After 30 days Premium protection ends but standard Home protection continues. Note that while Sophos Home is free forever, Sophos will try to upsell you to Sophos Premium, which is a paid service, by making Premium available at no cost for the first 30 days. For additional Sophos Home help please visit.
#HOW TO UNINSTALL SOPHOS ANTIVIRUS HOW TO#
This article describes how to re-install Sophos Home/re-protect a computer after having re-installed your operating system, or if you wish to remove the current installation and reinstall it for troubleshooting purposes. It asks for the Admin password and will not accept the password I provided. Applies to: Sophos Home Premium and Free. Thought I had provided an Admin password - 12345678ABC (not the actual password) After going through ungodly hell, decided to try to remove Sophos. You do not need to use your FIT email or FIT password Sophos Home accounts do not sync with FIT and are not managed by the Division of Information Technology.įollow the step-by-step instructions from Sophos on how to download Sophos Home, install, and manage device settings. From Windows Safe Mode installed Sophos Endpoint because I couldn't find anything else on their site. Go to and enter your first name, last name, email address and password then follow the instructions to activate your new account.
#HOW TO UNINSTALL SOPHOS ANTIVIRUS INSTALL#
To install Sophos Home you will first need to create a Sophos Home account.
Please review the system requirements and uninstall any existing antivirus software before you install the Sophos Home Software. If you choose not to purchase this software, you can install Sophos Home on up to three (3) Mac and Windows computers. Sophos Anti-Virus will have three entries: Select each of these. Often a household can purchase one antivirus subscription that covers many computers. Process Navigate to the Control Panel (Start > Control Panel).
Paid antivirus products, usually costing about $75 per year, offer the best protection. Note: don’t install additional antivirus software on any device distributed/issued by FIT even if it is used off-campus it will already have antivirus installed. The main features of Sophos Antivirus for Linux are on-access, on-demand and scheduled scanning for Linux servers and desktops. Sophos Group plc is a UK-based security hardware and software company. In addition, antivirus is required for any computer trying to connect to FIT VPN. Sophos Antivirus for Linux is free antivirus software for Linux computers from Sophos. We recommend that all FIT students, faculty, and staff protect their personal computers from malicious software, inappropriate websites, and viruses by installing a high-quality antivirus program.