Sophos Anti-Rootkit: files with long names may show incorrectly on Asian language systems
When Sophos Anti-Rootkit is run on systems using Asian languages which have double-byte characters, e.g. Japanese, files with names longer than 193 double-byte characters may be identified as hidden files in the disk scan.
This only applies when the actual file name is longer than 193 double-byte characters. It does not apply to the path.
If you try to use Sophos Anti-Rootkit to remove a file with a long name like this, the scan summary will falsely report that it has been removed. However, it will not have been removed, and will reappear when you run a rescan.
This issue only occurs on FAT drives.
What to do
If using double-byte characters, rename the file with a shorter name.
If you need more information or guidance, then please contact technical support.
- Article ID: 16983
- Created: 16 Aug 2006
- Last updated: 9 Oct 2006
