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Emergency removal of viruses with command line scanners
In an emergency, you might need to remove a virus or Trojan after a clean boot, or in safe mode, with a command line scanning version of Sophos
The emergency command line versions are:
- Sophos
Anti-Virus for DOS - SWEEP.EXE (used on Windows 95/98/Me) - SAV32CLI.EXE (used on Windows NT/2000/XP/2003)
- Sophos
Anti-Virus for UNIX - sweep (used on Mac OS X, Linux, and other systems).
When using a command line version of Sophos
If you need more information or guidance, then please contact technical support.
- Article ID: 13383
- Created: 26 Jul 2005
- Last updated: 14 Oct 2008
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