So we're not making you pay by selling your contact details onwards. My colleague Paul Ducklin explained it well in this interview he did with TechDay in New Zealand: You don’t need to sign up for a password, and we won’t stop your updates after a few months and ask for a fee. If you have a Mac at home, you can download Sophos Anti-Virus Home Edition for Mac without having to give us your details and without a time limit. So, what’s the catch? Well, there isn’t one. We’re just happy for home Mac users to run it and protect their gorgeous computers.
One of the things I really like about our free Mac product is that it doesn’t nag you into purchasing a “professional” version of our software like some other freebie anti-viruses for Windows do.
Clearly there are folks out there who like the idea of running an anti-virus on their Mac! Especially if it’s free! Not only have the download figures been astronomical, but it’s also received some great reviews.
#Mac virus protection that doesnt bother me for mac os x
We’ve had many many users telling us about the malware they’ve found since installing the program – and yes, not just Windows viruses and Trojans, but malware written specifically for Mac OS X too. I’m not sure if the powers-that-be are allowing me yet to tell you precisely how many downloads it’s had in the last week and a half, but let’s just say “hundreds of thousands”.ĭownload Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition We’ve been delighted by how the Mac community has responded to our release last week of a free anti-virus for Mac home users.
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