Sophos Central Antivirus
Sophos Central - For University-Owned Machines
Sophos Central is the anti-virus, anti-malware, and device encryption solution provided by the Information Security Office to University IT professionals around campus. It allows University IT professionals the ability to protect endpoints and servers against malware including viruses, worms, and trojans, as well as enforce encryption requirements from a central web interface.
If you are an IT administrator, please visit the Getting Started with Sophos Central Guide to learn how to get started with Sophos Central.
If you are not an IT administrator and would like to get Sophos Central installed on your University-owned machine, please contact your local IT administrator.
More details about Sophos Central can be found in on the Sophos Central Confluence page
Sophos Central Antivirus Uninstall
This knowledge base article contains the steps on removing Sophos on a Sophos Central-managed computer or server by running the uninstall string on a Command Prompt or by creating a batch file. Note: Sophos has now published a removal tool called SophosZap. For Sophos Anti-Virus 10.8.9.2. Sophos Central Free Trial Manage all your cybersecurity products with one platform All Products - try our full suite of protection, including endpoint EDR, email, mobile, and server protection. One Console - work efficiently by managing all Sophos products in a single cloud platform.
Sophos Home - For Personally-Owned Machines of University Community Members
Students and Retirees
Sophos has free and premium versions of Sophos Home. For more information and how to download, visit Sophos Home.
Faculty and Staff
Sophos has granted the University complimentary licenses of Sophos Home Premium for personal Windows and Apple computers owned by faculty, staff, DCCs, and student workers. To get started:
- Visit https://home.sophos.com/employee.aspx and enter your @arizona.edu or @email.arizona.edu address as the email address. You must use an email address ending in one of those two addresses in order to receive the Sophos Home Premium licensing for no charge.
- Follow the prompts to register your personal email for a new account or upgrade to your existing Sophos Home account.
General Information/License Agreement Terms & Conditions
- Eligibility: Faculty and staff: University IT professionals will install Sophos on University-owned computers.
- Version: 10.3 Windows, 9x for Mac, 9 for Linux, 3.1.2 for Pure Message for Exchange, 10 for Sophos Bootable Anti-Virus, and 5.2.1 / 5.2.1 R2 for Sophos Enterprise Manager
- Platform: Windows (10, 8.1), Mac, Linux, Pure Message for Exchange
- Cost: Free
- Order/Download
- Contact your local IT department/staff for installation. If you do not have a local IT unit, submit a request to UA Service.
- IT Professionals - see the Sophos Central Confluence page
Components
| Sophos Central Server Anti-Virus Windows Server 2008 R2 and later | 10.8.10.3 January 2021 | 10.8.9 update October 2020 | 10.8.9 October 2020 | 10.8.8 July 2020 | 10.8.7 May 2020 | 10.8.6 update February 2020 | 10.8.6 January 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophos Anti-Virus | 10.8.10.810 | 10.8.9.610 | 10.8.9.292 | 10.8.8.337 | 10.8.7.1000 | 10.8.6.215 | 10.8.6.215 |
| Sophos Endpoint Firewall Management | 1.2.0.17 | 1.2.0.17 | 1.2.0.17 | 1.2.0.17 | 1.2.0.17 | 1.1.0.0 | 1.1.0.0 |
| Threat detection engine | 3.80.1 | 3.79.0 | 3.79.0 | 3.79.0 | 3.78.7 | 3.78.5 | 3.77.1 |
Server release notes
For changes, resolved issues, and known issues for the core components, see the Sophos Server Core Agent release notes.
For changes to Intercept X Advanced for Server with EDR, see the Sophos Central Server Intercept X release notes.
For improvements and new features in Sophos Central, see What's new in Sophos Central.
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Updates that require a restart
Occasionally an update requires a restart. Sophos never forces this restart and there is no impact on protection or threat detection updates during the period before the restart.
Sophos Central Antivirus
We recommend that you schedule a restart during your next maintenance window to ensure that you are running the latest version.