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Avast installation aborted due to incompatible software on Mac Sierra
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December 10, 2016, 10:10:25 PM »
I had Sophos installed. It was scanning less than 5 items per 30 minutes with time machine. I uninstalled Sophos with the uninstaller and then downloaded Avast. It fails to install due to incompatible software. No forum has a solution for this. I am currently UNPROTECTED and need to get Avast (recommended by my technical support company) working. Solutions? Anyone had similar problem?
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Re: Avast installation aborted due to incompatible software on Mac Sierra
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December 10, 2016, 10:20:00 PM »
Have you checked all folders to see if there is anything from Sophos left ?
Is there still something from Sophos running (could be a service) ?
Have you tried this ? >
http://www.macexpertguide.com/how-to-uninstall-sophos-mac-antivirus/
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Re: Avast installation aborted due to incompatible software on Mac Sierra
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December 14, 2016, 03:05:15 AM »
Does sound like something remains of Sophos. To check for a service still running Open Activity Monitor, make sure its set to view all processes (under View Menu). Look for anything related to Sophos still running.
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Re: Avast installation aborted due to incompatible software on Mac Sierra
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December 23, 2016, 11:50:38 AM »
Hi,
Avast checks for the kernel extensions (KEXTs) of the other AVs. So if you get a message, that there
is incompatible SW, there is almost for sure some Sophos kernel extension loaded.
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