
Click the "Restart now" radio button and click OK to restart, or click the Snooze radio button to delay if an immediate restart is not convenient. You may also receive a pop up asking you to restart. Save any open work and click "Restart" to restart the device. You will need to restart to complete the installation process. I uninstalled Sophos, enabled Windows Defender, and also downloaded MalwareBytes. The interface is so simple that I felt unable to know what it was doing and reschedule tasks.
#Sophos home free windows install
The install process may take several minutes. I found that Sophos Home ate up a lot of system resources at really inopportune times. Look for Sophos Cloud Endpoint Agent (the blue shield with the white S) and click it. Step 2:Ī list of available software to install is displayed. Please refer to How do I install Sophos Cloud antivirus for Windows? or submit a support ticket for assistance. If you do not see Software Center in the search results then your device might not be managed by Config Manager. One method for Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 is to click the Windows Start button, type "Software Center" in the search box, and click the Software Center app to launch it. Sophos offers a free home edition of their antivirus software that you can use on your personal computers. If your device is not managed by ITS or does not have Software Center installed, please see How do I install Sophos Cloud antivirus for Windows?


If your device is managed by ITS through Config Manager, this guide will help you install Sophos Cloud on the device through Software Center. ITS offers Sophos Cloud endpoint antivirus for UI-owned machines to help protect them from viruses and malware.

This tutorial applies to the following operating system(s):
