Sophos Home (Antivirus)

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Sophos Home for PCs and Macs

Protect all the computers in your home with the free Sophos Home. The same antivirus, malware protection, and web filtering technology trusted by hundreds of thousands of businesses is now yours to take home.

• Stop malware, viruses, ransomware, and malicious apps
  
• Block unwanted web content, phishing attacks
  
• Easily manage remote computers from virtually anywhere
  
• Works on both Windows PCs and Macs
  

Homepage: https://home.sophos.com/en-us.aspx

Download: https://home.sophos.com/en-us/download-a...us-pc.aspx

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This article shows the fixes and features added to the Sophos Home Windows 2.0.11 and Mac 2.0.9 release on January 22, 2019.

Windows 2.0.11
Fixes

• CHOME-5124 - Messaging butons are missing on high DPI displays
  
• CHOME-5114 - slow boot issue on a very small number of Windows machines
  
• CHOME-5112 - BSOD on reboot seen on 1 Windows machine
  

Features

• Aritifical Intelligence - Evaluates files before they even run and stops brand new, never-before-seen, “zero-day” attacks
  
• Enhanced Real-Time Protection - Prevents cybercriminals from using un-patched vulnerabilities in your OS or apps as wide-open doors into your PC
  
• Scheduled Scans - Manage when you want computer scans to run
  
• Malware Quarantine - Recover certain files incorrectly identified as malware
  
• Improved User Interface - Clear and concise interface to manage your computer(s)
  

Mac 2.0.9
Fixes

• CHOME-4560 - Initial fast scan aborts automatically
  
• CHOME-4989 - Text changes for auto-clean off scenarios for clarity 
  
• CHOME-5088, 5089 - Scheduled scan bug fixes 
  

Features

• CHOME-5029 - Mac Smart Scan (run a scan 48 hours on the behavioral detection)
  
• CHOME-4999 - System extension approval is now mandatory within the app on initial install
  
• Scheduled Scans - Manage when you want computer scans to run
  
• Malware Quarantine - Recover certain files incorrectly identified as malware
  
• Improved User Interface - Clear and concise interface to manage your computer(s)
  

Source: https://support.home.sophos.com/hc/en-us...ry-22-2019

Download: https://home.sophos.com/en-us/download-a...us-pc.aspx

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This article shows the fixes and features added to the Sophos Home Windows 2.1.1 release on March 11, 2019.

Windows 2.1.1

Fixes

• CHOME-5384 - fixed Windows 10 security center message "status unavailable"
  
• CHOME-5360 - incorrect message during cleanup of a PUA
  
• CHOME-5330 - fixed slow boot on Windows 10
  
• CHOME-5283 - fixed a bluescreen during cleanup due to an overflow by KMWDFILTER.sys
  

Features

• n/a
  

 

Changelog: https://support.home.sophos.com/hc/en-us...ch-11-2019

Download: https://home.sophos.com/en-us/download-a...us-pc.aspx

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This article shows the fixes and features added to the Sophos Home Windows 2.1.2 release on April 17, 2019.

Windows 2.1.2
Fixes

• CHOME-5460 - Incompatibility with MDX Intel Driver
  
• CHOME-5421 Surface Book 2 - Unable to use camera or Windows hello if webcam protection is on
  

Features

• n/a
  

Source: https://support.home.sophos.com/hc/en-us...il-17-2019

Download: https://home.sophos.com/en-us/download-a...us-pc.aspx

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This article shows fixes and features added to the Sophos Home Windows 2.1.7 released on August 8th, 2019.

Windows - Sophos Home version 2.1.7Changes in 2.1.7

- Uninstalling Sophos Home 2.1.7 will also remove the computer from the Dashboard (if the un-installation is performed while connected to the internet) 

Note: If 2.1.7 is uninstalled while offline, manual removal from Dashboard will be required). 

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This article shows fixes and features added to the Sophos Home Windows 2.1.8 released on October 17th, 2019.

Windows - Sophos Home version 2.1.8

Fixes in 2.1.8

- Various performance improvements and bug fixes. 

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Sophos Home Windows 2.1.9:

November 20th, 2019

• Various performance improvements and bug fixes.
  

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Windows 2.1.10 - December 5th, 2019

Fixes in 2.1.10

- Various performance improvements and bug fixes.

https://support.home.sophos.com/hc/en-us...r-5th-2019

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Windows - Sophos Home version 2.1.11

Fixes in 2.1.11

• Fixes issue where Keylogger Protection can sometimes incorrectly encrypt keystrokes in applications such as save-as dialog boxes in browsers.
  
• Other bug fixes and improvements.
  

https://support.home.sophos.com/hc/en-us...ry-27-2020

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Applies to: Sophos Home Windows 3.1.0

This article shows fixes and features added to the Sophos Home for Windows 3.1.0 released on May 14th, 2020

Windows - Sophos Home version 3.1.0

Changes and fixes in version 3.1.0

• Various bug fixes and improvements
  

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