{"id":356,"date":"2025-09-10T11:09:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T15:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/information-technology-services\/?p=356"},"modified":"2026-03-16T13:56:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T17:56:55","slug":"antivirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/information-technology-services\/antivirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Antivirus on your Computer: Free for personally-owned machines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Clark University ITS provides access to Sophos Home, an antivirus (AV) software, for personally-owned computers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sophos Home can be installed by students, staff, or faculty on any personally-owned computer. Sophos Home, like other AV software, is designed to detect and remove viruses from computers. AV software can also protect against a wide variety of other threats, including keyloggers, browser hijackers, Trojan horses, spyware, adware, ransomware, and others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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GET AV for your personal computer<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Installing Sophos Home<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Clark University Community members can create a Sophos Home (Commercial Edition) account for free. This account will allow you to install and manage AV software on any personally-owned device (Windows or Mac) that you may use to access Clark resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please note that Sophos Home should not be installed on ITS-managed devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 1: Receive your Unique Registration Link<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here to visit request your Clark University\u2019s Sophos registration<\/a>. You must use your Clark email address to receive the registration link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 2: Create your Sophos Home Account<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using the link emailed to your Clark email account (click here to quickly access your Clark email<\/a>), create a Sophos Home account. You can use your Clark email to create the account, or a personal email if you\u2019d prefer. If you already have a Sophos Home account, you can use the coupon code in the email to receive Clark University\u2019s Premium features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 3: Download and Install Sophos<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Before installing Sophos, you should uninstall any other AV software \u2013 including other versions of Sophos \u2013 that may be on your computer.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the instructions in the Sophos Home portal, download and install the software on any device that you may use to access Clark resources. Sophos provides extensive documentation, support and troubleshooting on their website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n