Sophos antivirus

sophos antivirus settings

1. right-click on taskbar icon > open sophos anti-virus
2. configure sophos anti-virus
3. on-access scanning
   • scanning
     [x] enable on-access scanning for this computer
     check files:
     [x] on read
     [ ] on write
     [ ] on rename
     removable media
     [ ] allow access to drives with infected boot sectors
   • options
     scanning level
     [x] normal (recommended)[ ] extensive
     scanning options
     [ ] scan inside archive files (not recommended)
     [ ] scan for macintosh viruses
     [ ] scan all files (not recommended)
     [ ] scan for adware/PUAs
     [ ] scan for suspicious files (HIPS)
   • Extentions
     [ ] scan all files (not recommended)
     [x] allow me to control exactly what is scanned
     [x] scan files with no extension
   • Exclusions
   • Cleanup
     [ ] automatically clean up items that contain virus/spyware
     if not:
     [x] do nothing
     [ ] delete
     [ ] move to...
     suspicious files
     [x] do nothing
     [ ] delete
     [ ] move to...