https://community.sophos.com/on-premise-endpoint/f/sophos-anti-virus-for-linux-basic/97790/trying-to-scan-all-files-on-hard-drive-and-keep-getting-400-files-that-will-not-openI am running Linux Ubunto 16.04 LTS and I have the sophos free anti-virus anti malware version and from terminal I write the following command savscan / -all and it can&#39;t open 400 files, so how can I scan all files on hard drive and how can I scan allen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.sophos.com/thread/355343?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 13 Nov 2017 04:21:29 GMT4be5eb7d-caa4-4ff5-8e60-8f9463545a35:dd6f71d4-82af-4a88-9f62-a153b22536faQC<p>Hello <span class="field-item-name label">Kurt Chase</span>,</p> <p>please see <a href="/products/server-protection-intehttps://community.sophos.com/products/free-antivirus-tools-for-desktops/f/sophos-free-tools/86733/new-to-linux-and-sophos-free-tools-version---trying-to-run-a-scan-sudo-sweep--all-scan_output-and-i-get-a-lot-of-could-not-open-messages/322285#322285" target="_blank">here </a>for the open errors.</p> <p><span style="color:#008000;"><em><span id="fragment-404728274_QuoteText" class="field-item-description user-defined-markup">how can I scan all files on a thumb drive</span></em></span><br />not sure if this is a second question or you&#39;re just emphasizing the <span style="color:#008000;"><em><strong>all</strong></em></span>. By default <span style="font-family:courier new,courier;">savscan</span> traverses local mount points, or simply specify its path (see <span style="font-family:courier new,courier;">savscan -h</span>).</p> <p>Christian</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>