Does Sophos has heuristic scanning?
YES, Sophos AV does incorporate heuristic scanning for unknown viruses in the wild. You won’t see an option to enable/disable heuristic scanning for the reason that it is always on in the background. Below are further details on the subject.Detection MethodsHow viruses are detected depends on their type. During the scanning process, the engine analyses each file, identifies the type and then applies the relevant technique(s). Underlying all methods is the basic concept of looking for certain types of instruction or certain ordering of instructions.Pattern MatchingIn the technique of pattern matching, the engine knows the particular sequence of code and is looking for an exact match which will identify the code as a virus. More often, the engine is looking for sequences of code which are similar, but not necessarily identical, to the known sequences of virus code. In creating the descriptions against which files are compared during scanning, Sophos virus researchers endeavor to keep the
