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Sophos Anti Virus
The Sophos Anti-Virus software may be employed on every computer which is part of TUB campus network - as long as the conditions for the surrender of Sophos are accepted.
07.03.2022: Sophos campus contract extended
The campus contract for: sophos endpoint protection advanced and mail protection advanced license, EDU, has been extended by one month.
Term until 30.04.2022
We are currently working on providing a solution for the future
Instructions
| Description | |
|---|---|
| Installation on a workstation | For the first time installation on a workstation, you can use a packet from the following table. |
| Installation in a computer lab/ Network installation | Computer labs can be easily configured and administrated using Sophos Anti-Virus Enterprise Console SEC. The Enterprise Console can administrate workstations of different platforms; the SEC itself has to be installed on Windows 2003/2008 Server. The software for the initial installation on a workstation is available at EM Library savem1.tubit.tu-berlin.de. Automatic updates are provided by SophosUpdateManager SUM savau1.tubit.tu-berlin.de. |
| Sophos Bootable Anti Virus CD | If you encounter viruses or malware which can not be removed using normal methods, you can employ the Sophos Bootable Anti-Virus CD. This should only serve as emergency option. If you require the file for the creation of the Sophos Bootable Anti-Virus CD, please request it via e-mail. |
| CAUTION: Before you install the Sophos Anti Virus Software, please check if another virus scanner has been installed. Please remove existent versions of other anti virus programs (including old versions) first. | |
| CAUTION: For the installation you are required to be within TU network. | |
| Configuration Sophos Anti-Virus | Here you can find a description of the configuration options provided by Sophos Anti Virus. |
| Sophos Enterprise Console 4.5 | Instructions for setup |
| Sophos Enterprise Console 5.1 | It is recommended to upgrade to Sophos Enterprise Console 5.2 or higher. This allows you to profit from Windows 8 support and further improvements. Please note: A direct upgrade from Sophos Enterprise Console 4.x is not possible. You are required to upgrade to 5.1 first in order to proceed with the upgrade to 5.2. License Agreement (EULA) |
| Sophos Enterprise Console 5.2 | Documentation License Agreement (EULA) |
| IIS-WinServer-2008 | Instructions for setup |
| IIS-WinServer-2003 | Instructions for setup |
Zusatzinformationen / Extras
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For TU Berlin tubIT provides the update server (configure as primary and secondary server). The server address needs to be appended by a platform specific addition. You can find it regarding the table on the installation website in the column addition.
CAUTION: Please be careful to add a slash character before the addition and do not add an invisible character (tabulator, blank...). The path automatically created by the program will be faulty in that case.