The DMG auto mounts (labled as “Sophos Anti-Virus Home Edition OS X 10.4+”) on a default Mac system and opens a window with a two step process. Once you’ve verified the checksum you may proceed with the installation. A quick tweet to could help fix that although no guarantees.

The requirements are pretty simple as it works with Intel/PPC processors from Tiger to Snow Leopard on all Apple Mac hardware (including the latest Macbook Air released last month).Īfter downloading the Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac DMG (filename: savosx_72_he.dmg size:~62 MB) it is highly recommended that you invoke Terminal, change to your Downloads folder and generate the message digest using the command md5 savosx_72_he.dmg and match the checksum on the Sophos Tech Specs site (at the time of this writing) it is 21c3c6f2d93d0843238b9575792e06ef if the checksums do not match it is possible that the DMG corrupted during download, has been tampered with, or someone dropped the ball on synching the download page to the file. Prior to even downloading the downloadable installation check over the Tech Specs page to verify that your system is up to par with what the software supports. Protects against 2111062 threats Installation Note: It is very important to be sure to backup your system with Time Machine or alternative back up software prior to installation and after verifying you have the requirements necessary to install and run adequately. I’ll be going through this review step-by-step and cover all the features related to the Mac system, usability, configuration and overall experience. It comes with an uninstaller (Applications/Remove Sophos) in case you want to remove it after trying it on your system.

Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition runs in the background and scans files for threats whenever your Mac opens them. SophosLabs have detected over 1,000 threats for Mac OS. Sophos declares the following in their campaign for Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac

Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition Review Introduction

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