There is a limit of three installations per subscription, but of course you could set up another subscription on a different email address if necessary. This lets you install protection for any friend or family member who needs it and take care of it without paying them a visit or trying to talk them through it over the phone. That makes perfect sense, given that in a business setting the IT department manages security remotely. With Sophos, you install a small local agent on each PC or Mac that needs protection and manage all the settings from an online console. And, of course, it doesn't cost you a cent.
This product is an especially good choice if you manage antivirus protection for family members or friends.
It scores very well in our hands-on malware protection tests, but it doesn't do as well against phishing frauds. Sophos is a big name in business and enterprise antivirus, endpoint protection, and security suite products, but you can get much of the same enterprise-level protection for your own devices, in the form of Sophos Home Free.
