When prompted, type your Mac administrator user account password, and then click Install Helper.Īfter you restart your Mac, in the Norton installation window, click Open Preferences. You can click Learn More to know more about Norton Community Watch. Do any one of the following:Ĭlick Join Now to enable the Norton Community Watch on your Norton product.Ĭlick Maybe Later to join the Norton Community Watch later. You must restart for Sophos to be activated fully.In some cases, Norton provides you an alert to join the Norton Community Watch that collects information about potential security risks from your computer and sends the information to Norton for analysis.
Either will work (Later will need a restart to give the UI full access. You will get a message ""Sophos Endpoint UIServer" will not have full disk access until it is quit." You can select Later or Quit Now.Drag the Sophos Icon from the Message to Security and Privacy.Select Full Disk Access on the left side (You will need to scroll down).Click the lock in the lower-left and authenticate to make changes.Click the Privacy tab if it is not already selected.Click "Details" then click the link: Open "Security & Privacy" Preferences.Clicking on this notification will bring up a window that allows you to set permissions quickly. This pop-up will occur (if Notifications are enabled) on install, and every 30 minutes if the permissions are detected as incorrect. This is due to a new process required on Big Sur. The Sophos Full Disk Access required notification will appear.A notice will open for allowing the Sophos Web Extension as a Proxy.Click to select both checkboxes, then click OK. A notice will open about restarting the services.Click "Open Security Preferences" and select to Allow both Extensions.
Once complete, the installer will display a success message and should automatically register with our license:.Please wait patiently as the installer sets up your new antivirus software, it can take up to 10 minutes to install.Click Install to proceed, your computer will ask you for your credentials to authorize this installation:.You may or may not see We found a previous installation.The installer will start and display a welcome prompt.Double click the app, you may receive a warning that this file was downloaded from the internet, click “Open” to proceed.
Once downloaded, open the archive package, inside should be “Sophos Installer.app”.Save the file "SophosInterceptXInstall.zip" to your computer.Input your username and password when prompted.Click the link "Sophos Central AntiVirus for MacOSX 10.12+" to download the software.Go to the IS Downloads page located at:.It is recommended to restart your PC before installing new antivirus software as some antivirus components may be retained in system memory.Click the application icon in the folder.Locate your current antivirus software in the folder list then:.Remove any other antivirus software before installing Sophos: An account on your computer with installation privileges.System running a supported operating system: macOS 10.12 to10.15, and 11.0 +.
This guide will show you how to install Sophos Central Antivirus on macOS X for employees with non-managed work stations.