Sophos Home

What do you think about Sophos Home product?

I can't find tests for this product but I know the brand is some kind of popular in enterprise world. Is it reliable for home use?

Hello and welcome to BC:

I despised their awful enterprise products enough when I was forced for years to use them.

As such, I would not use their consumer products.

JMHO

If you are using Windows 10/11, there is always the option to just use Microsoft Defender Antivirus (Windows Defender) instead of a third-party solution. I explain why in this topic. Also see my comments about Microsoft Defender Antivirus in Choosing an Anti-Virus Program (Post #2).

If you are using Windows 10/11, there is always the option to just use Microsoft Defender Antivirus (Windows Defender) instead of a third-party solution. I explain why in this topic. Also see my comments about Microsoft Defender Antivirus in Choosing an Anti-Virus Program (Post #2).

I use Firefox as my main browser on Windows 10 and as I understand from reading on the net, Defender does not support Firefox https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/141mf3s/windows_defenders_realtime_protection_might_not/

From this point, Defender doesn't sound as a good option for me. Am I wrong?

I have not used Firefox in years since switching to the Brave Browser so I cannot address that issue. I provide more information in this topic about Brave as compared to other browsers and search engines and it works great for me.

I currently use Sophos Home Premium, and it is a very effective solution....

The Corporate solution, Intercept X is way more powerful and allowing for granular control, and let's not forget Sophos is a Gartner leading Vendor.

I currently use Sophos Home Premium, and it is a very effective solution....
The Corporate solution, Intercept X is way more powerful and allowing for granular control, and let's not forget Sophos is a Gartner leading Vendor.

 

I currently use Sophos Home Premium, and it is a very effective solution....
The Corporate solution, Intercept X is way more powerful and allowing for granular control, and let's not forget Sophos is a Gartner leading Vendor.

Hello and welcome to BC, @Xexonix:

Thanks for your input.
The "corporate" & enterprise versions of Sophos, however, aren't relevant to the discussion of the "Home" or consumer product.
In particular, what does being a "Gartner leading vendor" have to do with the inquiry?

Just curious.

Respectfully submitted

 

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You mentioned that you hated the enterprise version of the product, seemed relevant, I use Sophos Home Premium, and it's brilliant in my estimation and use the Corporate version for my organization, as I am an SME on both versions of the product so I do have a unique insight into the pros and cons.... The fact that the vendor is Gartner leading, attests to the effectiveness of both the Home and Corporate versions of the Anti Virus.

For the record, it is known that the Corporate version is heavy on system resources, I have the Home Premium running on three systems at my house, i5, Celeron and an i7 and all seem to handling it just fine with no significant decrease in performance, it is coupled with the Home Version of the Sophos Firewall which is fully licensed and free to use at your perimeter. 

Respectfully answered.

Edited by hamluis, 13 September 2024 - 12:12 PM.
Fixed quote/response - Hamluis.

 

 

I currently use Sophos Home Premium, and it is a very effective solution....
The Corporate solution, Intercept X is way more powerful and allowing for granular control, and let's not forget Sophos is a Gartner leading Vendor.

Hello and welcome to BC, @Xexonix:

Thanks for your input.
The "corporate" & enterprise versions of Sophos, however, aren't relevant to the discussion of the "Home" or consumer product.
In particular, what does being a "Gartner leading vendor" have to do with the inquiry?

Just curious.

Respectfully submitted

 

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You mentioned that you hated the enterprise version of the product, seemed relevant, I use Sophos Home Premium, and it's brilliant in my estimation and use the Corporate version for my organization, as I am an SME on both versions of the product so I do have a unique insight into the pros and cons.... The fact that the vendor is Gartner leading, attests to the effectiveness of both the Home and Corporate versions of the Anti Virus.

 

For the record, it is known that the Corporate version is heavy on system resources, I have the Home Premium running on three systems at my house, i5, Celeron and an i7 and all seem to handling it just fine with no significant decrease in performance, it is coupled with the Home Version of the Sophos Firewall which is fully licensed and free to use at your perimeter. 

 

Respectfully answered.

 

Thanks for details! I have one more question for you if you don’t mind. 
 

In my understanding consumers and enterprise versions both are based on the same engine(s). Then why enterprise version is much more “heavier” compare with home edition? Are they based on different components or the home version just used less functionality (useless for home users)?
And I am also a little bit in doubt about cloud-ish setup for Sophie home: how the protection works without internet access? Does it still be reliable or does it drops significantly because the product “brain” is in the cloud?

 

 

 

I currently use Sophos Home Premium, and it is a very effective solution....
The Corporate solution, Intercept X is way more powerful and allowing for granular control, and let's not forget Sophos is a Gartner leading Vendor.

Hello and welcome to BC, @Xexonix:

Thanks for your input.
The "corporate" & enterprise versions of Sophos, however, aren't relevant to the discussion of the "Home" or consumer product.
In particular, what does being a "Gartner leading vendor" have to do with the inquiry?

Just curious.

Respectfully submitted

 

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You mentioned that you hated the enterprise version of the product, seemed relevant, I use Sophos Home Premium, and it's brilliant in my estimation and use the Corporate version for my organization, as I am an SME on both versions of the product so I do have a unique insight into the pros and cons.... The fact that the vendor is Gartner leading, attests to the effectiveness of both the Home and Corporate versions of the Anti Virus.

 

For the record, it is known that the Corporate version is heavy on system resources, I have the Home Premium running on three systems at my house, i5, Celeron and an i7 and all seem to handling it just fine with no significant decrease in performance, it is coupled with the Home Version of the Sophos Firewall which is fully licensed and free to use at your perimeter. 

 

Respectfully answered.

 

 

Thanks for details! I have one more question for you if you don’t mind. 
 

In my understanding consumers and enterprise versions both are based on the same engine(s). Then why enterprise version is much more “heavier” compare with home edition? Are they based on different components or the home version just used less functionality (useless for home users)?
And I am also a little bit in doubt about cloud-ish setup for Sophie home: how the protection works without internet access? Does it still be reliable or does it drops significantly because the product “brain” is in the cloud?

 

To all posters in this topic.

Please stop using 'Quote all' in your replies, it makes following who said what to whom much more difficult than it need be. It is in fact very seldom necessary to quote a complete post since posts on BC do not routinely disappear.

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Apologies, how do you quote just the last??? I just use the quote button.... Would you mind elaborating?

Edited by Chris Cosgrove, 17 September 2024 - 03:07 AM.
Unnecessary quote deleted.

Thanks Xexonix for your answers!

My pleasure man, drop me a DM if you would like more Info.