Sophos Anti-Virus for OS/2

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Sophos Anti-Virus for OS/2 is virus detection and disinfection software which can be installed on OS/2 file servers and workstations. It checks files on local hard disks, floppy disks and networks for the presence of viruses. It operates in scheduled and on-demand modes and provides server-based on-access scanning of Internet downloads, email attachments and groupware for non-OS/2 workstations. 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 OS/2 has two components:

SWEEP provides on-demand and scheduled virus checking of files on OS/2 file servers or workstations.
InterCheck provides server-based on-access virus checking for non-OS/2 networked workstations.

Infected files can be deleted (reversible) or shredded (irreversible).

Infected documents can be disinfected.

Infected boot sectors can be disinfected (for most viruses) or neutralised. Neutralisation is performed by modifying the boot sector in such a way as to cause the machine to hang if it is booted from the neutralised disk.

Features

Is updated twelve times a year, and urgent interim updates can be downloaded or requested to be sent by fax or email.
Easily detects polymorphic viruses using Sophos's advanced Virus Description Language (VDL) and a built-in code emulator.
Scans inside compressed files.
Detects and disinfects Microsoft Word, Excel and Office 97 macro viruses.
Offers pull-based, automatic deployment and updating of SAV from a network file server.
Allows multiple scheduled jobs to be configured for automatic operation, even when no-one is logged in to the machine.
Features an `immediate mode' which allows checking on demand.
Ensures total security by providing automatic centralised reporting of every virus incident.
Includes an extensive on-line virus information database.
Protects WANs, LANs, portables and standalones.
Provides Sophos Anti-Virus for OS/2 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 OS/2.
Function	Scanning individual workstations and file servers for known viruses.
Mode of operation	OS/2 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 technology provides server based scanning for non-OS/2 workstations.
Updates	12 per year, sent by post at the beginning of each month, or available for download.
Virus alerts	Sophos Anti-Virus is able to generate and print security reports. Network managers can be automatically notified by a network message to specified users or machines.
Specification of items to be checked	Individual files, recursive searching of subdirectories, individual disk subdirectories, individual disk sectors, ranges of disk sectors, ranges of bytes within disk sectors, and absolute or logical disk sector addressing.
Specification of patterns	Strings of hexadecimal digits, up to 24 bytes per pattern can be specified by the user. Patterns can be given names.
Return codes	SWEEP returns exit codes testable with the 'ON ERROR LEVEL' statement in batch or command files.
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	OS/2 Warp version 3 and above.
File systems supported	FAT, HPFS, JFS, CDFS.
Networks supported	Novell NetWare, IBM OS/2 LAN Server, Microsoft OS/2 LanManager.

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