The longest delay that I've ever seen was just a few seconds. Ticking the On/Off button will have an almost instant effect in Sophos Home itself. You can control real-time protection, PUP (potentially unwanted programs), and web protection. Those are the 3 main settings toggles for the machine in question. When you click on a machine in the Sophos Dashboard, you'll be taken to its own overview page, as pictured above. For example, you can install Sophos on a child's machine and decide to block a website without the fear of the child disabling the software, if other good security practices are followed. Workaround is to turn off Defender but this does automatically kick back in. We are seeing dual AV scanning with Windows Defender and Sophos Active X on Windows 10 and 11 machines. There's obvious upsides and downsides to this, but I think this may be the thinking of Sophos developers: You can remotely administer the protection of a PC, without a user on that PC disabling the software. The New Home of Sophos Support Videos - Visit Sophos Techvids. Items such as exceptions must be set via the Sophos Cloud, instead of at the client side. The server-side interface (Sophos Cloud) is where all settings are changed for Sophos Home. After using the software for a few weeks, I've finally reached the conclusion that Sophos Home is actually software worth considering, especially if you're in the market for antivirus software. I decided to take a look because I was kinda bored of the Windows Defender + Malwarebytes Pro (that was going to expire soon anyways). Recently, I've discovered Sophos Home Antivirus after a recommendation by a user on Techtronix when the lounge (network lobby) was discussing antivirus/antimalware software. Microsoft's own security product has had drastic improvements in the past, but Microsoft still seems a little off the pace when it comes to detecting newer infections. Is Windows Defender not cutting it for you? Do you feel like Windows Defender isn't as good as the usual run-of-the-mill antivirus vendors out on the market right now? Well, you wouldn't exactly be alone. ![]() I will keep the original post below for historical reasons. ![]() NOTICE: I no longer recommend Sophos Home, and I strongly encourage that you uninstall it if you have done so after recommendation from this post.
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