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Update via a dial-up connection
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Update via a dial-up connection
To update via a dial-up connection to the internet:
On the
Configure
menu, click
Updating
.
Click the
Schedule
tab.
Select
Check for updates on dial-up
.
Sophos AutoUpdate
will update whenever you connect to the internet.
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About Sophos Endpoint Security and Control
About the Home page
Sophos groups
About Sophos groups
Add a user to a Sophos group
Configure user rights for Quarantine manager
Sophos Anti-Virus
About on-access and on-demand scanning
On-access scanning
About on-access scanning best practice
Configure on-access scanning
Temporarily disable on-access scanning
Configure on-access cleanup
Reset scanned file checksums
Specify on-access scanning file extensions
Add, edit, or delete on-access scanning exclusions
Specifying file names and paths of scanning exclusion items
On-demand scanning
Types of on-demand scan
Specify on-demand scanning file extensions
Add, edit, or delete on-demand scanning exclusions
Specifying file names and paths of scanning exclusion items
Right-click scanning
Configure right-click scanning
Configure right-click cleanup
Run a right-click scan
Custom scans
Create a custom scan
Representation of items to scan
Configure a custom scan
Configure cleanup for a custom scan
Schedule a custom scan
Run a custom scan
Rename a custom scan
View the log for a custom scan
View the summary of a custom scan
Delete a custom scan
Run a full computer scan
Sophos Behavior Monitoring
About behavior monitoring
Enable behavior monitoring
Block malicious behavior
Prevent suspicious behavior
Prevent buffer overflows
Sophos Live Protection
About Sophos Live Protection
Turn Sophos Live Protection options on or off
View the log for Sophos Live Protection
Sophos Web Protection
About Sophos Web Protection
Unblock access to malicious websites
Sophos Application Control
About scanning for controlled applications
Disable scanning for controlled applications
Authorizing items for use
Authorize adware and PUAs
Block authorized adware and PUAs
Authorize suspicious items
Pre-authorize suspicious items
Authorize a website for use
Managing quarantine items
About Quarantine manager
Quarantine Manager layout
Deal with viruses/spyware in quarantine
Deal with adware and PUAs in quarantine
Deal with suspicious files in quarantine
Deal with suspicious behavior in quarantine
Deal with controlled applications in quarantine
Cleaning up
About cleanup
Get cleanup information
Configuring alerts
Configure anti-virus desktop messaging
Configure anti-virus email alerting
Configure anti-virus SNMP messaging
Configure anti-virus event logging
Scanning log
Configure the scanning log
View the scanning log
Sophos Application Control
About scanning for controlled applications
Disable scanning for controlled applications
Sophos Device Control
About device control on this computer
What types of device are controlled?
Temporarily disable device control
Configure the device control log
View the device control log
Sophos Data Control
About data control on this computer
Temporarily disable data control
How do I add a file to a storage device?
Configure the data control log
View the data control log
Sophos Web Control
About web control on this computer
Temporarily disable web control
Sophos Client Firewall
Getting started with the firewall
Configuring the firewall
About configuring the firewall
Temporarily disable the firewall
Allow email
Allow the use of a web browser
Allow FTP downloads
Allow all traffic on a LAN
Allow all file and printer sharing on a LAN
Allow flexible control of file and printer sharing
Block unwanted file and printer sharing
Allow an application
Block an application
Block IPv6
Turn the use of checksums on or off
Turn blocking of modified processes on or off
Filter ICMP messages
Explanation of ICMP message types
Restore the firewall default settings
Working in interactive mode
About interactive mode
Enable interactive mode
Change to a non-interactive mode
Hidden process learning dialogs
Enable hidden process learning dialogs
Protocol learning dialogs
Application learning dialogs
Rawsocket learning dialogs
Enable rawsocket learning dialogs
Checksum learning dialogs
Firewall configuration files
About firewall configuration files
Export a firewall configuration file
Import a firewall configuration file
Firewall rules
About firewall rules
About the order in which rules are applied
About local network detection
Global rules
Create a global rule
Edit a global rule
Copy a global rule
Delete a global rule
Change the order in which global rules are applied
Application rules
Apply preset application rules
Create an application rule
Edit an application rule
Copy an application rule
Delete an application rule
Change the order in which application rules are applied
Allow applications to launch hidden processes
Allow applications to use rawsockets
Use checksums to authenticate applications
Location awareness
About location awareness
Set up location awareness
Define your primary locations
Create a secondary configuration
Choose a configuration to apply
Firewall reporting
About firewall reporting
Turn reporting of local changes on or off
Turn off reporting of unknown network traffic
Turn off reporting of firewall errors
Configure desktop messaging
Firewall logging
About the firewall log viewer
Open the firewall log viewer
Configure firewall logging
Change how the firewall log viewer looks
Customize the data format
Hide or display columns in the firewall log viewer
Reorder columns in the firewall log viewer
Filter records in a firewall log
Export all records from a firewall log
Export selected records from a firewall log
Sophos AutoUpdate
Update immediately
Schedule updates
Set a source for updates
Set an alternative source for updates
Update via a proxy server
Update via a dial-up connection
Limit the bandwidth used for updating
Log updating activity
View the updating log file
Sophos Tamper Protection
About tamper protection on this computer
Enable tamper protection
Disable tamper protection
Re-enable tamper protection
About the tamper protection password
Enter the tamper protection password to configure the software
Change the tamper protection password
Uninstall Sophos security software
View the tamper protection log
Troubleshooting
Updating has failed
About update failures
Sophos Endpoint Security and Control contacts the wrong source for updates
Sophos Endpoint Security and Control cannot use your proxy server
Automatic updating is not correctly scheduled
The source for updates is not being maintained
Threat not cleaned
Virus/spyware fragment reported
Threat partially detected
Adware or PUA disappeared from quarantine
Computer becomes slow
Allow access to drives with infected boot sectors
Unable to access areas of Sophos Endpoint Security and Control
Recovering from virus side-effects
Recovering from adware and PUA side-effects
Password error reported
"Service failure" error message
Firewall log database is corrupted
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