Anti-virus and HIPS settings in Endpoint Security and Control 9.x

The Anti-Virus and HIPS settings in Endpoint Security and Control provide you with several types of protection:

• On-access scanning for malware, which protects you from attack by monitoring files and programs as they are accessed and blocking the ones that it suspects as being malicious
• Scheduled or immediate (on-demand) scanning for malware, which protects you from attack by examining the files on your computer and finding the malicious ones before they're accessed

Please note: some of these features are not available on Macs and Linux computers. Please see the Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac and Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux overview pages for more information about the features are available in those platforms.

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Read more about the recommended Anti-Virus and HIPS policy settings in:
Anti-Virus Settings Guide: on-access settings and Anti-Virus Settings Guide: scheduled scan settings

For help setting up an Anti-Virus and HIPS policy in Endpoint Security and Control 9.x, see:
Policy setup guide

For help setting up anti-virus and HIPS settings on a single computer, see:
Endpoint Security and Control standalone startup guide