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Should I disable Sophos before migrating or transferring to a new computer (Mac)?

doray

Would the Sophos antivirus program interfere with the migration or transfer of my data to a new computer? I'm not talking about transferring Sophos antivirus; I'm talking about transferring my stuff and whether Sophos antivirus would interfere. Should I turn it off before transferring to a new Mac computer and turn it back on afterwards?



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  • 0 in reply to DianneY

    Thank you, Dianne! How about when installing software? Can I just leave it on then? The thing is that if you turn the antivirus off, it won't catch it if the thing you're installing is bad! And it would leave you vulnerable if you forgot to turn your antivirus back on, which could be easy to do.

  • 0 in reply to doray

    Hi  

    I would start installing as long as the migration is not taking place, so that you would have your antivirus enabled first.

  • 0 in reply to DianneY

    I don't understand. So you would have the antivirus enabled when installing other software? I was referring to installing other software, not installing Sophos. Or do you mean that you would have the antivirus enabled on the new computer when migrating as well as installing...??

  • +1 in reply to doray

    Hi  

    As long as the Migration software is running and doing whatever it needs to do on a machine, then the AV should be off.

    You can leave the AV off on the new machine as you're setting it up to avoid any installation issues with your apps. You can just run a full scan on the machine once you're done.

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