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Platforms supported x86
32-bit
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Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows
Windows Server 2008 R2 including Core   yes yes 120 MB 256 MB
Windows Server 2008 including Core yes yes yes
Windows Server 2003 yes yes yes
Windows Server 2003 R2 yes yes yes
Windows 7 including XP mode yes yes  
Windows Vista yes yes  
Windows XP Home SP1a+ yes yes  
Windows XP Pro SP1a+ yes yes  
Windows 2000 SP3 yes    
Windows 2000 Pro SP3+ yes    
Windows Netbooks yes    
Windows XPe* yes    
Windows Embedded Standard* yes    
WePOS SP2 yes    
VMWare ESX 3.0/3.5 yes    
VMWare Workstation 5.0 yes    
VMWare Server 1.0 yes    
Sophos Client Firewall
Requires Pentium class 300 MHz processor
Windows 7 yes     100 MB 320 MB
Windows Vista yes    
Windows XP Pro SP1a+ yes    
Windows XP Home SP1a+ yes    
Windows 2000 Pro SP3+ yes    
NAC Agent
Windows 2000 SP4 yes     20 MB 512 MB
Windows XP SP1a+ yes    
Windows Vista yes    
SafeGuard PrivateCryto for file-based encryption
Windows 2000 SP4+ yes     20 MB 512 MB
Windows XP Home SP2+ yes    
Windows XP Pro SP2+ yes    
Sophos SafeGuard Disk Encryption for full encryption
Windows 2000 SP4+ yes     25 MB 512 MB
Windows XP Home SP2+ yes    
Windows XP Pro SP2+ yes    
Languages supported: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Simplified and Traditional Chinese. However, not all language support is available on all platforms.
For our encryption components, language support is English, French and German.

*For further details on support provided, please see the following Knowledgebase article

System requirements for Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows, version 4.7

The following are not available on these platforms: adware and PUA detection, and application and device control.

Platform supported Disk space Memory
Windows 95 (OSR2)
Windows 98 (SE)
Windows NT4 SP6a
90 MB Recommended 128 MB
NT4: recommended 256 MB
Languages supported: same as above

Note: If no service pack is specified, then SP0+ is implied. All platforms require IE 5.5 or above.