Sophos Anti-Virus for macOS These are the release notes for Sophos Anti-Virus for macOS Preview. You may find that you can't yet download and use the latest version on the list below. This is because Sophos releases the software over a number of days, but publishes the release notes on the first day. When is macOS 11 support coming? The goal is to have macOS 11 support available to all customers by early March 2021. This includes support for both Sophos Central and Sophos Enterprise Console (SEC) managed devices. Brand new customers will have support from mid-February 2021.
Version 10.0.1
Important
You must review the information in knowledge base article KB-000039014 as it contains important information about this release.
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Notes
The notification 'Full disk access required' that asks the user to grant Sophos processes full disk access may be re-triggered.
The threat detection engine version is 3.79.0.
Resolved issues
| Issue ID | Description |
|---|---|
| MACEP-5389 | Resolved an issue with tabs opening slowly in Google Chrome. |
Version 10.0.0
New Features
This release supports the EDR 3 capabilities in Sophos Central (to be rolled out for Macs by September). Live Discover allows admins to use osquery to search the device data across their estate to answer almost any question they can think of. Live Response allows admins to start an interactive session to a remote device.
This version supports macOS 10.13 and later.
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Updated Components
The threat detection engine version is 3.79.0.
Resolved issues
| Issue ID | Description |
|---|---|
| MACEP-4232 | Improved battery life when performing on-demand scans. |
| MACEP-5178 | Resolved an issue when connecting devices lacking vendor, product or serial information. |
Version 9.9.8
Resolved issues
| Issue ID | Description |
|---|---|
| MACEP-4973 | Resolved blank captive portal. |
Version 9.9.6
This release contains performance improvements.
Resolved issues
| Issue ID | Description |
|---|---|
| MACEP-4600 | Improved memory usage when Threat Case creation is enabled. |
| MACEP-4602 | Resolved an issue with modified permissions on the man8 directory when using disk encryption. |
| MACEP-4493 | Resolved an intermittent failure where web pages may fail to load. |
| MACEP-4606 | Improved support for macOS 10.15 Catalina when using MDM profiles. |
Version 9.9.5
New features
- This release contains improved support for macOS 10.15 Catalina.
- This release contains stability improvements.
Resolved issues
| Issue ID | Description |
|---|---|
| MACEP-4456 | Users can now copy paths from the Events panel. |
Version 9.9.4
New features
- This release contains support for macOS 10.15 Catalina.
- This release contains security and performance improvements.
Updated components
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The threat detection engine version is 3.77.1.
Resolved issues
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| Issue ID | Description |
|---|---|
| MACEP-4414 | Resolved an intermittent issue on macOS 10.14 Mojave where the Captive Network Assistant page could fail to load. |
| MACEP-4410 | Addressed CVE-2020-10947. |