide *

. . .

com.sophos.intercheck: agen-xug.ide *
com.sophos.intercheck:
com.sophos.intercheck: * Warning: file is older than 90 days
com.sophos.intercheck:
com.sophos.intercheck: Warning: Useful life of Sophos Anti-Virus has been exceeded
com.sophos.intercheck:
com.sophos.intercheck: Info: On-access scanner started at 06:30 on 12 April 2014
com.sophos.intercheck:
com.sophos.autoupdate: Updating catalogue information at 04/12/14
com.sophos.autoupdate: Catalogue updated at 04/12/14
com.sophos.autoupdate: Download started at 04/12/14
com.sophos.autoupdate: Download completed at 04/12/14
com.sophos.autoupdate: Update started at 04/12/14
com.sophos.autoupdate: Error: Could not update Sophos Anti-Virus at 11:41 on 12 April 2014
com.sophos.autoupdate: Update failed
com.sophos.autoupdate:
com.sophos.intercheck: Fatal Error: Unable to configure virus detection engine [0x80070057]
com.sophos.intercheck: Sophos Anti-Virus cannot continue
com.sophos.intercheck:

The About box shows:

Version 8.0.6C

Threat detection engine: 3.34.0
Threat data: 4.80
Protects against 3881237 threats

Is this the latest anti-virus definitions?

Thanks for any help

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    True, Apple will no longer be providing security updates for my computer, and Sophos AV updates will also stop.  I guess my concern is this -  if I am going to keep this computer (and still use it for low-priority kinds of things), I'd like to have the AV definitions updated to the 2014 definitions (instead of what I think is the 2012 definitions that it currently has).

    Since I didn't find an installer for Sophos 8 on my Mac, I guess I had downloaded it 'live' from the web (sigh).  Even if I had found the installer, it would have old AV definitions, and if I still couldn't update them, I'd be in worse shape than I am currently in.

    There do appear to be PPC AV alternatives to Sophos out there, some of which I have never heard of.  It does look like an older Symantec AV version for PPC still supports current AV updates, but I don't know if I can still purchase that old version anywhere.  (I guess I still have the alternative to hook my old computer to my 'current' Mac in Firewire mode and scan it that way, but that doesn't help with on-access scanning.)

    Thanks for the free version of Sophos AV - I (and others) appreciate it.  I will likely still leave it on my old computer (unless I can find a reliable alternative), even with its current 2-year old AV definitions.

    :1016889
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    True, Apple will no longer be providing security updates for my computer, and Sophos AV updates will also stop.  I guess my concern is this -  if I am going to keep this computer (and still use it for low-priority kinds of things), I'd like to have the AV definitions updated to the 2014 definitions (instead of what I think is the 2012 definitions that it currently has).

    Since I didn't find an installer for Sophos 8 on my Mac, I guess I had downloaded it 'live' from the web (sigh).  Even if I had found the installer, it would have old AV definitions, and if I still couldn't update them, I'd be in worse shape than I am currently in.

    There do appear to be PPC AV alternatives to Sophos out there, some of which I have never heard of.  It does look like an older Symantec AV version for PPC still supports current AV updates, but I don't know if I can still purchase that old version anywhere.  (I guess I still have the alternative to hook my old computer to my 'current' Mac in Firewire mode and scan it that way, but that doesn't help with on-access scanning.)

    Thanks for the free version of Sophos AV - I (and others) appreciate it.  I will likely still leave it on my old computer (unless I can find a reliable alternative), even with its current 2-year old AV definitions.

    :1016889
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