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Sophos Anti-Virus 3.7 review

7.3

Average Member Rating

Very Good

Sophos Anti-Virus 3.7


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Excellent for a home-networked user

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7.5

Very Good


Richard Hoskins

Richard Hoskins

Low cost easy to Install

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8.5

Excellent


Anonymous

Anonymous

Doesnt do a very good job of picking up bugs

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Anonymous

Anonymous

Freeze my computer for 10 mins with .chm every time

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4.0

Mediocre


Howard Jones

Howard Jones

Great for networks

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9.0

Spectacular


Anonymous

Anonymous

Server package - Overloaded the system resources - Win 2k Server - total slow down

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5.0

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Overview

Sophos Anti-Virus 3.7

Editors rating
Rating: 7.3
Verdict

This well-designed anti-virus program is best suited for networked PCs rather than standalone systems. It’s relatively expensive, but worth the money.

Typical price

£ 60

Featured Talkback

Why do so many (virtually all) software packages think that they are so important that they have to be started automatically every time the computer boots? What is the largest number of "speed access", "update check", "camera download" and whatever other background programs you have ever seen running? Of those, how many did you really need?

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