I have used Norton Antivirus for Mac and Virus Barrier (got this with one of those software bundles sometime before, not the latest version) and had problems with both. Maybe I would do a onetime scan of my system and hard drives, and then it would be mostly on a need basis, especially on USB drives/portable hard disks of friends. I don't intend to run it always in the background. 'Internet Security' and the like are not important, and would try to avoid them if it would save money or not make my mac slower.īy 'Best' I mean the best combination of detect-rate (or whatever that is called) and performance. I was looking for the 'Best' of the anti virus software out there. (Many friends' USB drives turn out to be infected).

But I need an anti-virus, for a variety of reasons - mostly to prevent my Mac as a carrier for viruses. I know I can avoid most (if not all) threats by being careful on the sites I visit, and the emails I download. I am looking at comparison and user opinion of existing AV products. Thus, once lost the connection from this plan (b/c reinstalling from scratch) one needs to buy new software again.This is not a 'I use OS X, do I need Anti-Virus?' question. However, the server credentials I don't know as they are part of the initial installation files that I got (being a student there) from them (and it is fine to continue to use it - the laptop actually was bought by me via the university and we all did get along software to be used also after university). Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X: Updates fail with error 000000d2 could not mount primary file server Sign up to the Sophos Support Notification Service to get the latest product release information and critical issues. Open Terminal and run the command sophosupdate. The programs installer is commonly called SophosUpdate.exe or SophosUpdateGui.exe etc. The following version: 1.2 was the most frequently downloaded one by the program users. This free program is an intellectual property of JBSoft.

It's annoying since I get the updates from my ex-university (they run an update server). Right-click the Sophos icon in the menu bar and select Update Now. Downloading Sophos Update 1.2 from our website was free. It's strange, since SAV 9 shall still be supported: Happens since about 2 days (Aug 2nd or 3rd, 2021). I think Sophos starts loading something, but then the action (installation?) fails, it does the same for the second server, then nothing but the error message. Anyone seeing the same, Sophos (SAV for Mac) delivers the named error message (that it cannot update).

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