Sophos Anti-Virus for UNIX release notes
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Contents
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Version numbers
New in this version
Known problems
Additional information
Information from previous versions
Technical support
Copyright


Version numbers
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Sophos Anti-Virus       : 7.0.11
Threat detection engine : 2.88.0
Threat data             : 4.43, July 2009


New in this version
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* The threat detection engine and threat data have been updated.


Known problems
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* (DEF 38027) During installation or upgrade, if you make typographical errors
  when prompted for information, and correct these, control characters might
  be stored as part of your input. This could cause a problem, especially with
  updating. For more information, go to
  www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/58693.html.

* (DEF 29605) On a computer running Solaris version 10 with a Japanese locale,
  if you try to install Sophos Anti-Virus from a central installation
  directory and you enter an installation location using Japanese text, the
  installation fails with the message "svccfg: Syntax error".

* (DEF 23317) If you install Sophos Anti-Virus on a computer that has
  Sophos Anti-Virus version 4 and a third-party product that uses
  SAV Interface installed, you might have to configure Sophos Anti-Virus to
  use the correct location for the Sophos Anti-Virus libraries and threat
  data. For information, see the "Sophos Endpoint Security and Control network
  startup guide", start of section 26.

* (DEF 20663) If a workstation is shut down uncleanly, and
  Sophos Enterprise Console has issued policy changes, the changes are not
  applied to the workstation when it restarts.


Additional information
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* Installation in non-ASCII encoded locations

  (DEF 20914) You cannot install Sophos Anti-Virus in a location that is
  specified by a non-ASCII path.

* Japanese language support

  Sophos Anti-Virus can be installed on computers that are using ja_JP.eucJP
  and ja_JP.UTF8. Installation on computers with ja_JP.sjis locale (Japanese
  with Shift-JIS encoding) is not supported.


Information from previous versions
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7.0.10

* This version adds support for HP-UX on Itanium.

7.0.8

* (DEF 34386) This version includes a fix for a problem with removing Sophos
  Anti-Virus. Previously, during the stopping of Sophos Remote Management
  System, more processes were killed than necessary.


Technical support
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For technical support, visit www.sophos.com/support.

If you contact technical support, provide as much information as possible,
including the following:

* Sophos software version number(s)
* Operating system(s) and patch level(s)
* The exact text of any error messages


Copyright
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Copyright © 2008, 2009 Sophos Group. All rights reserved. No part of this
publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted,
in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording
or otherwise unless you are either a valid licensee where the documentation
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the prior permission in writing of the copyright owner.

Sophos and Sophos Anti-Virus are registered trademarks of Sophos Plc and
Sophos Group. All other product and company names mentioned are trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective owners.