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A way to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus from your system

Sophos Anti-Virus is a computer program. This page is comprised of details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows version was developed by Sophos Limited. Further information on Sophos Limited can be found here. More information about Sophos Anti-Virus can be seen at . The program is frequently found in the C:\Program Files\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}. The application's main executable file is titled SavMain.exe and it has a size of 1.55 MB (1625384 bytes).

The executables below are part of Sophos Anti-Virus. They occupy an average of 8.08 MB (8468032 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 (370.29 KB)
  • SavProxy.exe (89.29 KB)
  • SavService.exe (200.29 KB)
  • WSCClient.exe (220.59 KB)
  • swi_lsp32_util.exe (182.79 KB)
  • swi_lspdiag.exe (184.79 KB)
  • swi_service.exe (3.03 MB)
  • swi_update.exe (1.42 MB)
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The information on this page is only about version 10.3.7 of Sophos Anti-Virus. For other Sophos Anti-Virus versions please click below:

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

Directories left on disk:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavShellExtX64.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\sophos_detoured.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\sophos_detoured_x64.dll
  • C:\Windows\Installer\{D929B3B5-56C6-46CC-B3A3-A1A784CBB8E4}\ARPPRODUCTICON.exe

Registry keys:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\5B3B929D6C65CC643B3A1A7A48BC8B4E
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{D929B3B5-56C6-46CC-B3A3-A1A784CBB8E4}

Additional values that you should remove:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\5B3B929D6C65CC643B3A1A7A48BC8B4E\ProductName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Sophos Web Control Service\ImagePath
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\swi_filter\ImagePath
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\swi_service\ImagePath


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

Sophos Anti-Virus is a program by the software company Sophos Limited. Sometimes, users want to uninstall this application. Sometimes this can be difficult because uninstalling this by hand takes some know-how regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best SIMPLE practice 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 PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your system.

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  • visit Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


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

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 exists on your system the Sophos Anti-Virus program will be found automatically. Notice that when you click Sophos Anti-Virus in the list of applications, some information regarding the application is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding Sophos Anti-Virus, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the program you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for Sophos Anti-Virus:





  • The software company is: http://www.sophos.com
  • The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{D929B3B5-56C6-46CC-B3A3-A1A784CBB8E4}
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Sophos Anti-Virus.
Uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus


8. After uninstalling Sophos Anti-Virus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Sophos Anti-Virus which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Sophos Anti-Virus with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • 10.0
  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove 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 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 stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2016-06-20 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-06-20 12:42:06.647