Sophos antivirus

sophos antivirus settings

1. right-click on taskbar icon > open sophos anti-virus
2. configure sophos anti-virus
   • 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...
   • right-click scanning
     • options
       scanning level
       [x] normal (recommended)
       [ ] extensive
       scanning options
       [x] scan inside archive files
       [ ] scan for macintosh viruses
       [x] scan all files[x] scan for adware/PUAs
       [ ] scan for suspicious files (HIPS)
   • HIPS runtime behavior analysis
     • [ ] detect suspicious behavior
       [ ] detect buffer overflows
       [x] alert only
   • user rights for quarantine manager
     • [x] [everything]