Please be aware that Sophos no longer offer a home use anti-virus client under the universities licensing scheme.

Instead you can go directly to Sophos and download their commodity home client for Windows or Mac.


Microsoft provide free anti-virus applications for home use.

Security Essentials for Windows 7 or earlier

Security Defender for Windows 8

Security Defender for Windows 10


Alternatively you can choose from a range of other anti-virus providers, many of whom have free home editions.