Sophos AutoUpdate

How to uninstall Sophos AutoUpdate from your system

Sophos AutoUpdate is a computer program. This page is comprised of details on how to remove it from your computer. It is developed by Sophos Limited. You can find out more on Sophos Limited or check for application updates here. Click on http://www.sophos.com/ to get more information about Sophos AutoUpdate on Sophos Limited's website. Usually the Sophos AutoUpdate application is found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate folder, depending on the user's option during install. You can uninstall Sophos AutoUpdate by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /X{7CD26A0C-9B59-4E84-B5EE-B386B2F7AA16}. Keep in mind that you might receive a notification for admin rights. Sophos AutoUpdate's primary file takes around 1.68 MB (1766696 bytes) and its name is SophosUpdate.exe.

The executables below are part of Sophos AutoUpdate. They take about 4.65 MB (4880544 bytes) on disk.

• ALMon.exe (1.52 MB)
• ALsvc.exe (332.29 KB)
• ALUpdate.exe (1.13 MB)
• SophosUpdate.exe (1.68 MB)

The information on this page is only about version 4.3.10.27 of Sophos AutoUpdate. You can find below info on other application versions of Sophos AutoUpdate:

• 5.8.335
• 5.7.51
• 5.0.0.39
• 3.1.1.18
• 5.8.358
• 5.1.1.1
• 2.7.8.335
• 5.6.332
• 4.1.0.273
• 5.6.423
• 5.11.206
• 5.2.0.221
• 2.7.1
• 5.1.2.0
• 5.4.0.724
• 5.12.206
• 2.9.0.344
• 4.0.5.39
• 5.7.220
• 5.16.37
• 5.5.3.0
• 5.10.139
• 6.15.1417
• 4.1.0.65
• 4.1.0.143
• 3.1.4.81
• 2.7.5.326
• 5.3.0.516
• 5.6.484
• 5.14.36
• 6.16.878
• 2.5.10
• 5.2.0.276
• 5.7.533
• 5.5.2.1
• 5.11.177
• 2.6.0
• 4.2.2.1
• 5.18.10.0
• 5.4.0.751
• 5.17.243.0
• 2.10.1.357
• 2.5.9
• 6.15.1347
• 5.15.166
• 5.12.261
• 3.1.4.241
• 2.5.30
• 4.2.0.37
• 2.7.4.317
• 5.10.126

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If you are manually uninstalling Sophos AutoUpdate we suggest you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

The files below are left behind on your disk when you remove Sophos AutoUpdate:

• C:\Windows\Installer\{7CD26A0C-9B59-4E84-B5EE-B386B2F7AA16}\Icon.ico

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\C0A62DC795B948E45BEE3B682B7FAA61
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{7CD26A0C-9B59-4E84-B5EE-B386B2F7AA16}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Sophos\AutoUpdate

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\C0A62DC795B948E45BEE3B682B7FAA61\ProductName

How to delete Sophos AutoUpdate from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Sophos AutoUpdate is an application marketed by the software company Sophos Limited. Some computer users choose to uninstall this application. This is hard because deleting this by hand requires some skill related to removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE way to uninstall Sophos AutoUpdate is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to clean your system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs installed on the computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Sophos AutoUpdate or simply click the Search field and type in "Sophos AutoUpdate". If it is installed on your PC the Sophos AutoUpdate program will be found very quickly. After you click Sophos AutoUpdate in the list of apps, the following information about the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about Sophos AutoUpdate, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Sophos AutoUpdate:

• The publisher is: http://www.sophos.com/
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{7CD26A0C-9B59-4E84-B5EE-B386B2F7AA16}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Sophos AutoUpdate.


8. After removing Sophos AutoUpdate, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Sophos AutoUpdate which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Sophos AutoUpdate using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Sophos AutoUpdate by Sophos Limited from your computer, we are not saying that Sophos AutoUpdate by Sophos Limited is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove Sophos AutoUpdate in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.