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Sophos
Introducing Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition. It's easy to install, quiet to run and simple to use-it keeps you safe from viruses, Trojans and worms without getting in your way.
High-grade protection without slowing you down. Best of all, it's free full-featured anti-virus. You get business-grade protection for your Mac backed by our SophosLabs experts-they're on the job every day of the year, 24 hours a day. We'll stop, quarantine and clean up Mac or Windows threats that try to infect your computer. We can even stop new, unknown threats.
As versatile
High-grade protection without slowing you down. Best of all, it's free full-featured anti-virus. You get business-grade protection for your Mac backed by our SophosLabs experts-they're on the job every day of the year, 24 hours a day. We'll stop, quarantine and clean up Mac or Windows threats that try to infect your computer. We can even stop new, unknown threats.
As versatile
What's New
Version 8.0.1:
- Scheduled Scans: Now, in addition to On-Access and On-Demand Custom Scans, you can also create Scheduled Scans to run automatically on a pre-defined schedule
- Live Protection: Gives you a direct connection to the very latest information we have about new Mac threats. Using our global intelligence network, we can identify new threats quickly and make sure your Mac is protected--immediately. Live Anti-Virus has been available in our Windows products for a while now and I'm really excited that our Mac customers will now be able to benefit.
- Enhanced user-interface: We've improved the user-interface and made the product even easier to use
Version 8.0.1:
- Scheduled Scans: Now, in addition to On-Access and On-Demand Custom Scans, you can also create Scheduled Scans to run automatically on a pre-defined schedule
- Live Protection: Gives you a direct connection to the very latest information we have about new Mac threats. Using our global intelligence network, we can identify new threats quickly and make sure your Mac is more...
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later
ClamXav+23
VirusBarrier X...+18 
Internet Secur...+15 
VirusBarrier E...+2 
Bitdefender Vi...+2 
AppDefender Pr...+1
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Introducing Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition. It's easy to install, quiet to run and simple to use-it keeps you safe from viruses, Trojans and worms without getting in your way.
High-grade protection without slowing you down. Best of all, it's free full-featured anti-virus. You get business-grade protection for your Mac backed by our SophosLabs experts-they're on the job every day of the year, 24 hours a day. We'll stop, quarantine and clean up Mac or Windows threats that try to infect your computer. We can even stop new, unknown threats.
As versatile as you want it to be, as powerful as you need it to be:
Nobody likes system pop-ups or system slow-downs. That's why our product won't annoy you with messages or take up your computer's resources. And once you install Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition, you're the boss. Want it to just scan quietly in the background as you work? No problem. Need to create a custom scan to check what you want and leave out what you don't? It can do that, too.
As Apple computers grow more popular than ever, they're an increasingly-enticing target for hackers. And these hackers aren't just mischief-makers-by targeting your computer or applications you use, these criminals are out to steal and profit from your valuable personal information. Don't let them. Get free Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac today.
High-grade protection without slowing you down. Best of all, it's free full-featured anti-virus. You get business-grade protection for your Mac backed by our SophosLabs experts-they're on the job every day of the year, 24 hours a day. We'll stop, quarantine and clean up Mac or Windows threats that try to infect your computer. We can even stop new, unknown threats.
As versatile as you want it to be, as powerful as you need it to be:
Nobody likes system pop-ups or system slow-downs. That's why our product won't annoy you with messages or take up your computer's resources. And once you install Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition, you're the boss. Want it to just scan quietly in the background as you work? No problem. Need to create a custom scan to check what you want and leave out what you don't? It can do that, too.
As Apple computers grow more popular than ever, they're an increasingly-enticing target for hackers. And these hackers aren't just mischief-makers-by targeting your computer or applications you use, these criminals are out to steal and profit from your valuable personal information. Don't let them. Get free Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac today.
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Penguirl reviewed on 24 May 2012
It seemed to work pretty well up until that point, running in the background with no noticeable slowdown and automatically updating itself, but obviously kernel panics are a deal breaker.
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Maxter reviewed on 06 May 2012
All was fine until I noticed some Java applications I do not use on a daily basis didn't launch anymore.
I uninstalled Sophos and the issue vanished.
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Smtips reviewed on 30 Apr 2012
ALSO and more importantly: I'm running a Quad Core 3.2 GHz machine, and Sophos is right now flagging in Activity Monitor as using OVER 100% PROCESSOR TIME. This is totally unacceptable. I was curious why opening windows was so slow and clicking the mouse took like 3 seconds before it activated the click. That's why.
DO NOT USE THIS PROGRAM. Soon as this scan is finished I'm dumping their false-reporting, processor-sucking piece of junk off my machine. And I'm going to publicize this all over....their doomsaying about 60% (or whatever it was) of Macs infected with Malware IS A BIG FAT LIE.
The other day I ran it on all my drives, it took hours to complete, and didn't come up with a single infected Mac file, just a few old pc files with that same Generic warning. This company is really having a hayday with this recent Java malware...they are trying to capitalize on it and RIP OFF Mac users with false information.
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The only problem I encounter is related to Java applications. They just don't launch.
So for now I will stick on ClamXav. If a bit slow, it has been reliable for years.
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Jeff H. reviewed on 30 Apr 2012
Rarely gives me problems, super fast, no spinning beach balls, etc...
After installing this my Mac slowly became slow, sluggish, spinning beach ball for most apps. Launch times of apps was HORRIBLE!
Cant be a coincidence.
I finally got sick of it, did the math that this was the last app install before the slow down, trashed it and all its relating files, flushed cash, repaired permissions, and like magic I have my fast Mac back!
As I said, can't be a coincidence.
Could be my machine setup, but not for me.
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Schnacka reviewed on 22 Apr 2012
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Longboy reviewed on 19 Apr 2012
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it is so annoying and confusing also!!
best thing is when anti-viruses apps hide its icons from the MENU BAR as well as the DOCK and make it running in the background!!!
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So, it is better if they add the option whether to hide it or not
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1. By default, it checks for updates hourly -- and it does appear that they do frequently update their data because I see downloads happening during many of those checks.
You can change that frequency.
2. You can choose to have it look inside archives routinely or not. If you choose not -- it will still check the contents when you actually open an archive -- or manually select an archive to scan.
3. You can also tell it wether or not to do networked drives.
4. In addition to these "built-in" do-it-or-not choices, you can add specific files/folders/drives for it to ignore.
5. You can choose what it does when it finds a problem --- clean, block, move assorted sequences.
6. To save time for manual system back-ups, you can disable on-access scanning during the backup
7. Lastly --- if you out-geek yourself into the realms of outer darkness confussion --- there is allways the "restore to defaults" button. ;P
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However, after installing this app and test-driving it for a few weeks, all I see is a white cross in the middle of the icon in the menubar. The log keeps telling me "Cannot find primary server." I'm also prevented from manually updating for the same reason. A message "Could not find primary server" keeps appearing. I noticed there is an option in Preferences for a 'secondary server' but it's non-selectable.
It would be a more reassuring to see the shield, if only it gives me the impression it's actively protecting my system.
Help anyone?
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kristinks rated on 23 Apr 2012
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45zer0 rated on 05 Nov 2011
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Josh C. rated on 04 Nov 2011