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I installed Sophos anti-virus by following the instructions here: https://www.fosslinux.com/2852/how-to-install-sophos-antivirus-software-in-ubuntu.htm Where can I find the application now? It seems to be totally invisible. I am not sure whether it has been installed or not.

PS. I am new to Linux and I run Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS. I tried ClamTk before, but it did not work. In that case, the application opened, but the buttons had no function.

Also I noticed that there is a folder left in /home/user/.clamtk, although I removed ClamTk yesterday. Can I manually remove it?

Jomo
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Unless you changed defaults, your sophos files should be under /opt/sophos-av .

Quote from manual:

How to check if on-access scanning is active?

Enter the following command in the ‘Terminal’.

/opt/sophos-av/bin/savdstatus

How to start on-access scanning?

Use the following command to enable and start the on-access scanning, if found that service is inactive.

/opt/sophos-av/bin/savdctl enable

/etc/init.d/sav-protect start

How to run an on-demand scan?

Simply enter the following command to start scanning your computer.

savscan /
gmt42
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  • I entered the command savscan / and now, many hours later, it is still scanning.... I am in a dual boot system and from what I see it scans all hard drives. Although it cannot open all files (errno is 13). – Jomo Mar 11 '19 at 19:15
  • If your /opt isn't on a dedicated partition, you could decide to put Sophos on /usr/local/sophos-av and adjust the lines below accordingly. – gmt42 Mar 12 '19 at 05:59
  • Thank you! It seems that I have to learn lots of new things in Ubuntu. First of all, I did not know how to open /opt. My initial question was more for finding out where is the app and how I can work with it. So, if I understand well, not all apps have GUI in Ubuntu. So, learning how to navigate with Terminal is essential. Is this correct? – Jomo Mar 12 '19 at 14:00
  • Unfortunately, not all commands have GUI wizards (or not yet). /opt is just yet another folder (or directory in Ubuntuish). I am glad I could be of assistance to you, my friend. If there's anything more unknown, please ask here freely. The problem is that if you don't have an /opt dedicated partition, your Sophos AV will install in the same partition as your boot loader and kernel. You could try to post the result of df -k command in your terminal. – gmt42 Mar 12 '19 at 15:06