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Sophos Anti-Virus: 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 Anti-Virus.

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 Anti-Virus, you will need to add threat identity (IDE) files manually.

If you need more information or guidance, then please contact technical support.

• Article ID: 13383
• Created: 26 Jul 2005
• Last updated: 7 Dec 2006

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