Release Notes & News

Retirement of Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux Free Edition

2021-03-17T08:32:00Z

We’ve retired Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux Free Edition. You’ll still get updates but we plan to withdraw these at the end of the year. The next release of Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux Free Edition will include a log message and email no...(read more)

Classic Home Edition update to 9.6.8

2018-07-11T17:05:00Z

Hello everyone,

We are in the process of releasing 9.6.8 to the classic Home Edition user base. This new update includes performance and stability improvements to the existing engine.

All existing installations should get this update within the next hour or two.

This is a good time to remind everyone that although we'll continue to offer maintenance updates for this product periodically this "classic" Home Edition version of Sophos Anti-Virus, but you should not expect this will last forever. We really encourage everyone to look at upgrading to the new Sophos Home product, as that version will get all the new consumer-oriented features going forward.

Get started with Sophos Home today! https://home.sophos.com

Classic Home Edition update to 9.6.6

2017-11-28T10:43:00Z

Hello everyone,

We are in the process of releasing 9.6.6 to the classic Home Edition user base. This update in a maintenance patch including some improvements for compatibility with macOS High Sierra (10.13) when using on-demand scans with APFS volumes. The update also includes a new threat detection engine (3.70.2).

All existing installations should get this update within the next hour or two.

Get started with Sophos Home today: https://home.sophos.com

Note: The standalone installer is no longer available.

Classic Home Edition update to 9.6.5

2017-09-27T10:39:00Z

Hello everyone,

We are in the process of releasing 9.6.5 to the classic Home Edition user base. This update in a maintenance patch including some improvements for compatibility with macOS High Sierra (10.13). All existing installations should get this update within the next hour or two.

Other changes in this version since 9.6.1:

a new threat detection engine (3.69.2)
performance improvements for the Web Protection feature
performance and compatibility improvements for the on-access scanner

Get started with Sophos Home today: https://home.sophos.com

Note: The standalone installer is no longer available.

Classic Home Edition update 9.6.1

2017-02-01T12:54:00Z

Hey everyone,

Today we published a new version of the "classic" Home Edition of Sophos Anti-Virus, version 9.6.1. All endpoints should receive this update within the next few hours automatically.

This update matches version 9.6.1 for our business customers, and the Sophos Home team have incorporated the same improvements into version 1.2.3.

This update includes performance and stability improvements to the on-access scanner, especially addressing some lingering compatibility issues with Time Machine on 10.11 and 10.12. It also includes an updated threat detection engine (version 3.68.0).

For most people you'll need to reboot your Mac to activate the new kernel extension with these improvements. Doesn't affect security, just performance. Reboot when convenient.

Although this update took a lot longer to publish than we'd like, we really put a lot of emphasis on the quality of the software and this time that testing cycle took longer than expected. It makes no sense to release buggy software, especially if those bugs could compromise the security and integrity of your Mac.

This is a good time to remind everyone that although we'll continue to support this "classic" Home Edition version of Sophos Anti-Virus, but you should not expect this will last forever. We really encourage everyone to look at upgrading to the new Sophos Home product, as that version will get all the new consumer-oriented features going forward.

Get started with Sophos Home today: https://home.sophos.com

Note: The standalone installer is no longer available.