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3.Double-click the Installer icon

Click the Install button.

5.You will see the following:

Click Restart.

Part 2: Configuration & Running the First Virus Check

After your computer restarts, launch Sweep(open the Sophos Anti-Virus folder, double-click on "Sweep"). Pull down the Immediate menu, choose Preferences:

Under Immediate Mode, click on "Virus Action." Make sure "Disinfect Files" and "Confirm Disinfection" are checked.

Under Central Updates, click on "Update Options"- make sure "Enable Updates" is checked. The white box under the "select Folder" button shows the default path for updates-it should start with "General Server:Mac Software:Software" as shown below:

The full path is - Mac Software:Software for Use at Colby:Virus Detection:Sophos Anti-Virus

Close the SAV Preferences window. In the Sophos Anti-Virus window, make sure your hard drive appears, with a small green "star" icon next to it.(If it has a dim gray icon, click on the hard drive icon to select it.) Now run an immediate virus check by clicking on the green triangular Start button:

That's it! You're done! You've done one "sweep", giving Sophos a baseline picture of your system-Sophos will run automatically from now on, constantly watching your system for viruses and disinfecting as needed.

Important Operational Information:

***Sophos looks to the General Server to keep its virus definition files up to date- you should connect to the General Server at least once a week so Sophos can update itself! ****

**If Sophos detects a virus it might display a message telling you to "contact the system administrator immediately." Don't be alarmed.This is a default message- it's not referring to anyone in particular! Simply notify the Support Center at x3888 or send email to helpdesk@colby.edu.

For information and advice about protecting non-Colby owned computers (faculty/staff home computers, student computers) read:

home/student computers

Antivirus software is essential but doesn't guarantee you won't be infected or (more likely) unknowingly pass along a virus.There are lots of common sense things you can do to be safer:

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