Sophos Anti-Virus: overview

Sophos Anti-Virus provides cross-platform protection against:

• computer viruses
• potentially unwanted applications (PUA) such as spyware and adware
• host intrusions (HIPS) such as suspicious files, behaviors and buffer overflow attacks
• and unauthorized software being used on your network.

It provides on-access and on-demand scanning for most platforms.

When managed by Enterprise Console or the Sophos Control Center, Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows, Mac and Linux can be configured remotely and updated automatically from a Central Installation Directory on your network.

Standalone or remote installations of Sophos Anti-Virus can download their updates directly from the Sophos website.

Versions available

Sophos Anti-Virus is available for:

• Windows 2000+ (2000/XP/Vista/Server 2003 and 2008)
• Windows NT/95/98
• Mac OS X
• Linux
• UNIX
• NetWare
• NetApp Storage Systems
• OpenVMS.

System Requirements

Please see the System Requirements page for more details.

Features

• Potentially unwanted applications: overview
• Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000+: Host Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) (in Endpoint Security and Control only)
• Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000+: overview of Application Control (in Endpoint Security and Control only)

Installation Documentation

Network installations of Endpoint Security and Control, version 8:
Endpoint Security and Control Network startup guide
Sophos Anti-Virus Small Business Edition: network startup guide

Standalone installations of :
Sophos Anti-Virus and Sophos Client Firewall standalone startup guide

 

Configuration Documentation

Sophos Anti-Virus user manual for Windows 2000+
Sophos Anti-Virus user manual for Windows NT/95/98/Me
Sophos Anti-Virus user manual for Mac OS X
Sophos Anti-Virus user manual for Linux
Sophos Anti-Virus user manual for UNIX
Sophos Anti-Virus user manual for Netware
Sophos Anti-Virus startup guide for NetApp Storage Systems
Sophos Anti-Virus user manual for OpenVMS

Technical Information

Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000+: significant files and registry entries
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000+: buffer overflow prevention system (BOPS) significant files and registry entries
Sophos log files

Related articles

If you are looking for information about the anti-virus component of Endpoint Security and Control, version 9, please see Anti-virus and HIPS settings in Endpoint Security and Control 9.