- Oct 31, 2014
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About ram usage?
Sophos Home: Totally free antivirus for home
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- Mar 29, 2018
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Multiple processes run ~ 75 MB - 100 MB during normal use. Running a full scan adds 150 MB. The RAM usage didn't bother me but the 30%+ CPU during a full scan did. The only other option is a contextual scan. Windows Defender full scan is also a resource hog but at least it has the quick scan option, which is very silent. I never notice its automatic scans.
- Oct 31, 2014
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It is ok now. The old verision during normal consume 300 mb
IMO Web Filtration quality for these products is something like this: Forticlient->Kaspersky->Sophos, usually in that order. Kaspersky has a very robust web protection system, Forticlient has incredible database of malicious sites and traits from the Fortiguard service that gathers them from around 100 million reference points. (keeping in mind they also utilize Norton telemetry now) Sophos has a great heuristic system, not as good as Kaspersky, but very good.
Good review!
I agree that Sophos has done some great work on the current version. They've improved on the overall system performance as well as it's impact on loading web pages. It definitely has a slow full scan very similar to WD, but most people don't run full scans on a daily basis, so it won't be too much of an issue IMO. What I like most about SH/SHP is exactly like you said, it's simple, it works, it's not in your face with ad's and such, it's basically a very no nonsense just works in the background AV, very similar to WD. I agree that with the improvements to WD, Sophos Home doesn't offer much more than WD IMO, but if WD doesn't work out for you, or you don't like using it, SH with OSA is a very good/solid setup for someone looking for a free config.
SHP does had some more features that make it a very solid option as well. Pair it up with OSA, VS, or the like and you have a very strong setup IMO.
They have definitely improved on this front for sure. I think SHP consumes a bt more due to the M/L and HMPA features, but the overall system impact and it's impact on web browsing has improved quite a bit from version 1.
- Jul 14, 2015
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If you don't upgrade to premium then you have the free version, is this a good protection compared with avast or not that good ?
I have used version 1 at the beginning but that was really heavy ...
I have used version 1 at the beginning but that was really heavy ...
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- Mar 29, 2018
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I don't do malware testing so I can't really say if it's as good as Avast, but it is lighter than early versions. I think you can rely on the recent posts above to decide. Decent web filtering and no data harvesting but no machine learning module like premium.
- Jul 14, 2015
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Ok maybe something to try in the near future as another free 
Free version is not even worth discussing, go Premium or stay with the inbuilt Windows Defender, it's much better. Other similiar top brand Free AV's offer more options and protection modules, like Kaspersky Security Cloud Free.
- Jul 27, 2015
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The free version is IMO more then worth testing if one is actually curious. Thats normally how one get basic experience. Sophos Home Free version also comes with all the Premium features for the first 30 days, as previous described in this thread.
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- Jul 6, 2017
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Well, I'm not in a position to evaluate some AVs because I do not have a current PC. But I tried it and it seemed heavy, I do not know now if it has improved.
- Oct 31, 2014
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Compared with Avast is weak.
- Jul 29, 2018
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Is there a way to avoid the 30 days trial of the premium version? I just would like to test the free one
- Jul 14, 2015
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I also think its weak but wanted to ask here, i'm was using McAfee 6 months license but its almost at the end , now using 3 days on BD free.
- Oct 31, 2014
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If harlan4096 finish the tests with AVG free, It would be nice to see a test at HUB the Bitdefener free
- Jul 6, 2017
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It would also be interesting to see Sophos Home in action.If harlan4096 finish the tests with AVG free, It would be nice to see a test at HUB the Bitdefener free
- Oct 31, 2014
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I think @harlan4096 have many job for the next month at HUBIt would also be interesting to see Sophos Home in action.
- May 29, 2018
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You can disable the trial and go straight for sophos home premium free yes
- Mar 29, 2018
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Create an account & choose free download, or vice-versa. I forget which order it is. I did not want the free trial either because the premium modules still load and run even when you disable them.
Avast/AVG isn't really even a viable option with all of the questionable business practices and spying, right?
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