Sophos Single User Edition : Myth or Fact ?

Have been looking for AV suites for my upcoming Vista x64 based system. Since Sophos had advertised how their HIPS isn't affected by PatchGuard, I thought Sophos would be the best fully functional suite for x64.

So my immense sadness, on sophos.com I found that they only provide 5-user products that are too expensive for my liking.

Then I stumbled upon this :
http://www.morganwylie.com/sophos/single_user.html

So is there really a Sophos Single User Edition ? Whats the price ...
Thanks in Advance.

 

Sophos is using user-mode hooking. To me thats pretty useless. If you play in the same sandbox as the malware, you will loose.

 

See:http://www.betanews.com/article/Sophos_Microsoft_Doesnt_Need_to_Open_Up_PatchGuard/1161379239

 

Even as a single user edition the price is a bit high

 

for that price on the UK sophos site i think you can get a 5user license.

 

So it looks like we are back to 5 user pack again !!
Thanks, Bigc & Lodore for your help.

Guess, the Sophos Single User Edition continuous to be a myth ...

 

I think you buy Webroot with antivirus you will get Sophos as the antivirus scanning engine. Much cheaper than buying a single sophos licence.

Cheers

Jlo

 

The OP is interested in the HIPS functions of Sophos, not the AV engine......With Webroot you don't get the HIPS of Sophos.

 

Jlo, Firecat was spot on. I am interested in the Sophos HIPS which can work without interfering with PatchGuard on Vista x64.

Thanks for the info.

 

Ok sorry.

Should have read the post more carefully!

Best wishes

Jlo