Sophos Anti-Virus

How to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus from your system

You can find below details on how to remove Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows. It is made by Sophos Limited. Check out here where you can get more info on Sophos Limited. Please follow http://www.sophos.com if you want to read more on Sophos Anti-Virus on Sophos Limited's website. The application is often placed in the C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus directory (same installation drive as Windows). Sophos Anti-Virus's full uninstall command line is MsiExec.exe /X{D929B3B5-56C6-46CC-B3A3-A1A784CBB8E4}. SavMain.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 1.55 MB (1625384 bytes) on disk.

Sophos Anti-Virus contains of the executables below. They take 8.17 MB (8569920 bytes) on disk.

• BackgroundScanClient.exe (66.79 KB)
• sav32cli.exe (342.29 KB)
• SAVAdminService.exe (281.79 KB)
• SAVCleanupService.exe (190.79 KB)
• SavMain.exe (1.55 MB)
• SavProgress.exe (369.29 KB)
• SavProxy.exe (89.29 KB)
• SavService.exe (203.29 KB)
• WSCClient.exe (220.59 KB)
• swi_lsp32_util.exe (182.79 KB)
• swi_lspdiag.exe (184.79 KB)
• swi_service.exe (3.12 MB)
• swi_update.exe (1.42 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 10.3.12 of Sophos Anti-Virus. You can find below info on other releases of Sophos Anti-Virus:

• 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
• 10.2.8
• 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
• 10.3.7
• 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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Quite a few files, folders and Windows registry entries will not be removed when you remove Sophos Anti-Virus from your computer.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus

The files below are left behind on your disk by Sophos Anti-Virus's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\logs\Scan my computer.txt
• C:\Windows\Installer\{D929B3B5-56C6-46CC-B3A3-A1A784CBB8E4}\ARPPRODUCTICON.exe

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\5B3B929D6C65CC643B3A1A7A48BC8B4E
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{D929B3B5-56C6-46CC-B3A3-A1A784CBB8E4}

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following values:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\5B3B929D6C65CC643B3A1A7A48BC8B4E\ProductName

How to delete Sophos Anti-Virus from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Sophos Anti-Virus is a program offered by Sophos Limited. Frequently, computer users try to uninstall it. Sometimes this is troublesome because uninstalling this by hand requires some experience related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best QUICK solution to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus 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 Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to take care of your Windows computer.

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install 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 powerful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs existing on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Sophos Anti-Virus or simply click the Search feature and type in "Sophos Anti-Virus". If it is installed on your PC the Sophos Anti-Virus app will be found automatically. Notice that when you click Sophos Anti-Virus in the list , the following data regarding the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding Sophos Anti-Virus, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you want to remove, by pressing 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{D929B3B5-56C6-46CC-B3A3-A1A784CBB8E4}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Sophos Anti-Virus.


8. After uninstalling Sophos Anti-Virus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Sophos Anti-Virus that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Sophos Anti-Virus with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Sophos Anti-Virus by Sophos Limited from your computer, nor are we saying that Sophos Anti-Virus by Sophos Limited is not a good application. This text simply 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 other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.