Guest User!

You are not Sophos Staff.

Thread Info
  • State Not Answered
  • Locked Locked
  • Replies 2 replies
  • Subscribers 6 subscribers
  • Views 2514 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Options
Suggested
This discussion has been locked.
You can no longer post new replies to this discussion. If you have a question you can start a new discussion

Drawbacks compared to Sophos Anti-Virus?

larsi

My university has a site license for Sophos Anti-Virus that allows me to install it on my personal Mac, too. It works great, but I find it a bit annoying that I have to connect to my university's VPN once or twice a day to be able to update the virus definitions.

Would it be a good idea to remove Sophos Anti-Virus and install the Home Edition instead? I wouldn't need the VPN for updating anymore, but does the Home Edition have drawbacks, too? (for personal use, of course)

:1000053


This thread was automatically locked due to age.
Parents
  • 0
    larsi wrote:

    … I have to connect to my university's VPN …  to update the virus definitions. …

    I would strongly suggest asking server/firewall administrators to relax the firewall for that update service.

    IMHO anything that makes antivirus software updates difficult, or annoying, has a bad effect long term. 

    (Some users will learn that a crossed out Sophos icon is  a frequent and acceptable norm. Learning to ignore alerts is never good)

    :1000210
Reply
  • 0
    larsi wrote:

    … I have to connect to my university's VPN …  to update the virus definitions. …

    I would strongly suggest asking server/firewall administrators to relax the firewall for that update service.

    IMHO anything that makes antivirus software updates difficult, or annoying, has a bad effect long term. 

    (Some users will learn that a crossed out Sophos icon is  a frequent and acceptable norm. Learning to ignore alerts is never good)

    :1000210
Children
No Data