Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X, version 4.9 PDF Startup Guide
Create the central installation
You must create the central installation on a Mac that meets the system requirements in sections 1.1 and 1.2.
1. Go to the Mac server, or a Mac workstation that has access to the server. Download the Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac network installer from the Sophos website and run it. Alternatively, insert the Sophos Network Install CD. On the desktop, double-click the CD icon. In the window that is displayed, open the Sophos Anti-Virus OS X folder. Double-click Sophos Anti-Virus Network.pkg.
2. A Mac installer is run. Click Continue. Follow the steps until the installation is finished.
A central installation is placed in the Sophos Anti-Virus/ESOSX folder on the volume you specified. You now use a program called Sophos Update Manager to configure the central installation to update from Sophos (section 2.2) workstations to update from the central installation (section 2.3) workstations to send virus alerts to the server (section 2.4). After configuration, Update Manager automatically downloads updates from Sophos to the central installation, from which workstations automatically update.
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Avast! Anti-Virus Home Edition 4.8 PDF User Guide
Introduction
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About ALWIL Software
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Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS v8 or v9 PDF User Manual
Disinfection
This section provides some general information about disinfection. It does not explain how to disinfect a computer of specific viruses, as disinfection methods are varied and can be virus-specific. It is recommended that you get information about the virus (see below), then either use the Sophos website for help with disinfection or contact Sophos technical support.
2.1 Getting information about the virus
If Sophos Anti-Virus reports a virus, first isolate the infected computers from the network and internet. Write down the name of the virus, then, from an uninfected computer, look up its virus analysis on the Sophos website. The virus analysis search page is located at Sophos website. The analysis tells you what types of file the virus infects, and provides information about disinfection. It may also include a link to detailed disinfection instructions. If there are no instructions, or if the virus analysis tells you to seek advice,contact Sophos technical support.
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Sophos Anti-Virus for DOS/Windows 3.1x PDF User Manual
Using Sophos Anti-Virus
This section describes how to use Sophos Anti-Virus to carry out on-demand scans. This is controlled from the command line. Sophos Anti-Virus can scan floppy disks, hard disks, network drives and memory. It is normal to check the hard disk first and then any suspect floppy disks.
Secure booting
Before running anti-virus software, it is essential to secure boot the computer from a write-protected, clean system floppy disk. Failure to do this
may result in some stealth viruses not being detected on disk. 1.Switch the computer off. Do not use ‘Ctrl’+‘Alt’+‘Delete’ because this is intercepted by some viruses. 2.Insert the write-protected system floppy disk into drive A:. Switch the computer on and let it boot from the floppy.
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