Sophos Home Antivirus for Mac

Sophos Home Antivirus for Mac

Overview

Please follow the below instructions to install Sophos Home Antivirus to your Mac. 

Instructions

Before beginning, confirm that your version of macOS is supported by Sophos here: https://support.sophos.com/support/s/article/KB-000034670?language=en_US

1. Download the Sophos Central setup pkg file from https://my.sophos.com/en-us/download/ (this will download to your downloads as a pkg file)
2. Open your downloads folder
3. Click on the Sophos Installer 
4. Click Open  
5. Click Let's start  
6. Read the terms and conditions and click Install. 
7. Click Install on New User. 
8. Enter you Mac Username and Mac Password and click Install Helper
9. When the installations process is complete, create a new account follow the prompts.
10. Enter the verification code that was emailed to your account.
11. Click Open Security Preferences to allow System Extension.
12. Click the lock icon in the bottom left if it is not already unlocked.  You will be prompted to enter the password for your Mac.  Once unlocked, click the Details button, then check the two boxes for Sophos and click OK to allow the Sophos extensions. 
13. When prompted, allow Sophos to add proxy configurations.  
14. If you are prompted to give Sophos Full Disk Access, open Security & Privacy in System Preferences
15. Unlock the lock to make changes
16. Open Full Disk Access folder located in the left pane of Security & Privacy window
17. Drag and drop the file from the screen below to your Full Disk Access Panel. 
18. You are ready to use Sophose Home, click Done 

For additional help, please contact the IT Support Services at (412) 365-1112 or submit a ticket at services.chatham.edu.