how do disable sophos application restrictions?

Hi

if this is a corporate or school network, the don't even attempt it as it's likely to be set in group policy and unless you have admin access account you will not be able to adjust any blocks.

Admins put blocks in place on purpose to keep the network stable as possible with known appliciations that have been checked and patched, much easier to troubleshoot. I know the gov dept I work for had in place disaplinary or dismissal as the punishment for trying to get around admin blocks. If everyone was allowed to download and install what they wanted the newtork would be a mess and at worst malware infected as not everyone is a safe surfer and downloaded!

If you do try and circumvent the blocks the logs can show any attempts at trying to remove these.

 

Hi

Going to the technical, if your network is managed by an IT dept then place a call to them to remove an application block as if you have a good case for using said software they maybe receptive as at Majorgeeks we are less likely to assist you in circumventing administration blocks as many here are system admins.

As for Sophos, the same will likely apply, you will have no admin rights to install or uninstall applications that the admin deem good or bad.

 

I am not really sure I understand the problem. This is just info about disabling application restrictions along the line of disabling protection software for various reasons. Could someone make it clearer to me as to what the issue is? It seems straight forward to me. :confused

 

Yes, it is an old thread and the original OP would be wrong in asking how to circumvent access restrictions, but in the line of someone wanting to disable the protection software in order to run virus scans with out interference from Sophos, it doesn't seem to be mischievous. This seems like DjGeNeSiS is not attempting to post info that is not readily available on the web. We have numerous threads concerning disabling software for various reasons, so I am thinking this is an innocent post. But let me just state that future posts that do verge on the "black hat" type of post will be scrutinized. :major