Anti-virus software: Sophos@Home
Sophos anti-virus (Sophos SAV) software is licensed for Monash staff and students to use at home on privately owned computers. To install the software you will need to download the install file from the web (see below). Your Authcate username and password is required to download the software to ensure licensing conditions are adhered to.
It is important to note that the software you are downloading for remote use is configured differently to the Sophos software on University workstations on the Monash LAN. The default configuration of the software is to prevent access to infected documents and files, but not to automatically clean them. The vendors of the software believe strongly that any file that is discovered to be infected should be manually deleted and restored from a known-good backup. If you wish to change the behaviour so that the files are cleaned, you must configure Sophos SAV once you have installed it on your computer.
Important Notes
This distribution is intended for use only on privately owned Windows PCs, not university-owned machines. ITS only provide limited support for this software.
The initial installation of Sophos anti-virus must be performed by an account holder with Administrator-equivalent rights to the PC. Once this is done, Sophos Anti-Virus will automatically install updates..
Installation
Note: You will need an Authcate username and password to download these files.
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