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Sophos Client Firewall requirements are also covered in this table.

  Sophos
Security Suite
Sophos
Computer Security
Sophos
Anti-Virus
Control Center
Windows 2000 SP4
Windows 2003 (32-bit) SP1, and R2 (32-bit)
Windows XP Professional (32-bit) SP2
Windows Small Business Server 2003 SP1 †
yes yes yes
Platforms protected
Windows 98 SE/Me*
Windows 2000 SP4
Windows 2003 (32-bit) SP1, and R2 (32-bit)
Windows 2008 (32-bit)
Windows XP Home (32-bit)
Windows XP Professional (32-bit) SP2
Windows Vista (32-bit)
Mac OS X 10.2 and higher*
yes yes yes
Disk space needed 70 MB 70 MB 70 MB
Memory needed (RAM)
Windows 98 SE/Me
Windows 2000 and later
Mac OS x 10.2 and higher

64 MB
256 MB
128 MB

64 MB
256 MB
128 MB

64 MB
256 MB
128 MB
Email server ††
Microsoft Exchange 2000 SP3
Microsoft Exchange 2003 SP1
Microsoft Exchange 2007
Windows 2000 Server SP4
Windows 2003 (32-bit) SP1, and R2 (32-bit)
Windows Small Business Server 2000 SP4
Windows Small Business Server 2003 SP1
Windows Server 2008
yes N/A N/A
Languages supported
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish
Simplified and traditional Chinese
yes
Email security: English and Japanese only
yes yes

† 1 GB free disk space, minimum RAM 256 MB
†† Disk space: up to 2 GB, Memory: 1 GB minimum, 2 GB recommended
* Adware and PUA detection is not available on these platforms