Anti-Virus software is vital to help keep both University computers and your own personal computer secure. Sophos Anti-Virus software is the UW’s preferred choice for UW faculty, staff and students. The Sophos product suite includes stand-alone and managed anti-virus clients for all current (and many older) versions of Windows and Mac OS, and most of the popular UNIX and Linux distributions. It also provides apps for both Android and iOS based mobile devices.
Sophos Home Premium delivers advanced, real-time protection powered by a host of technologies from our Intercept X and Central Endpoint Advanced business offerings, as well as remote management for up to 10 PCs or Macs. As with all our products, Sophos Home is designed for ease-of-use and simplicity. Premium services that include personalized support Follow-the-sun delivery provides expert assistance when and where you need it Automatic software downloads and updates 1 “Enhanced” is available for Sophos XG Firewall products, but is not included in the base license, with the exception of Endpoint. Sophos Home Premium features a real-time Mac antivirus and ransomware security, premium support, and can connect up to ten devices. While Sophos Home is intended for personal and non-commercial.
- What's new in Sophos Home Premium 3.2.3: Changes and fixes in version 3.2.3: Resolves an issue where the Sophos Home user interface did not sometimes update properly after a version update.
- Sophos Home Premium lacks a hardened browser for secure online banking and shopping, but it can foil a keylogger program by encrypting the data flow from the keyboard to the system.
Get Sophos
Sophos Anti-Virus protection is available to UW faculty, staff, students and departments. Which version of Sophos you download depends on the ownership of your computer. Choose the appropriate option:
UW-owned computers
The UW Sophos license allows UW students, faculty, and staff to download the UW’s Sophos software on University-owned computers, servers, and workstations. The software can be installed on unlimited UW-owned computers at no cost.
Get Sophos for UW-owned computers:
Note: Sophos Antivirus is now compatible with Mac OS 11 (Big Sur). You can now update your Mac OS to Big Sur to run on Sophos.
- Download Sophos after agreeing to the terms and conditions.
Your personal computer or device
UW students, faculty, and staff can get Sophos Home Premium for free on their personal computers and devices. To get Sophos Home Premium, enter your UW email address on the page linked below. You will receive an email with a coupon code and a link to register for your license and download Sophos Home Premium. You can also download basic Sophos Home instead.
Get Sophos Home Premium for your personal computer or device:
Get basic Sophos Home instead:
Departmental IT
Sophos Central, a web-based Enterprise Console, is available to UW departmental IT and system administrators to install and manage Sophos Endpoint Protection suite on their departmental computers.
Get Sophos Central:
Sophos Premium Support
License Details
The UW Sophos license grants faculty and staff at UW the rights to use the software on UW owned computers, servers, and workstations.
- There is no charge for the software.
- UW-IT administers this site license.
Sophos Home Premium (or “Sophos Home Commercial Use Edition”) is provided courtesy of Sophos to students, faculty, and staff. With an affiliated UW email address, users can get Sophos Home Premium at no cost for their personal computers and devices. This offer may end at any time and without warning. If that happens, please switch to the basic version of Sophos Home. UW employees or students interested in participating in this offer should go to Sophos Home Download Page, agree to the terms, and use their @uw.edu or @u.washington.edu email address to request a coupon code. Sophos will then send an email to that UW address with a coupon code and instructions on next steps. The UW email address is only required for receiving the coupon code–UW users are then welcome to use any email address they choose for registering their account with Sophos.
The Sophos Home Premium software listed below is for use on your personal computer and should not be installed on the UW-owned equipment. Once you have separated from the UW, you must remove the software from your computer.
Sophos Antivirus for home Windows and Macintosh computers provides the same level of protection as the UW licensed package does. The application can be installed on up to three computers. After free registration, you will get a web portal where you can monitor your devices and act on detected issues when needed. Sophos provides free Linux antivirus software. Sophos Antivirus for Linux
More information is available from Sophos:
Sophos Premium Trial
Documentation and support
Sophos Review
Online documentation and support
Need help?
Contact UW-IT at help@uw.edu or call 206-221-5000.
There’s an increasing amount of time and attention focused on keeping our business data protected with the latest and greatest technologies, yet many users have only basic protection at home. This leaves personal data with weak defenses against the same types of attacks that businesses face.
But, at Sophos, we want our users to have the powerful protection they enjoy at work, at home. Which is why we are pleased to announce the launch of Sophos Home Premium.
Sophos Home Premium delivers advanced, real-time protection powered by a host of technologies from our Intercept X and Central Endpoint Advanced business offerings, as well as remote management for up to 10 PCs or Macs.
As with all our products, Sophos Home is designed for ease-of-use and simplicity.
Sophos Premium For Mac
Sounds good, but you’re not sure you want to commit? No problem, Sophos Home users can try out the Premium features free for 30-days.
Sophos Premium Home
Once the trial is over you can decide whether you want to upgrade to Sophos Home Premium, at $50 (€40, £40) per year, or stay with the features found in Sophos Home Free. Both versions will continue to receive updates from our engineers and SophosLabs.
We’ve been offering cybersecurity tools for home users for well over a decade, and Sophos Home Premium is just another logical step in increasing security everywhere.
To learn more head over to the Sophos Home site.
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