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Possible to only scan hard drive manually?

Skylamar

Hi. I downloaded Sophos Antivirus then installed it. However, I don't want it running in the background. I only want to manually run it once in a while to scan my hard drive. The menu item had an option for hiding itself, but not for quitting.  Even after hiding the menu item, I ran Activity Monitor and saw two processes relating to Sophos Antivirus. I tried to force them to quit but it wouldn't work. I ended up uninstalling the software. I hadn't seen this forum so I'm thinking of downloading Sophos Antivirus again if someone can let me know how to disable Sophos's background processes and just use the application occasionally.

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    Mirsky wrote:

    … I only want to manually run it once in a while to scan my hard drive. The menu item had an option for hiding itself, but not for quitting. …  how to disable Sophos's background processes …

    From the Sophos icon in the menu bar: 

    1. Open Preferences…
    2. On-access Scanning
    3. if necessary, Click the lock to make changes.
    4. Stop Scanning
    Some processes relating to Sophos will continue to run; that's the nature of good antivirus software that protects itself from malicious activity. 
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    Mirsky wrote:

    … I only want to manually run it once in a while to scan my hard drive. The menu item had an option for hiding itself, but not for quitting. …  how to disable Sophos's background processes …

    From the Sophos icon in the menu bar: 

    1. Open Preferences…
    2. On-access Scanning
    3. if necessary, Click the lock to make changes.
    4. Stop Scanning
    Some processes relating to Sophos will continue to run; that's the nature of good antivirus software that protects itself from malicious activity. 
    :1000349
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