Advisory: Sophos Small Business Edition with Control Center v 4 - automatic update to Sophos Anti-Virus v 9.7 in April 2012

If you are using Sophos Small Business Edition with Control Center v 4, you will receive an automatic update to Sophos Anti-Virus v 9.7 in April 2012.

What to do

You do not need to take any action. The update will be automatic, and will take place in the same way as the regular updates, using the same updating mechanism.

You will need to reboot your computers in order for the updates to take effect; however, please be assured that your Sophos anti-virus protection will not be compromised in the interim before the required reboot is completed.

Typically, you will reboot your computers at the end of the day or every few weeks, e.g. for Windows Updating patches to be applied. This will achieve the reboot Sophos requires. It is generally not necessary to reboot specifically for the Sophos update, as systems will be restarted anyway. The Control Center will keep a track of reboots required, clearing messages when client machines are restarted.

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