Sophos Anti-Virus

A guide to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus from your system

Sophos Anti-Virus is a Windows application. Read below about how to remove it from your computer. It is written by Sophos Limited. Open here for more info on Sophos Limited. You can see more info related to Sophos Anti-Virus at http://www.sophos.com. Usually the Sophos Anti-Virus application is placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus directory, depending on the user's option during setup. MsiExec.exe /X{9ACB414D-9347-40B6-A453-5EFB2DB59DFA} is the full command line if you want to remove Sophos Anti-Virus. The program's main executable file has a size of 1.44 MB (1512440 bytes) on disk and is titled SavMain.exe.

The executable files below are installed beside Sophos Anti-Virus. They occupy about 8.27 MB (8671352 bytes) on disk.

• BackgroundScanClient.exe (65.56 KB)
• native.exe (130.56 KB)
• sav32cli.exe (331.49 KB)
• SAVAdminService.exe (212.49 KB)
• SAVCleanupService.exe (142.06 KB)
• SavMain.exe (1.44 MB)
• SavProgress.exe (343.99 KB)
• SavProxy.exe (78.56 KB)
• SavService.exe (155.56 KB)
• WSCClient.exe (231.23 KB)
• swi_lsp32_util.exe (157.49 KB)
• swi_lspdiag.exe (161.49 KB)
• swi_lspdiag_64.exe (194.56 KB)
• swi_service.exe (2.76 MB)
• swi_update_64.exe (1.92 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 10.2.8 of Sophos Anti-Virus. Click on the links below for other Sophos Anti-Virus versions:

• 9.7.7
• 10.0.10
• 10.8.7.1000
• 10.8.4.227
• 10.7.3.120
• 10.8.3.441
• 10.2.7
• 10.3.2
• 10.8.9.610
• 10.3.15
• 10.3.1
• 10.6.4.1099
• 10.6.2.756
• 10.7.1.32
• 10.6.0
• 10.7.0.301
• 10.2.1
• 10.6.2.852
• 10.3.10
• 10.8.2.311
• 10.7.5.143
• 10.7.0.134
• 10.6.3.1039
• 10.6.2.263
• 10.5.2
• 10.6.4.939
• 10.8.9.292
• 10.0.8
• 10.7.2.49
• 10.8.1.398
• 10.3.3
• 10.8.13.42
• 10.3.13
• 10.7.6.152
• 10.8.2.342
• 10.8.4.97
• 10.8.4.233
• 10.7.5.211
• 10.8.2.363
• 10.3.11
• 10.0.4
• 10.6.3.537
• 10.8.1.316
• 10.2.9
• 10.8.5.330
• 10.2.3
• 10.0.6
• 10.8.10.810
• 10.6.1
• 10.3.14
• 10.8.11.22
• 10.3.6
• 10.8.1.417
• 10.7.4.79
• 10.8.1.286
• 10.0.0
• 10.8.1.217
• 10.8.14.9
• 10.0.3
• 10.0.11
• 10.8.0.146
• 10.3.12
• 10.3.7
• 10.5.3
• 10.8.8.337
• 10.8.11.41
• 10.8.2.334
• 10.6.4.1150
• 10.6.2.509
• 10.7.6.117
• 10.8.3.322
• 10.8.12.23
• 10.8.4.180
• 10.8.2.300
• 10.8.1.136
• 10.8.6.215
• 10.8.2.344
• 10.5.4
• 10.7.6.128
• 10.2.4
• 10.0.12

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If you are manually uninstalling Sophos Anti-Virus we suggest you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus from your PC:

• C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus

The files below remain on your disk when you remove Sophos Anti-Virus:

• C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavShellExt.dll
• C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\sophos_detoured.dll
• C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Web Control\swc_service.exe
• C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Web Intelligence\swi_service.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Sophos Anti-Virus Uninstall Log.txt
• C:\Windows\Installer\{9ACB414D-9347-40B6-A453-5EFB2DB59DFA}\ARPPRODUCTICON.exe

Usually the following registry keys will not be cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\D414BCA974396B044A35E5BFD25BD9AF
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{9ACB414D-9347-40B6-A453-5EFB2DB59DFA}

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\D414BCA974396B044A35E5BFD25BD9AF\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{9ACB414D-9347-40B6-A453-5EFB2DB59DFA}\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SAVAdminService\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SAVService\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Sophos Web Control Service\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\swi_service\ImagePath

A way to erase Sophos Anti-Virus from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Sophos Anti-Virus is an application by the software company Sophos Limited. Some computer users want to erase this application. This is hard because deleting this manually requires some knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best EASY practice to erase Sophos Anti-Virus is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is 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 an efficient uninstaller and general utility to take care of your computer.

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• go 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 your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs installed on the PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Sophos Anti-Virus or simply click the Search field and type in "Sophos Anti-Virus". If it is installed on your PC the Sophos Anti-Virus application will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Sophos Anti-Virus in the list of apps, the following data regarding the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding Sophos Anti-Virus, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

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

• The web site of the program is: http://www.sophos.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{9ACB414D-9347-40B6-A453-5EFB2DB59DFA}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus.


8. After uninstalling Sophos Anti-Virus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Sophos Anti-Virus that have been left behind will be detected 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 items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus by Sophos Limited from your computer, we are not saying that Sophos Anti-Virus by Sophos Limited is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.