By default, the Sophos Anti-Virus back end is loaded by the PureMessage engine (Milter (Policy) service) directly. Sophos Anti-Virus will only appear as a separate service if you select the Run As Service option on the Policy: Anti-Virus Options page in the PureMessage Manager. This adds an AntiVirus Service item on both the Dashboard tab and the Local Services tab.
The status, the process ID, the number of scanner processes, connections, and the queued messages are displayed in the Details column. You can stop or start the service from this page. For additional information, click AntiVirus Service.
You can access a service-specific configuration page by clicking AntiVirus Service in the Background Services table, and then clicking Edit. The Anti-Virus Service page displays the following information in the Status table:
To manage the Anti-Virus Service: Click Start, Restart, or Stop to perform these actions. Only the actions that are currently available are displayed.