Sophos Central Anti-Virus for Linux to Server Protection Migration Process

https://docs.sophos.com/central/Customer/help/en-us/PeopleAndDevices/ProtectDevices/ServerProtection/index.html

Uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux, reboot then install Server Protection.

It is still good to test in a virtual machine or in a test server.

https://docs.sophos.com/central/Customer/help/en-us/PeopleAndDevices/ProtectDevices/ServerProtection/index.html

Uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux, reboot then install Server Protection.

It is still good to test in a virtual machine or in a test server.

Thank you. I thought we might have to do that but I hoped that the new Sophos install script would check for and remove older versions.

We will of course be testing this and I'll report back if anything is different in the install process.

I am very interested in Sophos Protection for Linux, but unfortunately I have a more serious problem than uninstalling the old version and installing the new one.

https://community.sophos.com/sophos-central/f/discussions/135683/installing-sophos-protection-for-linux-in-a-distribution-without-systemd

The operating system I use, Slackware, does not have systemd and Sophos Protection for Linux in its current version requires systemd.
What's worse is that Sophos is the only antivirus (apart from Clamav, which in its current form can only be used as a backup solution due to still unresolved issues and a limited database of virus signatures) that can be installed in Slackware (universal installation package not .rpm or .deb formats that do not work natively in Slackware).
In conclusion, if the possibility of installing without systemd is not added until July 2023, I will be out, although Sophos is the only antivirus I used for servers other than Romanian Antivirus (RAV) many, many years ago before it was bought by Microsoft and transformed into Microsoft Security Essential a.k.a. Windows Defender.