Advisory: Sophos Anti-Virus - change to default settings
The scanning of WMF, JPG and JPEG files is to be added to the default extensions list in all versions of Sophos
Note: Adding file types to the extensions list can affect system performance.
The versions of Sophos
| Sophos |
Version number | Update available |
|---|---|---|
| Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000+ | 5.1.3 | 12 January 2006 |
| Sophos |
4.5.9 | 25 January 2006 |
| Sophos |
4.5.9 | 25 January 2006 |
| Sophos |
4.02 | 1 February 2006 |
| Sophos |
4.02 | 25 January 2006 |
| Sophos |
4.02 | 25 January 2006 |
| Sophos |
4.03 | 22 February 2006 |
All other versions of Sophos
- If you added the above extensions for scanning in Sophos
Anti-Virus versions 4.5.x, 5.1.x, and SophosAnti-Virus SBE, your settings will be upgraded automatically. - If you added the above extensions for scanning in Sophos
Anti-Virus versions in maintenance (4.0x), you should revert to the default extensions list.
If you need more information or guidance, then please contact technical support.
- Article ID: 14278
- Created: 10 Jan 2006
- Last updated: 27 Jan 2006
