BSoD when checking file with Sophos

NTDEV
1

When using my Xen PV drivers, a user has reported that they get a BSoD
when Sophos is used to scan a file for viruses.

I’ve heard some fairly low opinions of antivirus software and the way
they abuse the system in order to do their thing (kernel patch,
undocumented calls, etc)… can anyone comment on Sophos’s behaviour in
this respect?

Thanks

James

2

Dunno abouta Sophos but I do know that Semantic’s (Norton) drivers failed Driver Verifier.

Gary G. Little
Sent via HTC Diamond on Sprint.

-----Original Message-----
From: James Harper
Sent: Wednesday, 01 July, 2009 04:06 PM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] BSoD when checking file with Sophos

When using my Xen PV drivers, a user has reported that they get a BSoD
when Sophos is used to scan a file for viruses.

I’ve heard some fairly low opinions of antivirus software and the way
they abuse the system in order to do their thing (kernel patch,
undocumented calls, etc)… can anyone comment on Sophos’s behaviour in
this respect?

Thanks

James

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