https://community.sophos.com/on-premise-endpoint/f/sophos-anti-virus-for-linux-basic/101134/sophos-antivirus-for-linux-not-disinfect-the-fileDear Sirs, I have installed on my home computer under Linux Mint 18.3 64bit Sophos antivirus for linux. I check it is work fine with www.eicar.org. Every time after starting pc I do the check: sudo su /opt/sophos-av/bin/savdstatus /opt/sophos-av/bin/savconfigen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.sophos.com/thread/367441?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 11 Mar 2018 10:45:29 GMT4be5eb7d-caa4-4ff5-8e60-8f9463545a35:8dd1b878-d5b1-4179-b1d8-985fb0f2b2d0jak<p>Hello,</p> <p>There is probably no disinfection routine written for it.&nbsp; It&#39;s likely that the sole purpose of the file is the transport for the payload.&nbsp; What would disinfecting it even mean in this case, stripping a macro and leaving an empty document for example?<br /><br />It&#39;s not like the case where a file infector is infecting your files on the computer.&nbsp; In cases like that Sophos Labs would write a disinfection routine to repair the legitimate files infected by the malware.<br /><br />The command line looks correct given the documentation here:&nbsp;<a href="/kb/en-us/117346">https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/117346</a>.</p> <p>Regards,<br />Jak</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>