The Sophos Home Premium antivirus software can be used free of charge by all students and employees of Bielefeld University for private devices running Windows and Mac.
Protection features include:
Registration via:
-> https://home.sophos.com/de-de/employee
First you have to create an account at Sophos by entering your personal university email address (@uni-bielefeld.de) and then follow the steps from the activation emails. Please enter a separate password (do not use the BITS password!).
Download after registration
-> :https://my.sophos.com/de-de/login (registration with created Sophos account)
After registration, the license runs for one year and can then be renewed again, provided that the eligibility still exists.
General max. term by the state contract current:30.09.2024
The Sophos Endpoint Security and Control product is intended for use on business devices.
-> Download or contact your own IT supervisor for installation
Important: When installing Sophos Endpoint, the web addresses for automatic updates, the BITS username and password are required. The addresses can be found under the download link.
Tip for supervisors:
For faculties/departments a centrally managed version for Windows computers is available in the university-wide AD.
Support for Sophos Home
Support for problems is available via the personal Sophos account directly from Sophos after logging in at https://my.sophos.com/de-de/login .
For students
BITS-Beratung (Support Office)
Room: University Main Building V0-215
Mo.–Fr. 09:30–16:00 h
Tel.: 0521 10612777
E-mail: bits@uni-bielefeld.de
For employees with a PC workstation provided by BITS
Service Desk
Mo.–Fr. 08:00–16:00 h
Tel.: 0521 106-6000
E-mail: servicedesk@uni-bielefeld.de
For other employees
Decentralised IT support of the faculty or institution.
How-to for SophosHome (on Sophos.com)
Configure Sophos updates (for Endpoint)