Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X version 4.9 PDF User Manual
This user manual explains how to use Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X, and how to configure • virus scanning • virus alerts • disinfection
• reporting • notification • logging • updating. The manual also provides help in resolving common problems. If you are using Mac OS 8 or 9, refer instead to the Sophos Anti-Virus Mac OS 8 or 9 user manual. Sophos documentation is published at www.sophos.com/support/docs/
and on the Sophos CDs.
About Sophos Anti-Virus
Sophos Anti-Virus is software that detects viruses, worms and trojans on your computer or network. It can also disinfect infected items. In particular, it can scan your computer or network for viruses• check each file you access for viruses• eliminate viruses• alert you when it finds a virus• keep a log of its activity• be updated to detect the latest viruses.• Sophos Anti-Virus consists of two main components: the Sophos Anti-Virus window• the Sophos Anti-Virus icon.• Sophos Anti-Virus window To open the Sophos Anti-Virus window, in a Finder window, click Applications. Find and double-click Sophos Anti-Virus.
Sophos Anti-Virus icon
The Sophos Anti-Virus icon is displayed in the system status bar, even if the ophos Anti-Virus window is closed. The appearance of the icon changes epending on whether on-access scanning is active, whether Sophos Anti-Virus s updating and whether Sophos Anti-Virus updated successfully last time. While n-access scanning is active, the icon is blue.
If you pass the mouse over the icon, the tool tip displays the status of updating. If you click the icon, a menu is displayed. From here, you can
update Sophos Anti-Virus• check the progress of an update• open the Sophos Anti-Virus window• configure on-access scanning, notification and updating• check the Sophos Anti-Virus version information.• To prevent display of the Sophos Anti-Virus icon, open the Sophos Anti-Virus preferences pages (see How to open the preferences pages). Click the padlock icon and enter your username and password, so that you can make changes. At the top of the Scanning tabbed page, on the pop-up menu, choose General. Deselect Show Sophos Anti-Virus icon in system status bar.
Scanning preferences for on-access scanning
Open the Sophos Anti-Virus preferences pages (see How to open the preferences pages). Click the padlock icon and enter your username and
password, so that you can make changes. At the top of the Scanning tabbed page, on the pop-up menu, choose Scanning Options. Change the settings (described below) and then click Set to put them into effect.
Detect non-Macintosh viruses
Select this to enable Sophos Anti-Virus to detect non-Mac viruses, as well as Mac and document viruses. Note that non-Mac viruses cannot infect Macs but can infect any non-Mac computers on the network.
How to edit exclusion preferences
You can exclude files, folders and volumes from on-access scanning. Open the Sophos Anti-Virus preferences pages (see How to open the
preferences pages). Click the padlock icon and enter your username and password, so that you can make changes. At the top of the Scanning tabbed page, on the pop-up menu, choose Exclusions. Add, edit or remove exclusions (described below) and then click Set to put the settings into effect.
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December 20, 2009 | Posted in Macintosh Manual, Software
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