PowerScale: CAVA: Sophos Intercept X Antivirus Software behavior

Summary: Sophos Intercept X does not quarantine detected malware and infected files. It prevents access to the infected file and send email notification to the Administrator.

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Symptoms

Sophos Intercept X does not quarantine the detected malware and infected files.

 

Cause

It prevents access to the infected file and send an email notification to the Administrator. This behavior is different from the other AV vendors that OneFS supports.

 

Resolution

Since the infected file is not quarantined, it could be part of a snapshot (or a dataset) and copied to another OneFS system. If the second OneFS system does not have an antivirus software, the infection could spread.

Affected Products

Isilon, PowerScale OneFS
Article Properties
Article Number: 000379113
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 16 Dec 2025
Version:  2
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