These are the release notes for Sophos Endpoint Advanced for Windows 7 and later, managed by Sophos Central.
Some of the features mentioned in these release notes are only available if you have the appropriate license.
You may find that you can't yet download and use the latest version. This is because Sophos releases the software over a number of days, but publishes the release notes on the first day.
View the product documentation at Endpoint protection.
Threat detection engine updated to version 3.83.4.
| Sophos Endpoint Advanced Windows 7 and later |
10.8.11.4 January 2022 |
10.8.11.3 November 2021 |
10.8.11.1 July 2021 |
10.8.10.3 January 2021 |
10.8.9 update October 2020 |
10.8.9 September 2020 |
10.8.8 July 2020 |
10.8.7 May 2020 |
10.8.6 update February 2020 |
10.8.6 January 2020 |
10.8.5.330 November 2019 |
10.8.3.441 April 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophos Anti-Virus | 10.8.11.41 | 10.8.11.41 | 10.8.11.22 | 10.8.10.810 | 10.8.9.610 | 10.8.9.292 | 10.8.8.337 | 10.8.7.1000 | 10.8.6.215 | 10.8.6.215 | 10.8.5.330 | 10.8.3.441 |
| Threat detection engine | 3.83.4 | 3.83.3 | 3.80.1 | 3.80.1 | 3.79.0 | 3.79.0 | 3.79.0 | 3.78.7 | 3.78.5 | 3.77.1 | 3.77.1 | 3.74.1 |
You should also read the Sophos Core Agent release notes. They cover the changes, resolved issues and known issues for the core components.
For information about the changes to the Sophos Core Agent, see the Sophos Core Agent release notes.
For information about the changes to Sophos Intercept X, see the Sophos Intercept X release notes.
For improvements and new features in the Sophos Central console, see What's new in Sophos Central.
Sophos Anti-Virus updated to version 10.8.11.41.
Threat detection engine updated to version 3.83.3.
Sophos Anti-Virus updated to version 10.8.11.22.
Threat detection engine updated to version 3.80.1.
Sophos Endpoint Firewall Management is now part of the Sophos Core Agent.
| Issue ID | Component | Description |
|---|---|---|
| WINEP-30513 | Sophos Anti-Virus | Resolved an issue in which PowerBroker by BeyondTrust isn't detecting all applications when SophosED.sys is loaded. |
Sophos Anti-Virus updated to version 10.8.10.810.
Threat detection engine updated to version 3.80.1.
| Issue ID | Component | Description |
|---|---|---|
| WINEP-27363 | Sophos Anti-Virus | Resolved an issue in which the status of realtime scanning could be wrongly reported as turned off shortly after a restart. |
Sophos Anti-Virus updated to version 10.8.9.610.
This release contains various fixes and updates.
Sophos Anti-Virus updated to version 10.8.9.292.
| Issue ID | Component | Description |
|---|---|---|
| WINEP-9227 | Sophos Anti-Virus | Resolved an issue in which Windows stops unexpectedly on computers that have upgraded to Sophos Anti-Virus 10.6.4 and have IBM ClearCase installed. |
| WINEP-21543 | Sophos Anti-Virus | Resolved an issue with Sophos Anti-Virus integration with the Windows security center. |
| WINEP-22138 | Sophos Anti-Virus | Resolved an issue in which Windows stops unexpectedly when the kernel stack has been exhausted. |
Sophos Anti-Virus updated to version 10.8.8.337.
The threat detection engine is 3.79.0.
Sophos Anti-Virus updated to version 10.8.7.1000.
The threat detection engine is 3.78.7.
Sophos Endpoint Firewall Management updated to version 1.2.0.17.
The threat detection engine is 3.78.5.
Sophos Anti-Virus updated to version 10.8.6.215.
The threat detection engine is 3.77.1.
| Issue ID | Component | Description |
|---|---|---|
| WINEP-21151 | Sophos Anti-Virus | Resolved an issue in which the Sophos Central dashboard reports that real-time protection is turned off, but at the Windows endpoint real-time protection is turned on. |
| WINEP-9227 | Sophos Anti-Virus | Resolved an issue in which Windows stops unexpectedly on computers that have upgraded to Sophos Anti-Virus 10.6.4 and have IBM Clear Case installed. |
| WINEP-18719 | Sophos Anti-Virus | Resolved an issue in which Windows stops unexpectedly. Related to scanning files on network shares in the process of being modified by certain co-existing products. |
| WINEP-16468 | Sophos Anti-Virus | Resolved an issue in which an internal on-access driver error 112 is logged when the user tries to upload .cab files to an FTP server using a batch file. |
| WINEP-21052 | Sophos Anti-Virus | Resolved an issue in which Windows stops unexpectedly with a WIN32K_POWER_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT error on laptops when changing between power states. |
| WINEP-22138 | Sophos Anti-Virus | Resolved an issue in which Windows stops unexpectedly when the kernel stack has been exhausted. |
Sophos Anti-Virus updated to version 10.8.5.330.
The threat detection engine is 3.77.1.
This version contains minor fixes and improvements.
Sophos Anti-Virus updated to version 10.8.3.441.
| Issue ID | Component | Description |
|---|---|---|
| WINEP-19220 | Sophos Anti-Virus | Resolved an issue with Microsoft updates causing machines to hang on starting. |
| Issue ID | Component | Description |
|---|---|---|
| WINEP-10648 | Sophos Anti-Virus | Incorrect malware cleanup notification to the end user when malware is detected on a mapped drive. Sophos Central reports that manual cleanup is required, but the endpoint indicates malware was cleaned up. The endpoint should indicate manual clean up required. |
| WINEP-12044 | Sophos Anti-Virus | In some situations Sophos scans are reported as complete while cleanup actions are still in progress. |
This version of Sophos Endpoint is supported on Windows 7 and later client operating systems. For a full list of system requirements, see knowledge base article 121027.
Sophos Device Control does not block removable storage devices that are used as system drives, as this typically destabilizes the operating system.
When you install Sophos software, some Windows components that might also be used by non-Sophos software are also installed or upgraded:
| Sophos software | Shared Windows component | File names | Versions | Date of inclusion with Sophos software |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophos Anti-Virus | Microsoft XML Core Services | msxml4.dll | 4.30.2100.0 | September 2009 |
| Sophos Anti-Virus | Microsoft XML Core Services | msxml4r.dll | 4.30.2100.0 | September 2009 |
| Sophos Anti-Virus | ATL Library | atl90.dll | 9.0.30729.6161 | December 2014 |
| Sophos Anti-Virus | Microsoft Visual C/C++ Runtime Libraries | msvcm90.dll | 9.0.30729.6161 | December 2014 |
| Sophos Anti-Virus | Microsoft Visual C/C++ Runtime Libraries | msvcp90.dll | 9.0.30729.6161 | December 2014 |
| Sophos Anti-Virus | Microsoft Visual C/C++ Runtime Libraries | msvcr90.dll | 9.0.30729.6161 | December 2014 |
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