Latest pre-release of 10.11.4 breaks Sophos AV Home Edition

...we have scheduled the release of 9.4.2 (which resolves the 10.11.4 beta issue in this thread) on February 10th around 9AM Pacific Standard Time. All endpoints should upgrade automatically.

Bob, I'm running Sophos Home 1.1.1. Will that be upgraded as well or do I need to uninstall and reinstall 9.4.2?

There are (currently) two different Home / Free products: the "classic" Mac Home Edition, and the new Sophos Home for Windows & Mac. Currently they are not updated at the same time, and in this particular case the Sophos Home product will be updated a short time later; current forecast is to release the update before the end of February. We are working to merge the two products together so this type of thing doesn't happen. Stay tuned over the next few months to see how this will unfold.

Is it still possible to download 9.4.1 rather than Home? When this latest issue began I switched to Home, but since it now seems 9.4.1 will be updated for 10.11.4 capability first, I'd like to go back to it. Unfortunately, the ability to download it seems to have vanished.

Its still possible, just not the default. www.sophos.com/.../sophos-antivirus-for-mac-home-edition-legacy.aspx

Thank you for the link and your reply - both are much appreciated.

I'm going to return to the legacy Sophos Home for Mac (9.4.1) until these two products can be brought into line in terms of functionality and update schedule. For the record, I also like being able to create a custom scan schedule for my computers which currently isn't part of the new version of Home. Thanks for supplying the link to the original software, Bob. As Paul noted in his post, it is, indeed, hard to find on the Sophos site.

I'm going to return to the legacy Sophos Home for Mac (9.4.1) until these two products can be brought into line in terms of functionality and update schedule. For the record, I also like being able to create a custom scan schedule for my computers which currently isn't part of the new version of Home. Thanks for supplying the link to the original software, Bob. As Paul noted in his post, it is, indeed, hard to find on the Sophos site.