Use the following commands to enable or start protection, if you find that the service is down: sudo /opt/sophos-av/bin/savdctl enable opt/sophos-av/bin/savdstatus How to start protection?
Type the following command in the terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T): How to check if on-access scanning is active? Therefore, you must know the following commands to start using it. Sophos Antivirus for Gnu / Linux is a command line tool. In my case I don't use any, so I will select 'N'. To finish we will have to write the proxy information if required. In the next configuration option, we will select the option 'f' for free Sophos Antivirus, what will not have support. In this case, I opted for the option ' S'. The next option to configure will be to choose what type of update we want. Evidently will consume some RAM, But is it worth it.
This is a great feature that will detect malware on the fly when transferring files. It will then ask us if we want enable real-time scanning. We will continue pressing the key ' Intro'.
That is typical of the Gnu / Linux directory structure. The next thing we will see is a warning for install Sophos in the / opt / sophos-av directory. When we reach the end we will have to accept it by typing the letter 'Y' to confirm the installation. Press' Intro' or ' space'to scroll to the bottom of the agreement, which is awfully long.