Neowin News Feed for: Sophos

HitmanPro 3.8.42.338

Razvan Serea — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 13:30:01 +0000

HitmanPro is a fast all-in-one tool to locate, identify and remove viruses, spyware, trojans, rootkits and other malware. Remove potential malware threats with minimal impact on system performance. Read more...

HitmanPro 3.8.36.332

Razvan Serea — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 18:28:01 +0000

HitmanPro 3.8.34.330

Razvan Serea — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 03:20:01 +0000

Microsoft acknowledges many Windows 11, Windows 10 WHQL drivers were actually malware

Sayan Sen — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 12:08:01 +0000

Microsoft released its latest July Patch Tuesday updates earlier today. The company added a revocation list featuring multiple WHQL-signed Windows drivers that were actually malware. Read more...

Latest Windows 11 BSOD due to faulty drivers needed by antivirus software, claims Sophos

Alap Naik Desai — Mon, 16 May 2022 15:16:02 +0000

Several Windows 11 users started experiencing random BSOD screens after installing KB5013943 update. Sophos claims the crashes were due to drivers needed by antivirus software and has released a fix. Read more...

Thoma Bravo buys anti-malware firm Sophos for $3.9 billion

Paul Hill — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 17:16:01 +0000

Thoma Bravo, a private equity firm, has announced its acquisition of the cybersecurity firm Sophos. Sophos' stockholders agreed to the takeover in December. Sophos was sold for $3.9 billion in cash. Read more...

HitmanPro 3.8.14.304

Razvan Serea — Wed, 22 May 2019 07:52:01 +0000

Searcher beware: Bing has twice as many poison links as Google

Tyler Holman — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:03:50 +0000

A new Sophos study claims that Microsoft's Bing search engine has twice as many 'poison links' as Google, with image searches in particular being plagued by Blackhole exploits and malware. Read more...

Sophos releases bungled definition update, causing mayhem for corporates [Update: Fix is available]

News Staff — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:03:18 +0000

Antivirus is great until something goes wrong. Today, that horror has come true for many. Sophos released an update that causes it to report any file with the word "update" to be quarantined. Read more...

India: world's biggest source of spam

Andy Weir — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:18:48 +0000

The new 'Dirty Dozen' of the world's top spam-producing nations is announced - and while India has knocked the US off the top spot, a 47% reduction in its spam output sees the UK drop off the list. Read more...

New malware found to pose as Windows update

Tom Dwyer — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:20:28 +0000

Criminals on the web are usually always sneaky in their ways, in an effort to obtain certain information on people. A lot of the time its information that can lead to wiping the user’s bank... Read more...

A history of viruses on the Mac

Brandon Boyce — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 03:07:33 +0000

Yesterday we wrote about why it might be a good idea to use anti-virus on your Mac; it helps prevent the spread of viruses to Windows computers. That doesn't mean that there aren't viruses on... Read more...

Viruses should be a concern for Mac users

Brandon Boyce — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 02:29:47 +0000

Earlier this month Sophos released a free version of their product for the Mac, Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition. Since then, they have been gathering data from their users. They recently released some... Read more...

iPhone worm author lands job as application developer

Sam Symons — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:03:20 +0000

Just recently, an Australian by the name of Ashley Towns released an iPhone worm into the wild, which essentially Rick-rolled the user if their phone met certainly vulnerability criteria. Now, however, Towns has managed to... Read more...

Sophos: Windows 7 vulnerable to 8/10 viruses, FUD alert

Dave Legg — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:14:56 +0000

FUD - Fear, uncertainty and doubt Yesterday, a senior security advisor at Sophos, who is responsible for working with the security community and communicating information on security threats to IT professionals, posted an entry... Read more...

Sophos releases Klingon Anti-Virus (seriously)

Michael Stanclift — Sat, 23 May 2009 02:12:45 +0000

Computer security company Sophos has released a version of their anti-virus software, fully translated into Klingon. Yes, Klingon, the imaginary language from Star Trek. Apparently, Sophos has decided the Klingon Empire is a completely... Read more...

Sophos Anti-Rootkit 1.3.1

Razvan Serea — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:06:22 +0000

The term rootkit is used to define a Trojan (or technology) used to hide the presence of a malicious object (process, file, registry key, network port) from the computer user or administrator. Removing rootkits without... Read more...

Free Sophos Anti-Virus 4.17

Razvan Serea — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:23:04 +0000

SAV32CLI is a 32 bit free command line scanner used in an emergency as a disinfection utility for Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 2003. ... Read more...

Sophos Anti-Rootkit 1.3 RC

Razvan Serea — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:16:30 +0000

Free Sophos Anti-Virus 4.16

Razvan Serea — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:31:05 +0000

SAV32CLI is a 32 bit free command line scanner used in an emergency as a disinfection utility for Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 2003. SAV32CLI 4.16... Read more...

Free Sophos Anti-Virus 4.15

Razvan Serea — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:21:45 +0000

SAV32CLI is a 32 bit free command line scanner used in an emergency as a disinfection utility for Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 2003. ... Read more...

Sophos Unveils Security For Windows Mobile

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:19:31 +0000

Available today, Sophos Mobile Security is aimed at securing PDAs and smartphones running Microsoft's current Windows Mobile 5.0 software and the 2007-planned 6.0 version. Sophos' new software is built to guard devices against infection via... Read more...

Free Sophos Anti-Virus 4.14

Razvan Serea — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:02:41 +0000

SAV32CLI is a 32 bit free command line scanner used in an emergency as a disinfection utility for Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 2003. SAV32CLI 4.14 (February 2007) includes detection for... Read more...

Free Sophos Anti-Virus 4.13

Razvan Serea — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:31:39 +0000

SAV32CLI is a 32 bit free command line scanner used in an emergency as a disinfection utility for Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 2003. SAV32CLI 4.13 (January 2007) includes detection for ... Read more...

Sophos Ships Rootkit Removal Tool

Steven Parker — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:09:11 +0000

Enterprise anti-virus vendor Sophos on Aug. 23 released a free rootkit detection and removal tool alongside a warning that the stealthy malware threat is a legitimate security concern for businesses. Sophos, of Lynnfield, Mass., said... Read more...

Sophos Acquires Agnitum's OutPost To Build Firewall Product

Steven Parker — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 19:35:21 +0000

Sophos, provider of computer security for businesses, announced today it has acquired an award-winning client firewall technology and expertise in a non-exclusive transfer deal with Agnitum Ltd Sophos will use Agnitum's Outpost Pro... Read more...