Sophos Anti-Virus
A guide to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus from your system
This web page contains detailed information on how to remove Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows. It was created for Windows by Sophos Limited. You can find out more on Sophos Limited or check for application updates here. More information about Sophos Anti-Virus can be found at http://www.sophos.com. Sophos Anti-Virus is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus folder, depending on the user's choice. MsiExec.exe /X{CA3CE456-B2D9-4812-8C69-17D6980432EF} is the full command line if you want to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus. SavMain.exe is the Sophos Anti-Virus's main executable file and it occupies approximately 1.58 MB (1660416 bytes) on disk.The following executable files are contained in Sophos Anti-Virus. They take 10.33 MB (10831296 bytes) on disk.
- BackgroundScanClient.exe (75.12 KB)
- ForceUpdateAlongSideSGN.exe (215.67 KB)
- sav32cli.exe (469.29 KB)
- SAVAdminService.exe (308.40 KB)
- SAVCleanupService.exe (208.49 KB)
- SavMain.exe (1.58 MB)
- SavProgress.exe (382.57 KB)
- SavProxy.exe (97.91 KB)
- SavService.exe (282.66 KB)
- sdcdevcon.exe (172.41 KB)
- sdcservice.exe (675.29 KB)
- WSCClient.exe (242.34 KB)
- swc_service.exe (351.60 KB)
- swi_lsp32_util.exe (245.58 KB)
- swi_lspdiag.exe (208.55 KB)
- swi_service.exe (3.45 MB)
- swi_update.exe (1.45 MB)
The current web page applies to Sophos Anti-Virus version 10.6.4.1099 only. 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
- 10.6.2.756
- 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
- 10.7.6.128
- 10.2.4
- 10.0.12
Some files, folders and registry entries will not be uninstalled when you are trying to remove Sophos Anti-Virus from your computer.
Folders remaining:
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus
The files below were left behind on your disk by Sophos Anti-Virus when you uninstall it:
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\DataControlPlugin.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\DeviceControlPlugin.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Microsoft.VC90.ATL\atl90.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Microsoft.VC90.CRT\msvcp90.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Microsoft.VC90.CRT\msvcr90.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavAdapter.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavMain.exe
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavNeutralRes.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavPlugin.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavResEng.dll
- 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\TamperProtectionControl.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\TamperProtectionPlugin.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Web Control\swc_service.exe
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Web Control\SWCAdapter.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Web Control\WCPResEng.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Web Control\WebControlPlugin.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Web Intelligence\swi_service.exe
You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be removed; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\654EC3AC9D2B2184C896716D894023FE
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{CA3CE456-B2D9-4812-8C69-17D6980432EF}
Open regedit.exe to remove the registry values below from the Windows Registry:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\654EC3AC9D2B2184C896716D894023FE\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\{CA3CE456-B2D9-4812-8C69-17D6980432EF}\
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Sophos Device Control Service\ImagePath
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Sophos Web Control Service\ImagePath
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\swi_service\ImagePath
A way to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO
Sophos Anti-Virus is a program offered by Sophos Limited. Frequently, users choose to remove it. This is hard because uninstalling this manually requires some experience related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best EASY solution to remove 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 good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general tool to optimize your computer.
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- download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
- install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
3. Click on the General Tools button
4. Press the Uninstall Programs button
5. A list of the programs existing on your PC 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 exists on your system 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 application is made available to you:
- Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about Sophos Anti-Virus, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
- Technical information about the program you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
- The web site of the application is: http://www.sophos.com
- The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{CA3CE456-B2D9-4812-8C69-17D6980432EF}
8. After uninstalling Sophos Anti-Virus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Sophos Anti-Virus that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Sophos Anti-Virus with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.
Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.
Disclaimer
This page is not a recommendation 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 PC. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Sophos Anti-Virus in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.
2017-02-03 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO
follow @DeeaKartmanLast update on: 2017-02-03 20:38:11.007