I was able to work around this by disabling Intercept X, but this seems like a fairly serious problem. Sophos was blocking any attempt to install a new server role / feature from Windows Server Manager. Event Viewer details below
Please fix this false positive, as this is a hugely common administrative task in Windows Server.
Thanks.
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Mitigation CryptoGuard
Platform 10.0.14393/x64 v610 06_2c$
PID 16848
Application C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.14393.1883_none_7ed84bd822106081\TiWorker.exe
Description Windows Modules Installer Worker 10
Filename C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.14393.1883_none_7ed84bd822106081\TiWorker.exe
C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-wid-templates_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.14393.0_none_79c95e74ce871bdf\msdbdata.mdf
C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-wid-templates_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.14393.0_none_79c95e74ce871bdf\master.mdf
C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-wid-templates_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.14393.0_none_79c95e74ce871bdf\model.mdf
Process Trace
1 C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.14393.1883_none_7ed84bd822106081\TiWorker.exe [16848]
C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.14393.1883_none_7ed84bd822106081\TiWorker.exe -Embedding
2 C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe [420]
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k DcomLaunch
Thumbprint
d04005d08ec738a03784b9bcbe53cce699174254b7472569c76254ba2bc6093c
C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.14393.1883_none_7ed84bd822106081\TiWorker.exe |
CryptoGuard |
Mitigation CryptoGuard Platform 10.0.14393/x64 v610 06_2c$ PID 16848 Application C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.14393.1883_none_7ed84bd822106081\TiWorker.exe Description Windows Modules Installer Worker 10 Filename C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.14393.1883_none_7ed84bd822106081\TiWorker.exe C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-wid-templates_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.14393.0_none_79c95e74ce871bdf\msdbdata.mdf C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-wid-templates_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.14393.0_none_79c95e74ce871bdf\master.mdf C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-wid-templates_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.14393.0_none_79c95e74ce871bdf\model.mdf Process Trace 1 C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.14393.1883_none_7ed84bd822106081\TiWorker.exe [16848] C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.14393.1883_none_7ed84bd822106081\TiWorker.exe -Embedding 2 C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe [420] C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k DcomLaunch Thumbprint d04005d08ec738a03784b9bcbe53cce699174254b7472569c76254ba2bc6093c |
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