Sophos Anti-Virus

How to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus from your PC

Sophos Anti-Virus is a computer program. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was created for Windows by Sophos Plc. You can read more on Sophos Plc or check for application updates here. Please open http://www.sophos.com if you want to read more on Sophos Anti-Virus on Sophos Plc's website. The application is frequently found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus folder. Keep in mind that this path can differ being determined by the user's preference. You can uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /X{9ACB414D-9347-40B6-A453-5EFB2DB59DFA}. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for administrator rights. SavMain.exe is the programs's main file and it takes close to 1.40 MB (1465584 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are installed together with Sophos Anti-Virus. They occupy about 5.82 MB (6101784 bytes) on disk.

• BackgroundScanClient.exe (50.73 KB)
• native.exe (41.50 KB)
• sav32cli.exe (233.23 KB)
• SAVAdminService.exe (159.23 KB)
• SAVCleanupService.exe (102.23 KB)
• SavMain.exe (1.40 MB)
• SavProgress.exe (326.73 KB)
• SavProxy.exe (22.23 KB)
• SavService.exe (95.23 KB)
• WSCClient.exe (198.23 KB)
• swi_config.exe (1.28 MB)
• swi_lsp_installer.exe (186.23 KB)
• swi_lsp_installer_64.exe (222.23 KB)
• swi_lsp_install_wrapper.exe (81.23 KB)
• swi_service.exe (1.46 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 9.5.2 of Sophos Anti-Virus. You can find below a few links to other Sophos Anti-Virus versions:

• 7.6.8
• 9.5.3
• 7.6.0
• 9.0.5
• 9.5.1
• 7.6.2
• 7.6.5
• 9.5.6

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A way to delete Sophos Anti-Virus from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Sophos Anti-Virus is a program released by Sophos Plc. Some users choose to erase this application. Sometimes this is hard because uninstalling this by hand takes some knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. The best QUICK solution to erase Sophos Anti-Virus 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 Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs existing on the PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Sophos Anti-Virus or simply click the Search feature and type in "Sophos Anti-Virus". The Sophos Anti-Virus app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select Sophos Anti-Virus in the list of applications, the following information regarding the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding Sophos Anti-Virus, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Sophos Anti-Virus:

• The software company is: http://www.sophos.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{9ACB414D-9347-40B6-A453-5EFB2DB59DFA}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus.


8. After uninstalling Sophos Anti-Virus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Sophos Anti-Virus that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Sophos Anti-Virus with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Sophos Anti-Virus by Sophos Plc from your PC, nor are we saying that Sophos Anti-Virus by Sophos Plc is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Sophos Anti-Virus in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.