Ohio University

Ohio University has selected Sophos to replace McAfee as the university's anti-virus and anti-malware provider.  

Sophos has been site licensed for five years and will be available to all faculty, staff, and students for university and personal home use.

Benefits of using Sophos

• Security - excellent virus and malware prevention, detection, and removal
• Fast performance - Sophos works quietly in the background, with very low CPU demands. Even during a full system scan, your computer should not slow down.
• Recovery options - With infected devices, Sophos often can successfully install and clean the infection on the spot.
• Cross-platform support - Sophos works on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Solaris. It also is developing options to deal with emerging threats on mobile devices.
• Remote management - updates, upgrades, and infection recoveries can be managed remotely
  

Transition details

The home use version of Sophos is available now.  If you are using the university-licensed version of McAfee at home, you should replace it with Sophos.  

OIT will be working directly with university departments to plan the transition from McAfee to Sophos.  Multiple methods for removing McAfee and installing Sophos on university-owned machines will be available, including:

• automated online installs
• web downloads
• media-based installers (CD/DVD, thumb drive)