Free anti-virus protection for journalists

Please complete the following form providing as much information as possible. Your application will be assessed and our staff may contact you before approving your application.

Sophos offers free virus protection to legitimate journalists for their personal use. If you are a member of a media organization or a bona-fide freelance journalist, you can apply to have Sophos Anti-Virus updated on your PC across the internet by completing the following form.

If your application is successful, Sophos will email you full details of how to download and install Sophos Anti-Virus onto your PC/Macintosh for personal use, and ensure it is always up-to-date with the very latest protection against viruses, worms, spyware and Trojan horses.

This service is currently available for users of the following operating systems:

• Windows Vista
• Windows XP Home and Professional
• Mac OS X 10.2 or higher
• Windows Server 2003
• Windows 2000
• Windows NT (Service Pack 6a only, also requires Internet Explorer 5.0 or above)
• Windows 95/98 or Me (Requires Internet Explorer 5.5 SP1 or above)