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For technical support with Sophos Home, please contact Sophos Support via sophos.com/support or 1-888-SOPHOS-9 (1-888-767-4679).
For other issues, please contact IT User Services.

Register your free Sophos Home account

Important:

Use your email address ending in only 'umass.edu' (e.g. 'NetID@umass.edu,' rather than 'NetID@department.umass.edu'). The registration system currently does not work with other email address formats.

Navigate to home.sophos.com/edu/umass in your web browser.
In the UMass Email field, enter your UMass email address ending in only 'umass.edu' (e.g. 'NetID@umass.edu,' rather than 'NetID@department.umass.edu'), then click the Get Sophos Home button.
Check your UMass email. You should recieve a message from Sophos, with the subject 'Your free academic edition of Sophos Home.' Open the message and click Create Account button.
Fill out the registration form, using your name and UMass email address. Be sure to use the same email address you used in step 2 (e.g. 'NetID@umass.edu,' rather than 'NetID@department.umass.edu').
You will need to create a unique password (not your NetID password) to use for this Sophos account. Please follow our safe password tips. Once you have filled out the form, click Create Account.
Check your UMass email for the account confirmation message, with the subject 'Sophos Home Confirmation Email.' Click the Confirm Email button. Sign in with your UMass email and the password that you created in step 4.

Install Sophos Home on Mac OS

Before you start

Make sure your computer is connected to the internet
Make sure you do not have McAfee endpoint protection installed.
To remove McAfee endpoint protection, follow these instructions.

Once you have registered for your free Sophos Home account using the steps above, navigate to home.sophos.com and Sign In via the link in the upper right. Once you are signed in, navigate to cloud.sophos.com/manage/home/dashboard.
Under Protect this Mac, click the Download button.
Once it has finished downloading, double click the downloaded file to extract the installer.
Double click the Sophos Installer. You may be asked to enter your computer's administrator username and password.
Once the installation is complete, you may be asked to click a button to open Security & Privacy to enable Sophos to run on your computer. Click the Open Security & Privacy button, and then click OK when prompted to allow Sophos to control System Preferences. Enter your computer's administrator username and password if prompted.

Install Sophos Home on Windows

Before you start

Make sure your computer is connected to the internet
Make sure you do not have McAfee endpoint protection installed.
To remove McAfee endpoint protection, follow these instructions.

Once you have registered for your free Sophos Home account using the steps above, navigate to home.sophos.com and Sign In via the link in the upper right. Once you are signed in, navigate to cloud.sophos.com/manage/home/dashboard.
Under Protect this PC, click the Download button.
Once the file has finished downloading, double click the downloaded file to extract and start the installer.
Once the installer has started, click Install to begin the installation. Click Yes on the User Account Control dialog. You may be prompted for your computer's admin username and password.
Once the installation is complete, click Finish.

Install Sophos Home on Linux

Download Sophos Anti-Virus for linux from sophos.com/products/free-tools/sophos-antivirus-for-linux
Follow the instructions in the Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux startup guide for standalone computers.
The current version of the guide is also available at sophos.com/support/documentation/sophos-anti-virus-for-linux

Sophos is a UK tech company offering two versions of their Mac security software. Macs are already well protected, but there are some extra features in the package worth taking a look at.

An unnecessary extra step

Sophos offer their proprietary antivirus software for Mac with ransom-ware protection and cloud-based configuration. You might not need it, though.

The latest antivirus software for Mac, from Sophos, comes in two flavors. They offer Sophos Home Free and Sophos Home Premium. Both versions get you real-time antivirus, parental controls, and their remote web-based management application. The paid version also gets ransom-ware security software and basic privacy tools. Pubg for macbook pro download. As en extra bonus there’s live, daytime chat and email access to their support team. You can also protect up to ten devices with the premium edition, as opposed to three with the free version.

To configure the software you access the controls through a web-app. This cloud-based system has several advantages. You can configure your system protection remotely. Also, updates to virus libraries and ransom-ware watchlists install on the interface without the need for a download.

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Apple has a solid reputation for protecting their devices, and it’s debatable whether this product is necessary. All Mac OS X versions from 10.6.7 come with built-in malware detection. They update their database daily, so it’s difficult to see what advantages Sophos provides.

Tests have shown that the virus detection is less than perfect. In one basic trial, it failed to recognise the EICAR file, an industry-standard virus test. This is worrying because the in-built Mac protection will pick this up every time on a standard directory scan.

Where can you run this program?

Sophos runs on all Mac OS X from 10.11 onwards and all Windows from Win7 up.

Is there a better alternative?

Yes. The Mac comes out of the box with most of the protection that this package offers. McAfee offers similar protection but at a higher cost per device. Whether it’s necessary is another matter altogether.

Our take

This is a well-priced product if you need to protect a large number of Macs. Apple technology is subject to viruses and malware attacks like other devices, but they are better equipped straight out of the factory, to deal with them.

Should you download it?

No. If you’re looking to expand on the protection on your Mac, you should consider looking elsewhere.