I see this on a few clients, the definitions are totally out of date and if you click "Update Now" it simply sits saying "Updating" with nothing happening.
The "Sophos AutoUpdate" service is running and I can see the alsvc.exe process running.
We have an internal update proxy/cache running on a server and most clients update from the Internet absolutely fine.
The SophosUpdate.log shows:
2017-06-06T14:09:57.988Z [ 9120] INFO WinMain =========================
2017-06-06T14:09:57.994Z [ 9120] INFO WinMain SophosUpdate is starting.
2017-06-06T14:09:57.994Z [ 9120] INFO WinMain AutoUpdate version : 5.5.0.26
2017-06-06T14:09:57.994Z [ 9120] INFO WinMain SophosUpdate version : 5.5.0.141
2017-06-06T14:09:57.994Z [ 9120] INFO WinMain Build : 203431
2017-06-06T14:09:57.994Z [ 9120] INFO WinMain =========================
2017-06-06T14:09:57.994Z [ 9120] INFO Environment::Print Platform ID: WIN_7_X64
2017-06-06T14:09:57.994Z [ 9120] INFO Environment::Print Platform upgraded: 0
2017-06-06T14:09:57.994Z [ 9120] INFO Environment::Print Subscription: WindowsCloudNextGen RECOMMENDED 11
2017-06-06T14:09:57.994Z [ 9120] INFO Environment::Print Subscription: WindowsCloudHitmanProAlert RECOMMENDED 1
2017-06-06T14:09:57.994Z [ 9120] INFO Environment::Print Subscriptions changed: 0
2017-06-06T14:09:57.994Z [ 9120] INFO Environment::Print Features: APPCNTRL AV CORE DLP DVCCNTRL EFW HBT NTP SAV SDU WEBCNTRL
2017-06-06T14:09:57.994Z [ 9120] INFO Environment::Print Features changed: 1
2017-06-06T14:09:57.994Z [ 9120] INFO WinMain Set process security
2017-06-06T14:09:57.994Z [ 9120] INFO WinMain Initialise COM.
2017-06-06T14:09:57.995Z [ 9120] INFO WinMain Load config.
2017-06-06T14:09:57.997Z [ 9120] INFO WinMain Create registry reporter.
2017-06-06T14:09:57.997Z [ 9120] INFO WinMain Create platform reporter.
2017-06-06T14:09:57.997Z [ 9120] INFO WinMain Create features reporter.
2017-06-06T14:09:57.997Z [ 9120] INFO WinMain Create subscription reporter.
2017-06-06T14:09:57.997Z [ 9120] INFO WinMain Load state.
2017-06-06T14:09:57.997Z [ 9120] INFO StatePersister::Load Loading state file C:\ProgramData\Sophos\AutoUpdate\data\status\SophosUpdateStatus.xml
2017-06-06T14:09:57.997Z [ 9120] INFO WinMain Create progress reporter.
2017-06-06T14:09:58.002Z [ 9120] INFO WinMain Create language neutral logger.
2017-06-06T14:09:58.002Z [ 9120] INFO WinMain Create Update cache evaluator.
2017-06-06T14:09:58.002Z [ 9120] INFO WinMain Create downloader.
2017-06-06T14:09:58.005Z [ 9120] INFO WinMain Create Health event manager.
2017-06-06T14:09:58.005Z [ 9120] INFO WinMain Create installer.
2017-06-06T14:09:58.005Z [ 9120] INFO WinMain Create adapter writer.
2017-06-06T14:09:58.005Z [ 9120] INFO IPCBase::IPCBase IPCBase::IPCBase: Connected to shared memory A32951C539924a12B3C8F2FDA5A268E4
2017-06-06T14:09:58.005Z [ 9120] INFO WinMain Create completion reporter.
2017-06-06T14:09:58.005Z [ 9120] INFO WinMain Create update logic.
2017-06-06T14:09:58.005Z [ 9120] INFO WinMain Performing update.
2017-06-06T14:09:58.005Z [ 9120] INFO UpdateLogic::Update Reporting update start.
2017-06-06T14:09:58.005Z [ 5216] INFO `anonymous-namespace'::SenderThreadFn::operator() Sender thread started.
2017-06-06T14:09:58.005Z [ 5216] INFO IPCSender::ProcessSend IPCSender::ProcessSend started
2017-06-06T14:09:58.005Z [ 5216] INFO IPCSender::ProcessSend IPCSender::ProcessSend: No messages in queue, starting to wait
2017-06-06T14:09:58.006Z [ 9120] INFO IPCSender::Write IPCSender::Write: Writing message: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><Config type="RMSStartUpdate" />
2017-06-06T14:09:58.006Z [ 5216] INFO IPCSender::ProcessSend IPCSender::ProcessSend: Send message: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><Config type="RMSStartUpdate" />
2017-06-06T14:09:58.006Z [ 5216] INFO IPCSender::ProcessSend IPCSender::ProcessSend: No messages in queue, starting to wait
2017-06-06T14:09:58.007Z [ 9120] INFO UpdateLogic::SyncAndInstall Syncing products.
2017-06-06T14:09:58.007Z [ 9120] INFO SourceSelector::getCandidateProxies No manually configured proxy.
2017-06-06T14:09:58.007Z [ 9120] INFO WindowsProxyDiscoveryWrapper::GetDefaultProxyConfiguration WinHttp default proxy not set
2017-06-06T14:09:58.024Z [ 4812] WARN WindowsProxyDiscoveryWrapper::GetProxyForUrl Failed to get the automatic proxy configuration. The error code was 12180.
2017-06-06T14:09:58.025Z [ 9120] INFO SourceSelector::evaluate Trying update location: dci.sophosupd.com/update with proxy: <direct; no proxy>
2017-06-06T14:09:58.351Z [ 9120] INFO SourceSelector::analyze Selected update location: dci.sophosupd.com/update with proxy:
2017-06-06T14:09:58.351Z [ 9120] INFO SDDSDownloader::SyncInternal Username: AJHDFDDOGF
2017-06-06T14:09:58.351Z [ 9120] INFO SDDSDownloader::SyncInternal Filename: 54cfa77f5dcb0d5beeea2bf6f8e94f42
2017-06-06T14:09:58.352Z [ 9120] INFO CacheEvaluator::evaluate Analyzing whether to update from Sophos CDN or update cache
2017-06-06T14:09:58.353Z [ 9120] INFO CacheEvaluator::evaluateSophos Checking access to Sophos CDN...
2017-06-06T14:09:58.423Z [ 9120] INFO CacheEvaluator::evaluateSophos Successfully connected to Sophos CDN
2017-06-06T14:09:58.423Z [ 9120] INFO CacheEvaluator::evaluateSophos Sophos response time: 69ms
2017-06-06T14:09:58.423Z [ 9120] INFO CacheEvaluator::evaluate Sophos response time after application of tuning parameters: 169ms
2017-06-06T14:09:58.423Z [ 9120] INFO CacheEvaluator::evaluateCache Checking access to update cache: sophoscache.ourdomain.com:8191
2017-06-06T14:09:58.450Z [ 9120] INFO CacheEvaluator::evaluateCache Successfully connected to cache
2017-06-06T14:09:58.450Z [ 9120] INFO CacheEvaluator::evaluateCache Cache response time: 26ms
2017-06-06T14:09:58.450Z [ 9120] INFO CacheEvaluator::evaluate Analysis complete - Using update cache: sophoscache.ourdomain.com:8191
2017-06-06T14:09:58.450Z [ 9120] INFO SDDSDownloader::SyncInternal Updating from cache: sophoscache.ourdomain.com:8191
2017-06-06T14:09:58.450Z [ 9120] INFO SDDSDownloader::SyncInternal Delta compression enabled
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