Sophos antivirus

general settings for LMF systems

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
       [x] 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]
   • authorization manager
   • messaging
     • desktop messaging
       [ ] enable desktop messaging
     • email alerting
       [x] enable email alerting
       messages to send
       [x] virus/spyware detection and cleanup
       [x] suspicious behavior detection
       [x] suspicious file detection
       [x] adware/PUA detection and cleanup
       [ ] scanning errors
       [ ] other errors
       recipients > add > lmf address
       configure smtp > 'mail.mpi-cbg.de'
     • snmp messaging
       [ ] enable snmp messaging
     • event log
       [x] enable event logging
       messages to send
       [x] virus/spyware detection and cleanup
       [x] suspicious behavior detection
       [x] suspicious file detection
       [x] adware/PUA detection and cleanup
       [x] scanning errors
       [x] other errors

exclusions for Andor systems

1. log in as administrator
2. open Sophos Anti-Virus (right-click on the taskbar icon)
3. click "Configure Sophos Anti-Virus"
4. choose "On-demand extensions and exclusions
5. choose the tab "Exclusions"
6. click on "Add..."
7. select "Item type: Folder"
8. click "Browse...", add one folder and click OK; do this for the following two folders:
   • C:\Program Files\Andor Bioimaging
   • C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Kinetic Imaging

Done!