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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 Anti-Virus. This will ensure detection of any threats that exploit the Windows Metafile (WMF) vulnerability.

Note: Adding file types to the extensions list can affect system performance.

The versions of Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows involved are:

Sophos Anti-Virus version Version number Update available
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000+ 5.1.3 12 January 2006
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows NT 4.5.9 25 January 2006
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 95/98/Me 4.5.9 25 January 2006
Sophos Anti-Virus Small Business Edition (SBE) 4.02 1 February 2006
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows versions in maintenance 4.02 25 January 2006
Sophos Anti-Virus for UNIX/Linux 4.02 25 January 2006
Sophos Anti-Virus for NetWare 4.03 22 February 2006

All other versions of Sophos Anti-Virus, and all versions of PureMessage and MailMonitor, scan all files. They are not affected by this change.

If you need more information or guidance, then please contact technical support.