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Application Sophos AutoUpdate





A way to uninstall Sophos AutoUpdate from your computer

This page is about Sophos AutoUpdate for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows version was developed by Sophos Limited. More information on Sophos Limited can be seen here. Click on to get more details about Sophos AutoUpdate on Sophos Limited's website. Sophos AutoUpdate is normally installed in the C:\Program Files\Sophos\AutoUpdate directory, depending on the user's option. The full command line for uninstalling Sophos AutoUpdate is MsiExec.exe /X{15C418EB-7675-42BE-B2B3-281952DA014D}. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may get a notification for administrator rights. SophosBootTasks.exe is the programs's main file and it takes about 30.02 KB (30744 bytes) on disk.

Sophos AutoUpdate installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 11.45 MB (12010216 bytes) on disk.

  • ALMon.exe (483.02 KB)
  • ALsvc.exe (227.02 KB)
  • ALUpdate.exe (723.02 KB)
  • ConfigureSAV.exe (140.00 KB)
  • SavProxy.exe (29.52 KB)
  • SDCDevCon.exe (55.52 KB)
  • SDCDevConIA64.exe (147.02 KB)
  • SDCDevConx64.exe (72.02 KB)
  • SDCService.exe (539.52 KB)
  • BackgroundScanClient.exe (52.52 KB)
  • sav32cli.exe (323.02 KB)
  • SAVAdminService.exe (164.02 KB)
  • SAVCleanupService.exe (104.02 KB)
  • SavMain.exe (1.41 MB)
  • SavProgress.exe (330.02 KB)
  • SavService.exe (97.52 KB)
  • swi_config.exe (1.29 MB)
  • swi_lsp_installer.exe (200.02 KB)
  • swi_lsp_installer_2k.exe (195.02 KB)
  • swi_lsp_installer_64.exe (243.52 KB)
  • swi_lsp_install_wrapper.exe (83.02 KB)
  • swi_service.exe (1.47 MB)
  • WSCClient.exe (398.11 KB)
  • WSCClient.exe (154.26 KB)
  • WSCClient.exe (218.63 KB)
  • SophosBootTasks.exe (30.02 KB)
  • native.exe (122.50 KB)
  • SophosBootTasks.exe (36.52 KB)
  • native.exe (251.00 KB)
  • SophosBootTasks.exe (65.02 KB)
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The information on this page is only about version 2.5.9 of Sophos AutoUpdate. You can find below a few links to other Sophos AutoUpdate versions:

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How to delete Sophos AutoUpdate with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Sophos AutoUpdate is a program marketed by Sophos Limited. Some people choose to erase it. This can be difficult because uninstalling this by hand takes some know-how related to PCs. One of the best SIMPLE solution to erase Sophos AutoUpdate is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your system.

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  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the applications existing on your PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Sophos AutoUpdate or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Sophos AutoUpdate". If it exists on your system the Sophos AutoUpdate app will be found automatically. When you click Sophos AutoUpdate in the list of programs, the following data regarding the application is available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding Sophos AutoUpdate, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details regarding the application you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for Sophos AutoUpdate:





  • The web site of the application is: http://www.sophos.com/
  • The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{15C418EB-7675-42BE-B2B3-281952DA014D}
7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Sophos AutoUpdate.
Uninstall Sophos AutoUpdate


8. After uninstalling Sophos AutoUpdate, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Sophos AutoUpdate which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Sophos AutoUpdate using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows XP (5.1)
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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Sophos AutoUpdate by Sophos Limited from your PC, nor are we saying that Sophos AutoUpdate by Sophos Limited is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed instructions 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 other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2015-06-19 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-06-18 22:32:35.030