Click Create Account to create a Sophos Home account. You will then receive an email message as shown in the screenshot below. Navigate to, enter your CityU email account and click “ Submit” to redeem your free license. Instructions for Installing the Sophos Home Premium The above Sophos Endpoint Protection licenses are not applicable for use on Windows Server/Linux. Please visit for more information about Sophos Home Premium. However, staff/students should remove the software from their personal computers if they are no longer regular staff/students of CityU. Current staff/students can install the Sophos Home Premium on up to 10 PCs free of charge. Sophos enhances the security of computer devices for staff/students who need to work from home and provides better protection on their personal devices. For staff / students personal devices - Sophos Home Premium.for more information about Sophos Intercept X Endpoint. Users may submit a CSC Work Request for installing it locally on the standalone University-owned PCs (Windows/Mac). To provide a safe and secure working environment for staff, Sophos Intercept X Endpoint will be installed automatically on all Staff LAN PCs.

For CityU managed devices - Sophos Intercept X Endpoint.

Two types of licenses are available for members of the CityU community: It also provides added benefits such as Home Use & multiple personal devices support. Sophos provides a comprehensive endpoint protection software solution including anti-virus, anti-malware & ransomware protection. Sophos Home Premium protects your home computers from advanced malware, ransomware, and malicious threats used to steal your most valuable information with the best malware protection available on the market.Sophos Endpoint Protection has been selected to provide better protection/security in your working environment and also for your personal devices. Using these new techniques, Sophos Home Premium can recognize malicious code and advanced threats that nobody has ever seen before. Instead, Sophos Home Premium uses advanced artificial intelligence to track program behavior – recognizing when installed software is acting suspiciously. Traditional malware protection searches for “signatures,” but often miss new malware variations written by cybercriminals created to avoid traditional scanning.

File-less malware that sits in your computer’s memory, uses your computer’s other capabilities (such as Windows PowerShell scripting) to perform its attacks, and then disappears without leaving telltale traces.

Bootkits and rootkits that burrow deep into your computer’s startup processes or built-in firmware, where they can control your computer while being harder to identify.

Bots that give control of your computer to a remote server that directs it to attack someone else.

Spyware that tracks all your keystrokes or watches and listens to you via your computer’s webcam and microphone.Ransomware that encrypts your files, and demands payment (typically in a hard-to-trace cryptocurrency such as bitcoin) in exchange for a decryption key.Hybrid malware that combines elements of viruses, worms, Trojans, or other forms of malware.

Trojans that pretend to be legitimate software, and trick you into running them.Malware is short for “malicious software” – applications or programs that can infect your computer and cause damage or loss of personal data.ĭifferent types of malware and malicious software could already be installed on your home computer, including: Malware protection is essential for defending yourself against cybercriminals.

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