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How to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus from your PC

Sophos Anti-Virus is a Windows application. Read below about how to uninstall it from your PC. It is developed by Sophos Limited. More data about Sophos Limited can be read here. Click on to get more info about Sophos Anti-Virus on Sophos Limited's website. 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. The entire uninstall command line for Sophos Anti-Virus is MsiExec.exe /X{65323B2D-83D4-470D-A209-D769DB30BBDB}. Sophos Anti-Virus's primary file takes about 190.81 KB (195392 bytes) and is named Native.exe.

Sophos Anti-Virus installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 2.17 MB (2275304 bytes) on disk.

  • Native.exe (190.81 KB)
  • SavProxy.exe (86.29 KB)
  • SavService.exe (195.38 KB)
  • sdcdevcon.exe (193.81 KB)
  • sdcservice.exe (493.15 KB)
  • swc_service.exe (351.60 KB)
  • swi_lsp32_util.exe (245.58 KB)
  • swi_lspdiag.exe (208.55 KB)
  • swi_lspdiag_64.exe (256.81 KB)
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The information on this page is only about version 10.7.2.49 of Sophos Anti-Virus. You can find here a few links to other Sophos Anti-Virus releases:

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When you're planning to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus:
  • C:\Windows\Installer\{B0A3EC83-0A31-4234-87BB-6E0BB7F872F2}\ARPPRODUCTICON.exe

Registry keys:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\38CE3A0B13A0432478BBE6B07B8F272F
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{B0A3EC83-0A31-4234-87BB-6E0BB7F872F2}

Supplementary values that are not cleaned:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\38CE3A0B13A0432478BBE6B07B8F272F\ProductName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{B0A3EC83-0A31-4234-87BB-6E0BB7F872F2}\


How to remove Sophos Anti-Virus with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Sophos Anti-Virus is an application marketed by Sophos Limited. Some users decide to erase this application. Sometimes this can be efortful because deleting this by hand requires some know-how regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK solution 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, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your system.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful program.

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


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs existing on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate 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 app will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Sophos Anti-Virus in the list of programs, the following data about the program is made available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about Sophos Anti-Virus, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the app you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
For example you can see that for Sophos Anti-Virus:





  • The web site of the application is: http://www.sophos.com
  • The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{65323B2D-83D4-470D-A209-D769DB30BBDB}
7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus.
Uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus


8. After removing Sophos Anti-Virus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Sophos Anti-Virus which 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 can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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



Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Sophos Anti-Virus by Sophos Limited from your PC, nor are we saying that Sophos Anti-Virus by Sophos Limited is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed info 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 discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2017-03-30 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-03-30 05:07:40.267