Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux
18 Appendix: Configuring the phone-home feature
Sophos Anti-Virus can contact Sophos and send us some product and platform details. This "phonehome" feature helps us to improve the product and user experience.
When you install Sophos Anti-Virus, the phone-home feature is turned on by default. We would like you to leave it on. It doesn't affect your security or your computer performance:
• Your data is sent in encrypted form to a secure location and we keep it for no more than three months.
• The product sends only about 2 KB of data once a week. It phones home at random intervals, to avoid multiple computers phoning home at the same time.
You can turn off the feature at any time after installation.
To turn off the phone-home feature, type: /opt/sophos-av/bin/savconfig set
DisableFeedback true .
To turn on the phone-home feature again, type: /opt/sophos-av/bin/savconfig set
DisableFeedback false .
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