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How to: Install Sophos on a Mac In order to register your Mac to the MSU Network, you are required to have antivirus software on your computer. The Office of Information Technology offers Sophos as a free option to students and staff for their antivirus software. It is available for download on the OIT page and below are the steps on how to download, install, and update Sophos Antivirus Software. 1. Go to www.montclair.edu/oit 2. Click on “Software Repository” and login with your netid and password. Agree to the terms and conditions to continue. 3. Select “Sophos Antivirus” under the Mac list of software

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How  to:  Install  Sophos  on  a  Mac  

In  order  to  register  your  Mac  to  the  MSU  Network,  you  are  required  to  have  antivirus  software  on  your  computer.    The  Office  of  Information  Technology  offers  Sophos  as  a  free  option  to  students  and  staff  for  their  antivirus  software.    It  is  available  for  download  on  the  OIT  page  and  below  are  the  steps  on  how  to  download,  install,  and  update  Sophos  Antivirus  Software.  

1. Go  to  www.montclair.edu/oit    

 2. Click  on  “Software  Repository”  and  login  with  your  netid  and  password.    Agree  to  the  

terms  and  conditions  to  continue.    

   

3. Select  “Sophos  Antivirus”  under  the  Mac  list  of  software    

   

4. Once  you  click  on  “Sophos  Antivirus”  you  will  get  a  screen  to  open  or  save  the  file.    You  want  to  open  it  with  “DiskImageMounter”  (it  is  set  as  the  default).      

   

5. Once  you  select  to  open  the  file,  it  will  begin  to  download.      

   

   

6. Once  the  download  is  complete,  the  Sophos  application  will  “mount”  itself  in  finder  under  devices.    Go  into  finder  and  click  on  the  Sophos  device.      

 7. Double  click  on  the  Sophos  Anti-­‐Virus.mpkg  to  run  it.  

Note:  Depending  on  your  security  settings,  it  might  say  that  you  are  unable  to  run  this  program  because  it  is  from  an  unauthorized  site.    If  this  happens,  right  click  on  the  package  and  select  “run”  from  the  drop  down  menu  and  it  will  prompt  you  if  you  want  to  run  this  package,  select  Yes.    

 

 

 

 

Double  click  me!!    

 

 

 

Or  right  click  and  select  “run”!  

8. The  installation  prompts  will  now  start:  

   

9. The  installation  prompt  will  guide  you  through  the  process.    Select  Continue  throughout  the  prompt  and  agree  to  the  software  license  agreement.      

   

   

10.  Once  you  agree  to  the  license  agreement,  Sophos  will  install  and  the  installation  should  only  take  a  few  minutes.    

   

11. Once  Sophos  has  installed,  make  sure  that  it  is  up  to  date.    There  should  be  a  shield  with  an  “S”  on  it  on  the  top  right  side  of  your  menu  bar  (this  is  the  Sophos  app  and  logo).  

It  looks  like  this:  

   Right  click  on  this  shield  and  select  “update  now”    

   You  will  be  able  to  view  it  updating  and  once  it  is  complete,  Sophos  is  fully  installed  and  should  meet  the  requirements  for  the  Bradford  Agent  to  register  to  MSU  Network.