Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows NT/Windows 2000

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Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows NT/Windows 2000 is virus detection and disinfection software which can be installed on Windows NT/Windows 2000 file servers and workstations. It checks local hard disks, floppy disks and networks, Internet downloads, email attachments and Groupware for the presence of viruses, including Macintosh viruses in files stored on the server. It operates in scheduled, on-access and on-demand modes. Its unique architecture intelligently determines which files need to be virus checked, maximising user transparency and minimising performance overhead. Flexible configuration options mean that Sophos Anti-Virus can make the most efficient use of workstation and network resources.

How it works

Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows NT/Windows 2000 has three components:

SWEEP provides on-demand and scheduled virus checking of files on Windows NT/Windows 2000 file servers or workstations.
InterCheck provides local on-access virus checking on Windows NT/Windows 2000 workstations. InterCheck also provides server based on-access virus checking for networked non-Windows NT/non-Windows 2000 workstations.
Sophos Anti-Virus Interface (SAVI) allows third-party software developers to integrate their firewall, gateway and similar applications with Sophos Anti-Virus.

Infected files are either removed or positively overwritten. Infected boot sectors on floppy disks and infected documents can be disinfected.

Features

Is updated twelve times a year, and urgent interim updates can be downloaded or, on request, be received via fax or email.
Easily detects polymorphic viruses using Sophos's advanced Virus Description Language (VDL) and a built in code emulator.
Detects and disinfects Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint and Project macro viruses.
Allows deployment of Sophos Anti-Virus across an entire NT/2000 network from a central NT/2000 workstation.
Provides automatic updating for networked PCs.
Allows multiple scheduled jobs to be configured for automatic operation, even when no-one is logged in.
Features an `immediate mode' for checking on demand.
Prevents non-administrative users from altering scanning settings or disabling InterCheck's on-access scanning.
Ensures total security by providing automatic centralised reporting of every virus incident.
Includes an extensive on-line virus information database.
Is available in multiple language versions.
Allows pull-based, automated retrieval of Sophos Anti-Virus updates from the Sophos website.
Provides on-screen expert help.
Protects WANs, LANs, portables and stand-alones.
Provides Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows NT/Windows 2000 servers and workstations, DOS/Windows 3.1x, Windows 95/98/Me and Macintosh, all as part of a single licence.

Technical details

Product name	Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows NT/Windows 2000.
Function	Scanning individual workstations and file servers for known viruses.
Mode of operation	Fully 32-bit Windows NT/Windows 2000 process. In addition to the Graphical User Interface (GUI) version, a Command Line Interface (CLI) version with similar functionality is available.
On-access scanning	InterCheck FSFD (File System Filter Driver).
Updates	12 per year, sent by post at the beginning of each month, or available for download.
Virus alerts	Network managers can be automatically notified by a network message to specified users or machines, by SMTP email or by InterCheck log messages. In addition, the user can be alerted and an entry can be placed in the Windows NT/Windows 2000 application event log.
Specification of items to be checked	Individual files, recursive searching of subdirectories, individual disk subdirectories, individual disk sectors, ranges of disk sectors, and absolute or logical disk sector addressing.
Specification of identities	Between monthly updates, interim virus identities (.IDEs) for new in-the-wild viruses can be downloaded and added into SWEEP at runtime; they can also be sent as faxed ASCII text.
System requirements	Windows NT/Windows 2000 Server or Workstation edition, version 3.51 or above.
File systems supported	FAT, NTFS, HPFS, CDFS, InterDrive NFS (FTP Software), Chameleon NFS (NetManage), Maestro NFS (Hummingbird Communications), Solstice NFS (Sun Microsystems).
Networks supported	Microsoft LanManager, Novell NetWare, TCP/IP and Digital Pathworks.

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