Applies to: Sophos Home Premium (Windows and Mac)

This article provides the steps on how to enable or disable the real-time protection on Sophos Home Dashboard.

Instructions 

1. Sign in to your Sophos Home dashboard.
2. Click the computer where you need to disable the real-time protection.
   
3. Go to the Protection tab > General tab.
   
4. Switch on or off the toggle under Real-Time Protection.

Note: Disabling the Real-Time Protection is NOT recommended as this lessen your security protection. When the real-time protection is disabled, the dashboard will show a This device is vulnerable alert.

Related information

• Disabling Malicious Traffic Detection
• Setting scan exceptions