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Need two Sophos pkgs for Mac/Parallels?

nhirsh33
I use Parallels for Mac, a Windows 7 emulator that works great when I need it. What Sophos should I order for both Mac and Windows protection?
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    Sophos Mac Home AV is a Mac-only product.  For realtime protection of your Windows guest VM, you'll need AV software running under Windows.

    However, since Mac Home AV scans the filesystem, if the Windows FS is mounted on your Mac host, it will get scanned.  The actual product uses the same detection engine as our enterprise Windows product, so malware will get detected on the guest drive as well.

    HOWEVER, if the guest drive is not mounted in your host, it won't be scanned.

    Plus, if you have it both running and mounted (not usually a good idea), if both OSes have AV software running, they may conflict, causing unexpected results.

    Was that understandable?

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    Sophos Mac Home AV is a Mac-only product.  For realtime protection of your Windows guest VM, you'll need AV software running under Windows.

    However, since Mac Home AV scans the filesystem, if the Windows FS is mounted on your Mac host, it will get scanned.  The actual product uses the same detection engine as our enterprise Windows product, so malware will get detected on the guest drive as well.

    HOWEVER, if the guest drive is not mounted in your host, it won't be scanned.

    Plus, if you have it both running and mounted (not usually a good idea), if both OSes have AV software running, they may conflict, causing unexpected results.

    Was that understandable?

    :1004391
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