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A few questions about Mac Sophos antivirus(free home edition)

Airiq
Does the antivirus detect othe forms of malware or only Trojans and viruses? Does it detect windows malware as well? Do you know if it detects the malware iexplore.exe? If you ar wondering why I am asking, you can look at the forum discussion I had at the clamxav forums: http://www.markallan.co.uk/BB/viewtopic.php?t=2916&start=15
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    Thanks for the answer Agile. I still dont know however, if sophos antivirus for mac detects iexplore.exe(the malware). Also, when i read the EULA before downloading i got another question. Can i install sophos to scan my computer at home and then uninstalll it in the same day? Also, it says its for home and sometimes i buy things for my job on my home computer. There is also academic reasearch on the computer. Does this mean i cant install it or? 

    Edit2: does sophos keep track/save what files i scan so others can see them too? Also, if i get a windows malware on a mac computer, can the virus/malware infect/spread to other files on my mac that could then send the malware to a windows computer or would it just be nonfunctioning and not do anything but exist on the mac unless moved to a windows computer?

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    Thanks for the answer Agile. I still dont know however, if sophos antivirus for mac detects iexplore.exe(the malware). Also, when i read the EULA before downloading i got another question. Can i install sophos to scan my computer at home and then uninstalll it in the same day? Also, it says its for home and sometimes i buy things for my job on my home computer. There is also academic reasearch on the computer. Does this mean i cant install it or? 

    Edit2: does sophos keep track/save what files i scan so others can see them too? Also, if i get a windows malware on a mac computer, can the virus/malware infect/spread to other files on my mac that could then send the malware to a windows computer or would it just be nonfunctioning and not do anything but exist on the mac unless moved to a windows computer?

    :1010584
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