Quartus did not start

For us it is currently resolved with a workaround of updating Sophos to 

• 2025.2.3.32.2-MR5 core
• 2025.2.3.9.3-MR5 intercept

and also adding exclusions to the Quartus bin64 executables folder. Specifically:

• Add a Process Exclusion
• Add a File/Folder Exclusion
• Add an Exploit Mitigation Exclusion for the process and path

The form of the exception entry is also sensitive, and works with (for example) 

D:\intelFPGA_pro\24.1\quartus\bin64\*.exe but not D:\intelFPGA_pro\24.1\quartus\bin64\* 

Sophos has not said whether the exceptions are permanent or whether they will work to resolve the underlying false detections related to Quartus.