Sophos

Desktop support

Sophos Anti-Virus incorporates a wide range of features to bring 100% virus protection to desktops throughout an organisation. Every workstation on the network is automatically updated from a central server as soon as it logs in.

  DOS Windows 3.1x Windows 95/98/Me Windows NT/2000* OS/2 Macintosh
On-demand scanning yes yes yes yes yes yes
On-access scanning yes yes yes yes   yes
On-the-fly disinfection   yes yes yes   yes
Centralised installation yes yes yes yes yes  
Centralised configuration yes yes yes yes yes yes
Automated update yes yes yes yes yes yes
Automated reporting yes yes yes yes yes yes
Alert mechanism InterCheck Desktop messaging InterCheck Desktop messaging InterCheck Desktop messaging SMTP Mail MAPI Mail InterCheck Desktop messaging SMTP Mail Event logging Network messaging User configurable InterCheck Desktop messaging
End user-proof yes yes yes yes not applicable yes
Install/load from login script yes yes yes   yes  
Intelligent File Recognition yes yes yes yes yes yes
Minimum OS 3.3 3.1x Windows 95 3.51 3.0 7.6
Emergency update yes yes yes yes yes yes
*Windows NT Intel and Alpha; Windows 2000 Intel

See also:

*Server support
*Request further information
*Sophos Anti-Virus free software evaluation


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