Once the scan is complete, if any threats are detected, they will appear in the Quarantine Manager. With one click, you can delete the file from your computer. If you’re not sure that you want to delete it immediately, you can leave it in the Quarantine Manager until you decide what you want to do.
You can create custom scans, to scan specific files and folders at the click of a button, as well as scan specific files through the right-click menu.
You can choose how Sophos will deal with threats when they are found – choosing to log it only, to clean up, move or delete the threat.
What Sophos Anti-Virus doesn’t do is allow you to schedule scans. Instead, Sophos works in realtime detecting threats as they appear. This means no annoying popup windows reminding you to do a full scan, and Sophos is so lightweight it doesn’t affect the speed of your computer at all.
Want to see some Mac threats in action? Check out SophosLab’s video that should convince you, if nothing else does.
How do you protect your Mac from viruses? Let us know in the comments.
(By) Nancy lives in Cairo, works at a publishing house, is half poet, half geek, and suffers from a heavy dose of techno-joy. You can find her on Twitter at diptychal
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