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Anti-virus protection for Linux

Key features

Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux – part of Sophos Endpoint Security and Data Protection – provides superior on-access scanning for Linux desktops, laptops and servers, delivering excellent performance, stability and reliability, along with out-of-the-box support for the widest range of Linux distributions.

Complete award-winning protection

  • Protect all your distributions. Sophos supports the widest range of Linux kernels out of the box, including 64-bit versions
  • Detect and disinfect viruses, spyware, Trojans, and worms in real time and with 100% certified protection
  • Enable on-access, on-demand and scheduled scanning of local disks, drives, distributed and shared-file systems (like NFS and Samba), using Talpa, our unique file intercepting module
  • Automatically guard against unknown threats with unique Behavioral Genotype® Protection

Easy to manage across mixed and Linux-only environments

  • Configure Linux protection centrally from the same console as Windows, Mac and UNIX protection
  • Get instant visibility of security status, enable automatic email alerts, set scheduled updating and define scanning policies centrally
  • Deploy quickly on Linux-only networks with Red Hat Package Manager, and configure and update, as often as every 10 minutes, either remotely through a web GUI or the command line interface