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sophos app has appeared on my mac

Hey everyone


Some sophos app has appeared on my mac

i have no idea what it is and where it came from


i can't delete it, because it is asking some admin thing

If you have met with this situation, i am really asking for help , how to remove it

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 12.1

Posted on Feb 24, 2022 8:54 AM

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Posted on Feb 24, 2022 9:01 AM

tommy_carleone wrote:

Hey everyone

Some sophos app has appeared on my mac
i have no idea what it is and where it came from

i can't delete it, because it is asking some admin thing
If you have met with this situation, i am really asking for help , how to remove it

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/6e9e7bef-ef84-442b-8268-13ca543ddec3
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/ecabc0bc-d431-45ee-bff8-6f225f7c2656



Sophos is antivirus... should not be too hard to figure that out if you do a google search, no(?)



Is this your personal machine or business machine bound to some Enterprise management...?



Use the official uninstaller— if in doubr refer to the Developers website—search Support/Help/FAQ/known issues

How to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus from macOS




third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/Anti-Virus/VPN

all known to cause issues on the macOS and compete directly with Macs on builtin security software.


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Feb 24, 2022 9:01 AM in response to tommy_carleone

tommy_carleone wrote:

Hey everyone

Some sophos app has appeared on my mac
i have no idea what it is and where it came from

i can't delete it, because it is asking some admin thing
If you have met with this situation, i am really asking for help , how to remove it

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/6e9e7bef-ef84-442b-8268-13ca543ddec3
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/ecabc0bc-d431-45ee-bff8-6f225f7c2656



Sophos is antivirus... should not be too hard to figure that out if you do a google search, no(?)



Is this your personal machine or business machine bound to some Enterprise management...?



Use the official uninstaller— if in doubr refer to the Developers website—search Support/Help/FAQ/known issues

How to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus from macOS




third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/Anti-Virus/VPN

all known to cause issues on the macOS and compete directly with Macs on builtin security software.


sophos app has appeared on my mac

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