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Sophos Automatic Update causing problems...please help!

Yesterday my Sophos Endpoint Security must have done an automatic update because my grey shield turned white with a blue outline and an "S" in the middle. I noticed in my start menu that the Sophos had just been installed, so I guess the old version was taken off my computer? I could no longer use my internet. When I clicked to open the new Sophos, it wouldn't open. I had screens popping up that my computer wasn't protected. I decided to restart my computer since the Sophos was newly installed. The internet still wouldn't work, the Sophos shield disappeared from the task bar, and I was still being told I was unprotected. I did a system restore, trying to get back to the old version of Sophos so that it would work. I have been protected with Microsoft Security Essentials and Sophos Endpoint. After the restore I had Windows Defender (which I've not used) and the still updated Sophos. I ran a scan with Sophos and it says I have 4 undetectable items, but it won't let me see what they are. My internet is working, but Sophos is still showing errors and does not appear in my task bar. How to I fix this problem and get my computer secured again? Thanks!

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  • HI,

    Your computer upgraded from version 9.x to 10.x as part of these changes: community.sophos.com/.../26335.  

    A couple of tests you might like to perform:

    If you open Windows Task Manager (taskmgr.exe) and look in the processes tab, you should see a process called Almon.exe.  This is responsible for the notification tray icon, i.e. the Sophos 'S' you mention.  It is launched as you login to the computer.  This process doesn't provide protection but is used to communicate events that are happening, such as updating, virus detections, etc...to the user.

    Does that process appear?  Could it be that the icon is not displayed due to it being hidden by Wndows?

    To test, protection, you could download the test file "Eicar":  This is designed to trigger an alert in Anti-Virus programs to test they are working.  You can read more about it on the site but the download page is: http://eicar.org/85-0-Download.html.

    If Almon.exe is running this will product a balloon message when you run the test file.  It would still be bloked by Sophos if the tray icon wasn't running, you wouldn't be told why howerver, you would just get a windows message such as file not found/access denied.

    Regards,

    Jak

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  • HI,

    Your computer upgraded from version 9.x to 10.x as part of these changes: community.sophos.com/.../26335.  

    A couple of tests you might like to perform:

    If you open Windows Task Manager (taskmgr.exe) and look in the processes tab, you should see a process called Almon.exe.  This is responsible for the notification tray icon, i.e. the Sophos 'S' you mention.  It is launched as you login to the computer.  This process doesn't provide protection but is used to communicate events that are happening, such as updating, virus detections, etc...to the user.

    Does that process appear?  Could it be that the icon is not displayed due to it being hidden by Wndows?

    To test, protection, you could download the test file "Eicar":  This is designed to trigger an alert in Anti-Virus programs to test they are working.  You can read more about it on the site but the download page is: http://eicar.org/85-0-Download.html.

    If Almon.exe is running this will product a balloon message when you run the test file.  It would still be bloked by Sophos if the tray icon wasn't running, you wouldn't be told why howerver, you would just get a windows message such as file not found/access denied.

    Regards,

    Jak

    :28213
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