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Sophos causing my crashes?

From previous posts it's not a sure thing but my OS 10.11 (since

upgraded to 10.13) Macbook Pro has been crashing randomly.


Etrepro mentions Sophos (I have the free version on this

laptop) but I'm unsure whether to uninstall it.



MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jun 20, 2023 9:53 AM

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Posted on Jun 20, 2023 9:55 AM

gwgoldb wrote:

From previous posts it's not a sure thing but my OS 10.11 (since
upgraded to 10.13) Macbook Pro has been crashing randomly.

Etrepro mentions Sophos (I have the free version on this
laptop) but I'm unsure whether to uninstall it.




It would be a good place to start...


Third party AntiVirus is not recommended— it typically does nothing but add issues to the macOS and competes directly with Apple’s own built in security:


macOS - Security - Apple macOS - Security - Apple

Apple Platform Security - Apple Apple Platform Security - Apple Support


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Jun 20, 2023 9:55 AM in response to gwgoldb

gwgoldb wrote:

From previous posts it's not a sure thing but my OS 10.11 (since
upgraded to 10.13) Macbook Pro has been crashing randomly.

Etrepro mentions Sophos (I have the free version on this
laptop) but I'm unsure whether to uninstall it.




It would be a good place to start...


Third party AntiVirus is not recommended— it typically does nothing but add issues to the macOS and competes directly with Apple’s own built in security:


macOS - Security - Apple macOS - Security - Apple

Apple Platform Security - Apple Apple Platform Security - Apple Support


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