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Sophos detecting new updates as threat #3453878

We are seeing several alerts for Sophos detecting the new AutoUpdates as a threat –

Following file and locations-

Virus/spyware 'Shh/Updater-B' has been detected in "C:\Program Files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ALsvc.exe". Cleanup unavailable.

Virus/spyware 'Shh/Updater-B' has been detected in "C:\Program Files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\Cache\sophos_autoupdate1.dir\ALUpdate.exe". Cleanup unavailable.

Virus/spyware 'Shh/Updater-B' has been detected in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\inetconn.dll".

Virus/spyware 'Shh/Updater-B' has been detected in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Web Intelligence\swi_update_64.exe".

Please advise if these needs to be actioned or are legitimate files.

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  • I get the same thing, slowly every computer in our company is becoming "infected" in the Sophos Enterprise Console. My guess is Sophos screwed up their last update. It looks like it's flagging anything that does auto updates as a virus.

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  • I get the same thing, slowly every computer in our company is becoming "infected" in the Sophos Enterprise Console. My guess is Sophos screwed up their last update. It looks like it's flagging anything that does auto updates as a virus.

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