Sophos Anti-Virus KB121984 - How to determine whether you're receiving the latest data protection updates

How to determine whether you're receiving the latest data protection updates

16 Feb 2016

This article provides information about how to determine whether you are receiving the latest data protection updates on your Sophos protected systems.

Applies to the following Sophos product(s) and version(s)
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows
Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux
Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X
Sophos Anti-Virus for NetApp Storage System
Sophos Anti-Virus for Unix
Sophos Anti-Virus for VMware vShield

What To Do

The following link provides information on the latest data updates:

Latest data protection update information

This file includes the following information:

File name
Checksum
Size
Timestamp
To determine whether you have this latest data, access the default installation location relevant to your OS as detailed below:

Windows

32bit - C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus
64bit - C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus

Mac OS X

/Library/Sophos Anti-Virus/IDE
/Library/Sophos Anti-Virus/VDL

Linux/Unix/vShield

/opt/sophos-av/lib/sav

NetApp

SAV for NetApp uses the local Windows resource so check the same location as specified for Windows.





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