Sophos Anti-Virus: using IDE files with command line emergency versions
When using a command line emergency version of Sophos
The emergency command line versions are:
- Sophos
Anti-Virus for DOS - SWEEP.EXE (used on Windows 95/98/Me) - SAV32CLI.EXE (used on Windows NT/2000/XP/2003)
- Sophos
Anti-Virus for UNIX - sweep (used on Mac OS X, Linux, and other systems).
What to do
- Download a fresh emergency version of Sophos
Anti-Virus , as directed on the disinfection page, or by Sophos technical support. This will be the current web version. - Open the virus identity files page, and scroll down to the 'Identity files (IDEs) by version' table.
- The virus identity files that you will need are those for the current web version.
- Download the self-extractor or Zip file, and use it as directed in your disinfection instructions:
- use the self-extractor file with Windows 95/98/Me and Windows NT/2000
- use the Zip file with Windows XP/2003, Mac OS X and UNIX/Linux.
If you need more information or guidance, then please contact technical support.
- Article ID: 13250
- Created: 17 Jun 2005
- Last updated: 14 Jul 2006
