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On-access scanning disabled itself, will not allow me to turn it back on; on-demand scan not working

Hello and thank you in advance to anyone who can help me.  I have two issues:

(1) On-access scanning turned itself off and I am not able to turn it back on.  When I clicked on the button next to "the on-access scanner is off", it just says "Start scanning" and is greyed.

(2) When I try to do an on-demand scan, it scans for less than a second and stops.  Message says no threats but "issues detected".

Here is a log I came across if this helps:

Sophos Anti-Virus
Product version: 9.2.7
Copyright Copyright 1993-2012 Sophos Ltd. All rights reserved.

Scan name: "Scan Local Drives"
Scan items:
Configuration:
    Scan inside archives and compressed files: Yes
    Automatically clean up threats: Yes
    Action on infected files: Delete
    Live Protection enabled: Yes

Scan started at 2015-08-07 15:38:45 -0400

New volume detected at /
Unable to initialize threat detection engine: virus data missing or unusable.

Scan stopped at 2015-08-07 15:38:45 -0400.

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  • Hello suzanne,

    In the Applications folder, inside the Utilities folder, you can find an application "Console" which allows you to view log files on your system. You can select which log to view on the left side. This will allow you to see the file "/var/log/install.log" and you can copy/paste the contents of that log to an email.

    In the same Utilities folder you will find the application "Terminal" where you can type in the command I gave below.

    Hope this helps.

    :1021539

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    Bob Cook (bob.cook@sophos.com) Director, Software Development

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  • Hello suzanne,

    In the Applications folder, inside the Utilities folder, you can find an application "Console" which allows you to view log files on your system. You can select which log to view on the left side. This will allow you to see the file "/var/log/install.log" and you can copy/paste the contents of that log to an email.

    In the same Utilities folder you will find the application "Terminal" where you can type in the command I gave below.

    Hope this helps.

    :1021539

    ---

    Bob Cook (bob.cook@sophos.com) Director, Software Development

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