The campus license of the antivirus software (Sophos) of the University of Bremen expires on 20.07.2023 and will not be renewed further. This was currently only used by a small number of computers. The procurement of a successor product is not planned by the university.
In addition to the high cost of the campus license, this decision is justifid by the fact that mainly Microsoft Windows systems are affected and these systems already have antivirus software "Microsoft Defender Antivirus" pre-installed, which offers comparable protection.
If you are currently using Sophos antivirus as part of the campus license and would like to use a different product in the future, you must uninstall the Sophos software first. Information on uninstalling Sophos antivirus can be found here:
Sophos Endpoint Security Uninstall
Information on how to activate "Microsoft Defender Antivirus" can be found here:
Microsoft Defender Antivirus aktivieren