Sophos Anti-Virus

How to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus from your system

This page contains complete information on how to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows. The Windows version was developed by Sophos Limited. Take a look here for more information on Sophos Limited. Please follow http://tw.sophos.com if you want to read more on Sophos Anti-Virus on Sophos Limited's page. Sophos Anti-Virus is typically installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus directory, but this location can differ a lot depending on the user's option when installing the program. You can remove Sophos Anti-Virus by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /X{9ACB414D-9347-40B6-A453-5EFB2DB59DFA}. Note that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. The application's main executable file is labeled SavMain.exe and occupies 1.44 MB (1512000 bytes).

Sophos Anti-Virus is composed of the following executables which occupy 8.18 MB (8580088 bytes) on disk:

• BackgroundScanClient.exe (65.52 KB)
• native.exe (130.56 KB)
• sav32cli.exe (327.06 KB)
• SAVAdminService.exe (211.56 KB)
• SAVCleanupService.exe (142.02 KB)
• SavMain.exe (1.44 MB)
• SavProgress.exe (343.56 KB)
• SavProxy.exe (78.52 KB)
• SavService.exe (136.56 KB)
• WSCClient.exe (231.23 KB)
• swi_lsp32_util.exe (142.06 KB)
• swi_lspdiag.exe (152.56 KB)
• swi_lspdiag_64.exe (182.56 KB)
• swi_service.exe (2.73 MB)
• swi_update_64.exe (1.92 MB)

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This web page is about Sophos Anti-Virus version 10.0.8 alone. You can find below a few links to other Sophos Anti-Virus releases:

• 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
• 10.7.2.49
• 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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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Some of these are shown below.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus from your PC:

• C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus

The files below remain on your disk by Sophos Anti-Virus's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\AuthorisedLists.dll
• C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\BackgroundScanning.dll
• C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\BHOManagement.dll
• C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ComponentManager.dll

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{01FE9080-B42B-4630-9D69-5A13660E9AF8}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{13D929D1-7083-11DE-A12A-000C29059B23}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{14A0893B-51B8-42E8-A592-EFFB206CB2ED}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{14CC39FD-93B8-43CB-B9D8-4F9A50BC0609}

Additional values that you should delete:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00920966-F6E8-461a-BF85-5F3AF429AC7F}\InprocServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00D9EF91-C746-4804-95A6-5F263655EFE3}\InprocServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{01D91C34-AAA1-4EF6-9B93-D4184AF2C49B}\InprocServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{01DA1D24-AFF6-448D-9B80-7DA3D1005B8C}\InprocServer32\

How to remove Sophos Anti-Virus with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Sophos Anti-Virus is an application by Sophos Limited. Some computer users want to erase this program. Sometimes this can be efortful because deleting this by hand takes some know-how regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE practice to erase Sophos Anti-Virus is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to take care of your system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs existing on the computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Sophos Anti-Virus or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Sophos Anti-Virus". The Sophos Anti-Virus application will be found very quickly. When you click Sophos Anti-Virus in the list of programs, some data regarding the program is available to you:

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

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

• The web site of the program is: http://tw.sophos.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{9ACB414D-9347-40B6-A453-5EFB2DB59DFA}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus.


8. After removing Sophos Anti-Virus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Sophos Anti-Virus which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Sophos Anti-Virus using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall 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 only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall 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 stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.