Sophos Anti-Virus

How to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus from your system

This web page is about Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It is produced by Sophos Limited. You can read more on Sophos Limited or check for application updates here. Click on http://www.sophos.com to get more details about Sophos Anti-Virus on Sophos Limited's website. Sophos Anti-Virus is normally set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus directory, depending on the user's decision. MsiExec.exe /X{23E4E25E-E963-4C62-A18A-49C73AA3F963} is the full command line if you want to remove Sophos Anti-Virus. Sophos Anti-Virus's primary file takes about 1.58 MB (1659392 bytes) and is named SavMain.exe.

The executable files below are installed beside Sophos Anti-Virus. They occupy about 14.65 MB (15361480 bytes) on disk.

• BackgroundScanClient.exe (76.67 KB)
• ForceUpdateAlongSideSGN.exe (216.66 KB)
• Native.exe (190.81 KB)
• sav32cli.exe (505.66 KB)
• SAVAdminService.exe (230.34 KB)
• SAVCleanupService.exe (150.11 KB)
• SavMain.exe (1.58 MB)
• SavProgress.exe (401.36 KB)
• SavProxy.exe (86.29 KB)
• SavService.exe (195.38 KB)
• SAVTelem.exe (57.94 KB)
• sdcdevcon.exe (193.81 KB)
• sdcservice.exe (493.15 KB)
• ssr32.exe (146.50 KB)
• ssr64.exe (168.85 KB)
• WSCClient.exe (281.66 KB)
• swc_service.exe (351.60 KB)
• swi_di.exe (291.84 KB)
• swi_fc.exe (2.52 MB)
• swi_filter.exe (464.24 KB)
• swi_lsp32_util.exe (245.58 KB)
• swi_lspdiag.exe (208.55 KB)
• swi_lspdiag_64.exe (256.81 KB)
• swi_service.exe (3.43 MB)
• swi_update_64.exe (2.02 MB)

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This info is about Sophos Anti-Virus version 10.7.6.128 alone. For other Sophos Anti-Virus versions please click below:

• 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
• 10.3.12
• 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
• 10.2.4
• 10.0.12

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Some files and registry entries are usually left behind when you uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\sophos_detoured.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\sophos_detoured_x64.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Sophos Anti-Virus CustomActions Log.txt
• C:\Windows\Installer\{23E4E25E-E963-4C62-A18A-49C73AA3F963}\ARPPRODUCTICON.exe

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\E52E4E32369E26C41AA8947CA33A9F36
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{23E4E25E-E963-4C62-A18A-49C73AA3F963}

Additional registry values that you should delete:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\E52E4E32369E26C41AA8947CA33A9F36\ProductName

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

Sophos Anti-Virus is an application by Sophos Limited. Sometimes, people want to remove this application. Sometimes this can be difficult because removing this by hand requires some experience regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best SIMPLE practice to remove 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 system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows computer.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications installed on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications 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 program will be found automatically. Notice that when you select Sophos Anti-Virus in the list of programs, some information regarding the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you 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 wish to remove, by clicking on 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{23E4E25E-E963-4C62-A18A-49C73AA3F963}

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


8. After removing Sophos Anti-Virus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform 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 uninstalling Sophos Anti-Virus with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation 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 for your computer. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Sophos Anti-Virus supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.