October 2019 • Macworld 99BUYING GUIDESophos Home Premium for Macthe other tools, like ransomware protection. To our
knowledge, Sophos is the only firm offering a free
anti-malware app for macOS that includes always-
on protection. Other free anti-malware apps merely
let you scan your system on-demand.Installation
The first thing to strike us about Sophos Home
Premium upon installation is that, while it places
the usual icon at the right of the menu bar, you will
never see a program window. The most you’ll see is
a pop-out window showing notifications about when
scans have completed, and a handful of options for
program functions such as starting a scan.October 2019 • Macworld 99BUYING GUIDESophos Home Premium for Mac
the other tools, like ransomware protection. To our
knowledge, Sophos is the only firm offering a free
anti-malware app for macOS that includes always-
on protection. Other free anti-malware apps merely
let you scan your system on-demand.Installation
The first thing to strike us about Sophos Home
Premium upon installation is that, while it places
the usual icon at the right of the menu bar, you will
never see a program window. The most you’ll see is
a pop-out window showing notifications about when
scans have completed, and a handful of options for
program functions such as starting a scan.