Third Party Antivirus – Running two antivirus programs can reduce your security (Sophos)

Applies to Sophos Home for Windows

What’s happening

Sophos Home detects another Antivirus software (or leftovers of it) is installed on the system and shows the following message:

Third party antivirus
Running two antivirus programs can reduce your security. For maximum protection, we suggest you uninstall <antivirus name> Antivirus.

More information regarding running Sophos Home alongside other AVs:
Can I use Sophos Home with my other security or antivirus software?

What to do

There are 2 actions required:
1 – Removing the third party software
2 – Dismissing the alert after removal 

Ensure the third party antivirus has been removed from the computer. If needed, contact their support teams for assistance (some antivirus software requires a removal tool to fully uninstall. You may search the vendor’s site for removal instructions).

Removing the alert from Sophos Home:

Once you have completed removing the third party antivirus, click on the x to dismiss the message in Sophos Home:

Source : Official Sophos Brand
Editor by : BEST Antivirus KBS Team