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Once the Packages project opens, click on the Project tab. In this case, I’m naming the project Sophos Anti-Virus Home Edition 9.2.2.ģ. Set up a new Packages project and select Raw Package.Ģ.

Sophos Home Edition 9.2.x install application and the associated Sophos Installer Components directory.ġ.

Once I had this information and understood what was going on, here’s how I repackaged Sophos Anti-Virus Home Edition 9.2.x so that it could be deployed via an installer package. With these commands, it’s possible to add the Sophos install application and the Sophos Installer Components directory to an installer package and run the needed command(s) as a postinstall script. Library/Application\ Support/Sophos/he/Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/InstallationDeployer -remove

path/to/Sophos\ Anti-Virus\ Home\ Edition.app/Contents/MacOS/InstallationDeployer -install Here’s how to install and uninstall Sophos 9.x using the free Sophos Home Edition installer application: Sophos’ installer application can be run from the command line using the InstallationDeployer tool and include both install and remove switches. However, after doing some research and testing, it looks like it is possible to repackage Sophos Home Edition 9.2.x for personal deployment.

Sophos Home Edition 9.2.x added additional complexity by storing many of the installer’s files and other components outside the installer in a separate Sophos Installer Components directory. This switch was a problem for Mac admins who wanted to deploy Sophos Home Edition 9.x for personal use, as there was not an available installer package to simplify the task of deployment. Where previous versions of Sophos used an installer package, Sophos has now switched to using an application to install their antivirus. Once complete the installer should indicate the installation completed successfully.With the release of Sophos Anti-Virus 9.x, Sophos changed how their antivirus solution for Macs was installed. If you see a prompt to trust software published by Sophos, click "Open Security Preferences".Ĭlick 'Allow' in the window that appears to allow Sophos to install. The installer downloads the installation packages and installs them. Open this folder and double click on the file marked 'Sophos Installer'.Ĭlick Install to begin the installation process. A folder should appear in your Downloads folder called 'SophosInstall'. Open the Downloads folder and double click on the 'SophosInstall.zip' file. You may need to enter your University of Idaho NetID to continue. Step 1:ĭownload the Sophos installer from. You must have administrative rights on the computer in order to install Sophos antivirus. If your device is not university owned (personal devices for example), Sophos offers a free home edition of their antivirus software that you can use. ITS offers Sophos antivirus for University-owned machines to help protect them from viruses and malware.

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