Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux: scanning two Japanese files with the same name
This article only applies if you are using Japanese encoding on your Linux system.
The following issue may be seen when you are running Sophos
- you have a folder containing two files of the same name, e.g. 'test', one is encoded in UTF-8 and the other is encoded in eucJP
- only the eucJP file is infected.
Sophos
If you view the log using a shell running in UTF-8 encoding, you will see one file called 'test' and one file with garbled characters in the filename. It is the file with garbled characters in the filename that is infected.
What to do
You must ensure that you remove or clean the file with the garbled filename, not the one called 'test'.
If you need more information or guidance, then please contact technical support.
- Article ID: 14623
- Created: 17 Mar 2006
- Last updated: 10 Mar 2008
