Sophos Endpoint Security and Control: overview
Sophos Endpoint Security and Control includes:
- Sophos Enterprise Console
- Sophos Anti-Virus
- Sophos Client Firewall
- Sophos Network Access Control (NAC)
- Sophos Helpdesk Console and Enterprise Read-only Console
System Requirements
Please see Sophos Endpoint Security and Control system requirements for the most up-to-date information about system requirements.
Installation and Configuration
For details of how to install and configure Sophos Endpoint Security and Control, see the following documentation:
For new installations:
Sophos Endpoint Security and Control Network Startup Guide
Sophos Endpoint Security and Control Network Startup Guide: Netware Edition
Sophos Anti-Virus and Sophos Client Firewall Standalone Startup Guide
Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux Startup Guide
For upgrades to existing installations:
Network upgrade guide: upgrading from Enterprise Console 3.0
Network upgrade guide: upgrading from Enterprise Console 2.0
New features in Sophos Endpoint Security and Control version 8.0
Sophos Network Access Control
Third-party security software removal tool
For more information see:
Sophos Enterprise Console: features in versions 3.0 and 3.1
Sophos Enterprise Console 3.1 Release notes
Sophos Enterprise Console 3.1 user manual
Technical Information
Other components that are installed with Endpoint Security and Control include:
- Sophos EM Library
- AutoUpdate
- Sophos Management Service
- Remote Management System
- MSDE/SQL Database
For more information see:
Sophos Endpoint Security and Control: components and services
Sophos Log Files
Endpoint Security and Control: Significant Files and Registry Entries
Sophos Endpoint Security and Control: configuring a message relay computer
Current issues
The following is a list of some, but not all, of the knowledgebase articles that are currently available.
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows
- Enterprise Console: email alert X-header values
- Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows: the Sophos Network Communications Report
- Enterprise Console: moving between remote database servers
- Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000+:configuring Macintosh files in 'Advanced options' overridden by Scanning tab settings
- Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000+:setting up a scheduled scan for controlled applications
- Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000+:'detect only' mode
- Upgrading Sophos Anti-Virus in a NetWare environment
Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux
- Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux: using the wildcard'*' with the ExcludeFileOnGlob option will list all files
- Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux: corporate configuration must be removed to administer from Enterprise Console
- Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux: no alerts passed to Enterprise Console when on-access scanning disabled
Troubleshooting information
- Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux: cannot start web GUI after a custom installation
- Enterprise Console: when upgrading from version 2 to version 3, items are lost from Quarantine on managed computers
If you need more information or guidance, then please contact technical support.
- Article ID: 24155
- Created: 20 Mar 2007
- Last updated: 10 Oct 2008
