![]() ![]() The £59 ($80) ‘Premium’ might be more appealing to users who are serious about protecting their Mac – offering Ransomware additional privacy and access to live support. The free ‘Home’ version only gets you basic Mac protection and little else. More on the software, together with hardware compatibility information, can be found out from a download micro-site here.Sophos offers two access tiers to its Antivirus for Mac software. The technology also bundles a disinfection utility. ![]() Sophos Anti-Virus Home Edition includes automatic on-access detection that runs in the background, so that users do not need to schedule scans in order to be protected. "While most businesses recognise the importance of protecting their Mac computers from malware threats, most home users do not," said Chris Kraft, product management vice president at Sophos. ![]() Whatever happens it's likely to take plenty of flak for Mac fanbois for even suggesting there's a malware risk. Many Mac users remain unpersuaded that Macs need anti-malware protection, so it will be interesting to see whether Sophos's move serves to shift perceptions. Unlike freemium scanner outfits such as AVG there are no plans to convert users onto paid-for consumer versions of Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac. The UK-based firm sees the freebie Mac scanner as a medium-term commitment, even though the product is not there to make money, and it will cost Sophos to run a dedicated support forum and field queries. Sophos Anti-Virus Home Edition for Mac is based on the enterprise version of the internet security firm's product but with the management hooks and extra bells and whistles removed to reduce complexity. "It's not footprint-free but the impact is minimal," she reported. The Sophos worker and Mac user has been running beta versions of its software on her machine over the past three months without noticing a performance hit. ![]()
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