Guest User!

You are not Sophos Staff.

Thread Info
  • State Not Answered
  • Locked Locked
  • Replies 8 replies
  • Subscribers 6 subscribers
  • Views 13000 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Options
Suggested
This discussion has been locked.
You can no longer post new replies to this discussion. If you have a question you can start a new discussion

v8.0.6C constantly writing to LaunchDaemons folder

Duke

One A/V technique is to employ an Applescript that monitors the /Library/LaunchDaemons & /Library/LaunchAgents folders, and posts an alert whenever a program tries to add something there. Since v8.0.6C was released, Sophos A/V for the Mac is constantly writing a new com.sophos.autoupdate.plist, com.sophos.intercheck.plist & com.sophos.notification.plist to the LaunchDaemons folder, triggering an alert.  This appears to be happening as part of the auto-update process.

Please STOP this behavior on the part of Sophos A/V for the Mac.

Thank you!

:1009684


This thread was automatically locked due to age.
Parents
  • 0

    I get the message 'One new item has been placed in the folder "LaunchDaemons" ' about 8 times EVERY DAY.   It drives me bonkers.  

    My version of Sophos Free is 8.0.16c  

    My operating system is OSX 10.8.4

    Implementing any of the solutions mentioned in earlier posts on this topic are beyond my skills and I have been using PCs and Macs for 25 years.  Although I have paid $0 for what is an otherwise fine product, surely it's not a big ask for the makers to prevent this annoying unecessary behaviour from occuring or to include some Preferences that will enable me to turn off or limit the behaviour.

    I am about to ditch Sophos Free and use something else.

    Eeeeeearrrrrghhhh!.  

    :1012794
Reply
  • 0

    I get the message 'One new item has been placed in the folder "LaunchDaemons" ' about 8 times EVERY DAY.   It drives me bonkers.  

    My version of Sophos Free is 8.0.16c  

    My operating system is OSX 10.8.4

    Implementing any of the solutions mentioned in earlier posts on this topic are beyond my skills and I have been using PCs and Macs for 25 years.  Although I have paid $0 for what is an otherwise fine product, surely it's not a big ask for the makers to prevent this annoying unecessary behaviour from occuring or to include some Preferences that will enable me to turn off or limit the behaviour.

    I am about to ditch Sophos Free and use something else.

    Eeeeeearrrrrghhhh!.  

    :1012794
Children
No Data