In my last blog, I said “…the only constant is change…”. Well that’s sure true today.
Our mighty and gentle giant Sophos has been much less of a pain than many other Antivirus products that we’ve used in the past.
Today we finally got to see the meaner side of Sophos. Before I continue:
DISCLAIMER: The following information is AT PRESENT a matter of opinion as it has not been conclusively tested to the point of fact.
So bascially Sophos, it appears, seems to be disabling the ability of some residents to surf the web. In many cases IM programs, Sophos update and other web-oriented programs work, but neither IE nor FF will download and view a webpage.
John Rushing had received about 5 calls over the period of 20 minutes and we knew something was up. Upon further investigation it was found that 90% + of machines exibiting this functionality (and the total number of affected machines is unknown – we’ve received probably about 50 calls, although reports of entire communities being offline have been reported) could be ‘reconnected’ by disabling Sophos Services.
In most cases re-enabling the Sophos services did not re-disconnect the computer from the ability to surf. So as we continue to gather evidence and sort through the myriad reports, we only know Sophos seems to be the root of the problem. But it’s a computer, so who knows?
More to come on the not-so-criminal investigation of the Surf-Killing Sophos…
Is it Sophos? OR something far more sinister…like falling buttered toast taped to cats?
Inquiring minds want to know…
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