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Sophos Anti-Virus 7

Description

Sophos Anti-Virus is Stanford's site-licensed anti-malware software. It can protect your computer against viruses, adware/spyware, and other malicious software.

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System Requirements

• Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000 and later, including 64-bit versions of Windows XP, 2003, and Vista
• Disk Space: 120 MB
• RAM: 256 MB
• Browser: Internet Explorer 5.5 or later

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Notes

• Sophos installers posted on 8/25/08 or later automatically repair some registry permissions problems that prevented an earlier installer from completing.
  
  
• Stanford's Sophos Anti-Virus installer will automatically uninstall Webroot Spy Sweeper and Symantec Anti-Virus Corporate Edition if these programs are installed on your computer. This can result in the installation taking up to 10 or 15 minutes.
  
  
• The installer will attempt to remove any other antivirus programs that you have installed. To be on the safe side, if you know you have an antivirus program other than Symantec Anti-Virus Corporate Edition, it is recommended that you manually uninstall it before installing Sophos Anti-Virus.
  
  
• If the installer encounters an error trying to remove any existing antivirus/antispyware products it will display a dialog box telling you which software it found and instructs you to try manually removing it using the Add/Remove Programs Control Panel.  After trying this manual removal you should then try to run the Sophos Installer again.
  
  When these installation problems and others are encountered, the installer will collect a number of logs and other system information and put them in a single file on your desktop. The Service Desk may be able to use this information to determine the cause of the problem.
  
  
• Sophos Anti-Virus updates itself automatically so your version of the program and the virus definitions are always up-to-date.

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Documentation

• Installing Sophos Anti-Virus 7