User manual SOPHOS SAV INTERFACE STARTUP GUIDE FOR WINDOWS NT

[. . . ] If you are installing on Windows 2000 or later, the License Agreement dialog box is displayed. Click I accept the terms in the license agreement if you agree to the terms and want to continue. If you are installing on Windows 2000 or later, the Destination folder dialog box is displayed. If necessary change the folder to which Sophos Anti-Virus will be installed. [. . . ] For help, contact Sophos technical support. 5 SAV Interface startup guide If you specified an update source from which Sophos Anti-Virus can update itself, Sophos Anti-Virus will update itself automatically. By default, it will do this every 60 minutes, provided that the computer is connected to the internet or can access your company's intranet. If a red circle with a white cross in it appears over the Sophos Anti-Virus system tray icon, Sophos Anti-Virus failed to update itself. If you are not licensed to use Sophos Anti-Virus, you must disable onaccess scanning now (section 1. 1. 2). Otherwise, to configure SAV Interface to be updated automatically, go to section 1. 1. 3. To check that it is working, go to section 2. 1. 1. 2 Disable on-access scanning Windows 2000 and later 1. In the system tray, right-click the Sophos Anti-Virus icon to display a menu. In the right-hand pane of the Sophos Anti-Virus window, click Configure Sophos Anti-Virus. In the On-access scan settings for this computer dialog box, click the Scanning tab. In the Sophos Anti-Virus window, the Status menu is updated, and the Sophos Anti-Virus system tray icon turns gray. In the system tray, right-click the Sophos Anti-Virus icon to display a menu. Click the toolbar button shown below. The Status changes to Inactive, and the Sophos Anti-Virus system tray icon turns gray. 6 SAV Interface startup guide To configure SAV Interface to be updated automatically, continue to section 1. 1. 3. To check that it is working, go to section 2. 1. 1. 3 Configure SAV Interface to be updated automatically You only need to follow the instructions in this section if you didn't specify an update source during installation. In the system tray, right-click the Sophos Anti-Virus icon to display a menu. In the Properties for Sophos AutoUpdate dialog box, click the Primary server tab. You can either select Sophos and type the username and password for downloading direct from the Sophos website, or type the address, username and password for downloading from a location on your company's intranet. If you don't have these details, Sophos or your system administrator will provide them. If access is via a proxy, click Apply, and then click Proxy Details and go to step 3. In the Proxy details dialog box, select Access the server via a proxy. If necessary, type a username and password that give access to the proxy server. [. . . ] The SAV Interface Monitor window is displayed. If any applications are or have been using SAV Interface, the SAV Interface Monitor window displays a list of SAV Interface objects which have been created by those applications. A green light by a SAV Interface object shows that it is currently active: 10 SAV Interface startup guide Select a SAV Interface object to see the following information in the lower panel: the name of the last item scanned for viruses the last virus discovered the total number of items scanned, viruses found and errors encountered. You cannot view a remote computer using savimon. exe in a terminal server, or remote desktop, session. You can however use Virtual Network Computing (VNC) to run savimon. exe remotely. [. . . ]