Features:  

Sophos comes complete with all the essential features to keep your business resources protected. Some of the more advanced features include AutoUpdate and heuristic detection.

Sophos Anti-Virus SBE utilizes Behavioral Genotype technology to proactively detect and defend your system from malware before it even has the chance to infect the system. Actual scanning can be done on access, on demand, or scheduled to run automatically.

Sophos also takes advantage of Decision Caching technology, so scans run quicker and more efficiently. Only files that have been accessed and/or changed are rescanned.
 

Effectiveness:  

Sophos Anti-Virus Small Business Edition is an effective business antivirus solution. Their virus scanning kernel is 100 percent Virus Bulletin certified, as well as West Coast Labs checkmark certified and ICSA labs certified.