Sophos Anti-Virus

A way to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus from your PC

You can find below detailed information on how to remove Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows. The Windows version was developed by Sophos Limited. More info about Sophos Limited can be found here. More information about the application Sophos Anti-Virus can be found at http://www.sophos.de. Sophos Anti-Virus is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus folder, depending on the user's choice. The full uninstall command line for Sophos Anti-Virus is MsiExec.exe /X{01423865-551B-4C59-B44A-CC604BC21AF3}. SavMain.exe is the Sophos Anti-Virus's main executable file and it occupies about 1.67 MB (1748080 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are incorporated in Sophos Anti-Virus. They take 16.27 MB (17062120 bytes) on disk.

• BackgroundScanClient.exe (80.62 KB)
• ForceUpdateAlongSideSGN.exe (293.10 KB)
• Native.exe (353.54 KB)
• sav32cli.exe (516.50 KB)
• SAVAdminService.exe (298.72 KB)
• SAVCleanupService.exe (165.79 KB)
• SavMain.exe (1.67 MB)
• SavProgress.exe (486.98 KB)
• SavProxy.exe (88.73 KB)
• SavService.exe (219.61 KB)
• SAVTelem.exe (68.94 KB)
• sdcdevcon.exe (217.05 KB)
• sdcservice.exe (536.23 KB)
• ssr32.exe (147.55 KB)
• ssr64.exe (169.85 KB)
• WSCClient.exe (625.08 KB)
• swc_service.exe (351.60 KB)
• swi_di.exe (291.84 KB)
• swi_fc.exe (3.18 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 (3.46 MB)
• swi_update_64.exe (2.02 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 10.8.4.227 of Sophos Anti-Virus. You can find below info on other versions of Sophos Anti-Virus:

• 9.7.7
• 10.0.10
• 10.8.7.1000
• 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
• 10.7.6.128
• 10.2.4
• 10.0.12

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Some files, folders and registry data will not be deleted when you want to remove Sophos Anti-Virus from your computer.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus:

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

The files below were left behind on your disk by Sophos Anti-Virus when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavShellExtX64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SophosOfficeAVx64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Web Intelligence\swi_filter.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Sophos Anti-Virus CustomActions Log.txt
• C:\Windows\Installer\{01423865-551B-4C59-B44A-CC604BC21AF3}\ARPPRODUCTICON.exe

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be removed; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\56832410B15595C44BA4CC06B42CA13F
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{01423865-551B-4C59-B44A-CC604BC21AF3}

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\56832410B15595C44BA4CC06B42CA13F\ProductName

How to erase Sophos Anti-Virus with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Sophos Anti-Virus is an application offered by Sophos Limited. Frequently, computer users choose to erase this application. This can be efortful because doing this by hand takes some skill related to Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE approach to erase 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 system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to clean your computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs installed on the computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Sophos Anti-Virus or simply click the Search field and type in "Sophos Anti-Virus". The Sophos Anti-Virus program will be found automatically. Notice that when you click Sophos Anti-Virus in the list of programs, the following information regarding the application is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding Sophos Anti-Virus, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Sophos Anti-Virus:

• The publisher is: http://www.sophos.de
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{01423865-551B-4C59-B44A-CC604BC21AF3}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus.


8. After removing Sophos Anti-Virus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Sophos Anti-Virus which 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 registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

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 PC. This page only 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.