Sophos first impressions

[Spicer, Kevin]

> 
> The current discussion on virus scanners made me want to try 
> Sophos.  So
> I went to www.sophos.com and downloaded an evaluation version of their
> antivirus software for Linux.
> 
> When the installation came I had to peek at sophos-autoupdate to see
> that I needed to install it this way:
> ./install.sh -d /usr/local/Sophos -s ide -ni -v
> 
> I then ran sophos-autoupdate but it complained that it 
> couldn't get the
> version.  I then realized that the autoupdate script looks 
> into the lib
> directory for its vdl files that I installed into the ide directory.
> 
> I modified sophos-autoupdate to point it to the right 
> directory for the
> vdl files and all worked OK.

You don't need to modify anything but you should have installed Sophos using the script supplied with MailScanner - undo the changes you made and remove your existing Sophos install.  then follow the instructions here...
http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/install/linux.shtml#sophos



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