Installing Sophos Anti-Virus 7
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Sophos Anti-Virus is Stanford's site-licensed anti-malware software. It can protect your computer against viruses, adware/spyware, and other malicious software.
Sophos Anti-Virus updates itself automatically so your version of the program and the virus definitions are always up-to-date.
Install Sophos Anti-Virus
Stanford's Sophos Anti-Virus installer will automatically uninstall Webroot Spy Sweeper and Symantec Anti-Virus Corporate Edition if these programs are installed on your computer. This can result in the installation taking up to 10 or 15 minutes. Do not stop the installation once it has started.
The installer will attempt to remove any other antivirus programs that you have installed. To be on the safe side, if you know you have an antivirus program other than Symantec Anti-Virus Corporate Edition, it is recommended that you manually uninstall it before installing Sophos Anti-Virus.
- Run the Sophos Anti-Virus installer file.
- When prompted to continue with the installation, click Yes.
- The installation can take several minutes (more than 10 minutes is not uncommon if both Spy Sweeper and Symantec Antivirus will be removed). During this time you will see messages informing you about the status of the installation.
- If Spy Sweeper was uninstalled, you will be prompted to restart Windows. Click Yes to restart now.
Note: At this point. you should scan your hard drives(s) to detect any viruses and malware that may already exist on your computer. Scans, however, can take a while.
Scan Your Computer
- Right-click the Sophos icon
(located in the notification area in the lower right corner of you screen) and then click Open Sophos Anti-Virus.
- When the Sophos Anti-Virus window is displayed, click Scan my computer.
- During the scan a dialog box will display the progress.
- When the scan has finished, the results summary is displayed. Click Close to close the summary.
Note: Items that are found during scanning but cannot eliminated automatically are moved to Quarantine. See the Sophos Anti-Virus online help for information about managing quarantine items.
Set Up a New Scan
You can schedule a scan that will run automatically at a specified day and time.
Note: IT Services recommends that you scan your hard drives weekly.
- In the Sophos Anti-Virus main window, click
Set up a new scan.
- Enter the following:
- Scan name: enter a name for this scan.
- Items to scan: check the box for your hard drive. (Doing this automatically selects other items, too.)
- Click Schedule this scan.
- Select how often and when you want the scan to run:
- Enable schedule: checked
- Days when the scan will run: select the day you want to run the scan
- Times when the scan will run: select a time when your computer will be on but not under heavy use. Click Edit to change the default time.
- User name: this should be filled in automatically. It is the name you use to log in to your computer.
(For computers that are joined to the Active Directory, the User name is in the form of WIN\sunetid.) - Password: enter the password you use to log into your computer.
- Confirm password: re-enter the password you use to log into your computer.
- Click OK.
- Click Save to save this scheduled scan.
- The new scan will be listed under "Available scans" in the Sophos Anti-Virus main window.
Configure Sophos Anti-Virus
Sophos Anti-Virus is preconfigured with the optimal settings for the Stanford environment. However, you can customize the settings for your situation.
To change the default configuration settings:
- In the Sophos Anti-Virus main window, click Configure Sophos Anti-Virus to display the configuration options.
- See the Sophos Anti-Virus online help for information about the configuration option settings.
