Version 10.0.1

Important

You must review the information in knowledge base article KB-000039014 as it contains important information about this release.

  1. Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Note: as of February 2021, Sophos is no longer offering free subscriptions to their antivirus software. CIS is evaluating other products to determine whether there is a free solution we can recommend for non-Brown-owned computers.
  2. Sophos Home Free — Best for Overall macOS Protection & Free Parental Controls. Sophos Home Free is a compact and lightweight Mac antivirus.It’s web-based, so most features are controlled from the Sophos Home online dashboard — great for people with limited space on their Mac.

Notes

For a new installation of Sophos on a Mac, Sophos needs to be allowed in the General tab of the Security & Privacy window. If Sophos needs to be re-installed on the same Mac, the process of allowing Sophos no longer needs to be repeated since the same allow process will be retained by the operating system. See our rating of the Best Antivirus Software for Mac of 2021 and get expert advice on how to find the best antivirus software to protect your Apple devices. Sophos: Sophos sells just one. Sophos Antivirus for Mac Home Edition is a complete antivirus solution for your Mac, and it gives you the ability to review files identified as threats before they are removed.

The notification 'Full disk access required' that asks the user to grant Sophos processes full disk access may be re-triggered.

The threat detection engine version is 3.79.0.

Resolved issues

Resolved issues for this release.
Issue IDDescription
MACEP-5389Resolved an issue with tabs opening slowly in Google Chrome.

Version 10.0.0

New Features

This release supports the EDR 3 capabilities in Sophos Central (to be rolled out for Macs by September). Live Discover allows admins to use osquery to search the device data across their estate to answer almost any question they can think of. Live Response allows admins to start an interactive session to a remote device.

Get mac os for free. This version supports macOS 10.13 and later.

Updated Components

The threat detection engine version is 3.79.0.

Resolved issues

Resolved issues for this release.
Issue IDDescription
MACEP-4232Improved battery life when performing on-demand scans.
MACEP-5178Resolved an issue when connecting devices lacking vendor, product or serial information.

Version 9.9.8

Resolved issues

Sophos Antivirus Mac Download

Resolved issues for this release.
Issue IDDescription
MACEP-4973Resolved blank captive portal.

Version 9.9.6

This release contains performance improvements.

Resolved issues

Sophos For Mac Download

Resolved issues for this release.
Issue IDDescription
MACEP-4600Improved memory usage when Threat Case creation is enabled.
MACEP-4602Resolved an issue with modified permissions on the man8 directory when using disk encryption.
MACEP-4493Resolved an intermittent failure where web pages may fail to load.
MACEP-4606Improved support for macOS 10.15 Catalina when using MDM profiles.
Antivirus

Version 9.9.5

New features

  • This release contains improved support for macOS 10.15 Catalina.
  • This release contains stability improvements.

Resolved issues

Resolved issues for this release.
Issue IDDescription
MACEP-4456Users can now copy paths from the Events panel.

Version 9.9.4

New features

  • This release contains support for macOS 10.15 Catalina.
  • This release contains security and performance improvements.

Updated components

The threat detection engine version is 3.77.1.

Resolved issues

Resolved issues for this release.
Issue IDDescription
MACEP-4414Resolved an intermittent issue on macOS 10.14 Mojave where the Captive Network Assistant page could fail to load.
MACEP-4410Addressed CVE-2020-10947.

User-friendly and reliable anti-malware application that helps you protect your Mac from a wide variety of threats such as viruses, spyware and other types of malware

What's new in Sophos Home 10.0.2:

  • Fixes / Improvements:
  • Fixed an issue with Web Protection not being enabled for macOS 11 users.
  • Note: Users will be required to Allow the new web component when prompted.
Read the full changelog

Sophos Home (formerly Sophos Anti-Virus Home Edition) is a free for private and non-commercial use and unobtrusive macOS application that provides advanced protection against a wide variety of Mac, as well as Window threats in order to prevent the spread of malware.

Stay safe and prevent the infection with worms, Trojans and other threats

Thanks to Sophos Home, you can also securely browse the web as it automatically scans the website for malicious codes. In addition, Sophos Home stops web-based malware and protects you against Internet threats.

The Live Antivirus function ensures a direct line to SophosLabs in order to provide the latest threat intelligence and stop all threats in time. Once a threat is detected, Sophos Home allows you to quarantine questionable files and for further analysis or immediately remove them from your computer.

Take care of your daily tasks and let Sophos Home in charge of your protection

Sophos Home quietly runs in the background and can be easily summoned via its status bar menu. From here, you can update its virus database, scan your Mac and open the Preferences or the Quarantine Manager.

Additionally, Sophos Home features a minimalist interface that helps you scan your entire system or only certain drives / folders. Office 2016 for mac os. Hence, you can create custom scans that can be run manually or automatically by Sophos Home at the desired time and day.

As expected, you can include or exclude items from the scan process, schedule your scan at the desired time and day of the week and tell Sophos Home what to do with the detected threat.

Schedule multiple scans and stay updated with the latest virus databases

By accessing the Preferences window, you can enable or disable the On-access scanner, change the update frequency and set the path for the log file. You can also setup a notification system that displays alerts when a threat is detected.

Waves plugins for mac os x. Moreover, you can enable or disable the Live Protection and Web Protection feature if you want to receive the latest updates and block the access to malicious websites and downloads.

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Download Hubs

Sophos Home is part of these download collections: Virus Scanner, Free Antivirus, Detect Malware, Trojan Remover

Sophos Home was reviewed by George Popescu
4.0/5
LIMITATIONS IN THE UNREGISTERED VERSION
  • You can protect up to 3 devices with the Free edition
  • Premium-only features:
  • Mac Ransomware Security
  • Privacy Protection
  • Premium Support
  • Protect up to 10 devices
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
  • 64-bit processor

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