Sophos Home Premium Brings Advanced Anti-Ransomware Protection

Sophos (LSE: SOPH), network and endpoint cybersecurity company, announced Sophos Home Premium with ransomware protection. Sophos Home Premium features advanced anti-ransomware capabilities that can quickly detect previously unknown ransomware. Going beyond just traditional antivirus features, it delivers proactive, real-time protection for consumers from the latest malicious software and hacking attempts, and includes privacy protection features.

It is the only antivirus that can be connected with 10 devices across home and countries. It does not only provide advanced protection against ransomware, it can detect a ransomware attack in progress, block it, and automatically roll back your files to an unencrypted state.

"More than 100 million people across 100,000 businesses globally rely on Sophos to protect themselves against cyber attacks, and we passionately believe that home users should enjoy the equal level of protection.” said Sunil Sharma, Managing Director Sales at Sophos India & SAARC " Today consumers also demand the equal quality of protection the world's most discerning organizations require. It's become significant for home users to protect their digital lives and assets. Sophos Home is based on the proven business-grade technology that protects some of the world's biggest brands, and we have now made that accessible to home environments. The research we do in SophosLabs gives us the inimitable ability to provide them with state-of-the-art protection against ransomware, malicious websites, and online threats."

Sophos is a global leader in cybersecurity, securing some of the most-recognizable businesses around the world. With Sophos Home Premium, the company is bringing the powerful, business-grade security and ransomware protection that IT professionals trust at work to consumers at home.

Sophos Home has also launched lucrative affiliate programs under which they provide partners with the tools, collateral, lucrative margins and marketing support to enable them to be successful brand ambassadors of consumer IT security.

Key features in Sophos Home Premium include:

1. Advanced Ransomware Protection

Blocks the latest ransomware from encrypting your files and drives

2. Real-Time Behavioral Protection*

Protects against new and developing malware, potentially unwanted apps (PUAs), and program exploits to prevent infection from the latest threats

3. Malicious Site Web Protection

Leverages the vast SophosLabs blacklist database to protect against connections to known compromised or dangerous sites

4. Real-Time Antivirus

Protects against known viruses, malware, Trojans, worms, bots, potentially unwanted apps (PUAs), ransomware, and more

5. Privacy Protection

Monitors access to your webcam, and blocks any attempts to record your keystrokes

6. Parental Web Filtering

Allows you to control the content your children can view online

7. Remote Management

Secures multiple devices in any location from a simple web interface

8. Advanced Web Protection*

Blocks phishing sites and bad or compromised websites for safe browsing and shopping

9. Online Banking Protection*

Protects your banking and credit card information from being intercepted by third-parties and keylogger software

10. Advanced Malware Removal*

Removes previous malware infections

(* at time of launch this feature is available on the PC platform only)

Sophos Home Premium has an MSRP of INR 2499 for use on up to 10 computers - Mac and PC - for 12 months. Support is included via online community, email, and chat for the duration of the subscription.