Redeem My Free Sophos Home License

Students, faculty and staff can download Sophos Home antivirus software to their personal devices at no cost, using just an email address.

Learn how to redeem your free Sophos Home Commercial Use license.

Go to home.sophos.com/employee.aspx.
Enter your Cal Poly email address and click the Submit button.
You will receive an email from Sophos Home with instructions on how to create your account and manage your license.

Your Cal Poly email is used for verification purposes only. Later, you will be able to use your personal email to register for an account or upgrade your existing account.
If you have Malwarebytes installed on your PC, please read Sophos Web Protection conflicts with Malwarebytes products on Windows.
This is not available to affiliates or emeriti. Sophos offers a free version for download. Or contact your Internet Service Provider (ISP) to see if they offer free antivirus software, for example, Spectrum provides a Security Suite free to their customers.

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