Oucs Oxford Sophos For Mac
. It’s been just less than a week since Sophos caused a stir in the security world by releasing a home users. Yes, free as in “properly free”. Not a trial version, or an eval, or something that would nag you repeatedly into purchasing a “pro” version – but really, truly free and fully featured. And the response has been terrific – with the number of people downloading Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition exceeding our expectations, the product being named a “Staff Pick” on Apple Downloads (and making the number one position in its Networking & Security section).
Now the folks at SecureMac have published the of our free Mac anti-virus product, including a test against Mac-specific malware. I’m delighted to report that Sophos’s free Mac product receives a solid thumbs-up, and is awarded “5/5 across the board” in the review. So, if you’re still dithering about whether you should run an anti-virus on your Mac at home, then do and then download our. П™‚.
Follow for the latest computer security news. Follow for exclusive pics, gifs, vids and LOLs! Sophos, with its world headquarters near the university city of Oxford in the UK, has a highly regarded world-wide reputation for supplying sophisticated security software for large commercial computer systems.
Big corporations including banks rely on Sophos software. The company is, therefore, big enough to be generous in offering Home editions of their software for free. The various business editions of their products obviously attract an appropriate commercial fee, it is as simple as that. I am not directly connected with Sophos, but as an observer for many years I admire the sheer quality of their products.
It would seem that the same attention to detail is evident in their free Mac Home Edition offering, including being designed from the bottom-up as a proper Mac OS X application and not a Windows hand-me-down bodge up.
Viruses, worms, trojans and other malware are now an everyday occurrence in the connected world. They can spread quickly across networks such as the Internet, causing considerable damage in the process. It is very important that you protect your computer(s) against these infections, as failure to do so can result in the compromise of your banking details and credit/debit card information as well as the loss of your photographs, music, essays, correspondence etc. We strongly recommend that you take steps to protect your computer(s), including backing up data, installing up-to-date anti-virus software and keeping the operating system and other vulnerable software up to date. Please see the for further information.
Oucs Oxford Sophos For Mac Windows 10
If you don't have up-to-date anti-virus software installed, members of Oxford University can download and install Sophos Anti-Virus free of charge from the Computing Services. Please refer to the table below for downloads and instructions for installing Sophos clients for various operating systems. Registered IT Support Staff have access to all Sophos software covered by the University site licence, including the Endpoint Security and Email Security suites; links to downloads and further information are also given in the table below.