Sophos is stripped down of every frill.
Sophos Antivirus for Mac is one the most efficient way to protect your Apple computer, and it’s surely one of the cheapest one: Sophos let you download and install and run it for free forever. Apart from its price, Sophos Antivirus for Mac scored very well in independent lab tests, so it’s a good candidate for your needs.
You can schedule scans, search only specific folders, and also select on-access scan, to let Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac check every file in real time. When you browse the web, Sophos will verify that the URLs you’ll visit won’t damage your Mac or include any phishing scam.
Unfortunately it doesn’t include any parental control features, so if you want to filter what your kids see on the web, you have to keep searching. Sophos Antivirus for Mac has no firewall features either, thus compelling us to install some other tool to ensure better our security.
Conclusion
Overall, Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac does exactly what’s named after, but if you’d like something more refined try something else.
| Usability: 8 /10 | Speed: 8 /10 | Features: 7 /10 | Support: 7 /10 | Pricing: 9 /10 |
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