Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows: features in version 6.5.4 and 4.6.10
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000+, version 6.5.4, Sophos
Commencing 22 March 2007.
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows NT, version 4.6.10
- Includes new version of Sophos Remote Management System, 2.1.3.
- SAVIMON now refers to threats not viruses
- Fixes an issue that can cause the RMS router to restart, affecting communication with the Console
- Updated virus engine, version 2.44.1
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 95/98/Me, version 4.6.10
- Includes new version of Sophos Remote Management System, 2.1.3.
- SAVIMON now refers to threats not viruses
- Fixes an issue that can cause the RMS router to restart, affecting communication with the Console
- Updated virus engine, version 2.44.1
Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X, version 4.8.10
- Updated virus engine, version 2.44.1.
Sophos Anti-Virus for UNIX/Linux, version 4.16
- Updated virus engine, version 2.44.1.
Sophos Anti-Virus for NetWare, version 4.16
- Resolves a conflict with Legato backup software on NFS filesystems
- Updated virus engine, version 2.44.1
Sophos Anti-Virus for OpenVMS, version 4.16
- Updated virus engine, version 2.44.1
Week commencing 2 April 2007
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000+, version 6.5.4
- Installer now explicitly fails to install on Windows Longhorn.Version 7 will support Longhorn
- Enables a change to the service name for the driver in preparation for upgrade to version 7
- Enables right click scanning when the recycle bin is not present
- Updated virus engine, version 2.44.1.
Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux, version 5.2.1
- Updated virus engine, version 2.44.1.
Features in virus engine, version 2.44.1
- Added scanning of StarOffice files
- Improved ability to unpack certain Binhex and RAR files
- Added scanning of new HTML tags
- Added Windows Media Player ASX files to the executables scanned by default
Further enhancements were included in Sophos Anti-Virus version 6.5.3, and the other previous versions.
If you need more information or guidance, then please contact technical support.
- Article ID: 24222
- Created: 22 Mar 2007
- Last updated: 22 Mar 2007
