Controlled Applications

Find SophosLabs data about viruses, spyware, suspicious behavior and files, adware, PUAs, and controlled applications and devices.

Controlled applications are programs, such as VoIP, IM, P2P and games, that can be blocked or allowed for different groups of computers, depending on productivity or security concerns.

Block? Allow? Restrict their use? It's your choice. You can control the use of these applications to best meet your organization's business and regulatory needs.

Latest applications

Applications

Application vulnerabilities
- Kingston encrypted storage device vulnerability
- SanDisk and Verbatim storage device vulnerability
Archive tool
- 7-Zip
- Lhaca
- Peazip
- WinRAR
- WinZip
Asset Management tool
- Recon Suite Client
Browser plug-in
CRM tool
- SAP CRM Mobile
Design tool
Desktop search tool
Digital imaging
Distributed computing
Document viewer
Download manager
Email / PIM client
Encryption / Steganography tool
File sharing application
- ABC
- ABC Client
- ANts P2P
- ApexDC++
- Ares
- AudioGalaxy Satellite
- Azureus
- BCDC++
- BearFlix
- BearShare
- Bit Pump
- BitBuddy
- BitComet
- BitLord
- BitRope
- BitSpirit
- BitTornado
- BitTorrent
- Bittorrent ++
- BlogTorrent
- Blubster
- Cabos
- DC++
- Deluge P2P
- eDonkey2000
- eMule clients
- ExoSee
- FileTopia
- FoxTorrent
- Foxy P2P
- Freenet
- FrostWire
- G3 Bittorrent Client
- Gnucleus
- Gnutella Turbo
- Graboid video client
- Grokster
- Halite Bittorrent
- iMesh
- iTudou
- JDownloader
- Kazaa
- Kommute
- LimeWire
- Manolito
- MLDonkey
- Morpheus
- MP3 Rocket
- MP3Torpedo
- Music Frost
- Napshare
- Nodezilla Grid Network
- OneSwarm
- OverNet
- Pando
- Perfect Dark
- Rufus
- Shareaza
- ShareP2P
- SoftEther
- SoulSeek
- Stealthnet
- StrongDC++
- Torrent Swapper
- TorrentSearch
- TorrentStorm
- Transmission
- uTorrent
- Vuze
- Warez P2P
- Waste
- WinMX
- Xunlei / Thunderbolt
- ZippyUploader
FTP Client
Game
Instant messenger client (IMC)
- AChat
- AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)
- AIM Lite
- Ali WangWang
- aMSN Messenger
- Ayttm
- BitWise IM Client
- Borg Chat
- Brosix Public
- Camfrog Video Chat
- Chikka Messenger
- Chit Chat for Facebook
- Climm
- Coccinella Instant Messenger
- Commfort Client
- Digsby IM
- Emesene
- Emesene Portable
- Exodus
- FeiQ
- Gabtastik
- Gadu-Gadu
- Gaim
- Gajim
- GameSpy Comrade
- GCN
- GOIM
- Groupwise Messenger
- Ice-Chat
- ICQ IM Client
- IMVU
- Instantbird
- IP Messenger
- Jabbin
- JAJC
- Jeti
- K Visual IRC Client
- Klient
- Komunikator Tlen.pl
- Konnekt
- LAN Messenger
- LANcet Chat
- LanChat Pro
- LanTalk
- LiTalk
- Mail.ru Agent
- Meca Messenger
- Microsoft Lync
- Miranda IM
- Miranda IM Portable
- mIRC
- MXit
- MySpace
- NateOn
- Nettalk
- OctroTalk
- Office Communicator
- Office POPup
- OfficeIRC Messenger
- ooVoo
- Palringo
- PalTalk
- Pandion
- Pchat
- Pidgin
- PixaMSN
- Psi IM Client
- Pwytter
- Qnext
- Quassel IRC
- Quiet Internet Pager
- Quitter
- Realpopup
- ReDiSoG Animated Chat
- SIM-IM
- Singlesnet IM Client
- Softros Messenger
- Solixa
- Spark
- SweetIM
- Tencent QQ
- Tonic
- Trillian
- TweetDeck
- Uzzap
- Visual IRC Client
- WebEx Connect
- Windows Live Messenger (MSN Messenger)
- WinMessenger (VyPRESS Research)
- XFire
- Yahoo! Messenger
- Yammer
- Yazak Chat
- Zoosk Messenger
Internet browser
Mapping application
- Google Earth
- Microsoft Bing Maps/Virtual Earth 3D
Media conversion tool
- RealPlayer Converter
Media player
Mobile Synchronization
Network monitoring / vulnerability tool
Office suite
Online storage
Optical burning tool
Optical Media Emulation
Password / license recovery tool
Pranking Software
- Dr.Windows
Privacy tool
Programming / Scripting tool
Proxy / VPN tool
Remote management tool
Runtime Environment
Screen capture tool
Security tool
Software updater
System tool
Telnet client
- Putty
- Windows Telnet
Tethered connection tool
Toolbar
USB Program launcher
Virtualization application
Voice-over IP (VoIP)
- 12Voip
- 3CXPhone
- FreeCall
- Google Talk
- InterVOIP
- JustVoip
- Magic Talk
- Mumble
- Net2Phone
- NetMeeting
- QuteCom
- SIP Communicator
- SJ Phone
- Skype
- TeamSpeak
- Ventrilo
- ZoIPer

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