Sophos Anti-Virus

How to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus from your PC

Sophos Anti-Virus is a Windows application. Read more about how to remove it from your PC. It is produced by Sophos Plc. More information about Sophos Plc can be read here. Detailed information about Sophos Anti-Virus can be seen at http://link15.sophos.com/home?origin_id=215&productlang_id=4. The application is usually found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus folder. Keep in mind that this path can vary depending on the user's choice. 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 be prompted for administrator rights. The application's main executable file is labeled SavMain.exe and it has a size of 1.30 MB (1365544 bytes).

The following executables are contained in Sophos Anti-Virus. They take 2.41 MB (2522416 bytes) on disk.

• BackgroundScanClient.exe (49.04 KB)
• native.exe (41.50 KB)
• sav32cli.exe (235.04 KB)
• SAVAdminService.exe (102.04 KB)
• SAVCleanupService.exe (98.54 KB)
• SavMain.exe (1.30 MB)
• SavProgress.exe (316.04 KB)
• SavService.exe (91.54 KB)
• WSCClient.exe (196.02 KB)

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This data is about Sophos Anti-Virus version 9.0.5 only. You can find here a few links to other Sophos Anti-Virus versions:

• 7.6.8
• 9.5.3
• 7.6.0
• 9.5.1
• 7.6.2
• 7.6.5
• 9.5.2
• 9.5.6

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How to remove Sophos Anti-Virus from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Sophos Anti-Virus is an application marketed by Sophos Plc. Sometimes, computer users choose to erase this program. Sometimes this can be efortful because doing this manually requires some experience regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best EASY procedure 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 already installed on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general tool to clean your PC.

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs existing on your PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Sophos Anti-Virus or simply activate the Search field and type in "Sophos Anti-Virus". The Sophos Anti-Virus program will be found very quickly. After you click Sophos Anti-Virus in the list of apps, some data about the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about Sophos Anti-Virus, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

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

• The web site of the application is: http://link15.sophos.com/home?origin_id=215&productlang_id=4
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{9ACB414D-9347-40B6-A453-5EFB2DB59DFA}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Sophos Anti-Virus.


8. After uninstalling Sophos Anti-Virus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with 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 uninstalling Sophos Anti-Virus with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Sophos Anti-Virus by Sophos Plc from your PC, we are not saying that Sophos Anti-Virus by Sophos Plc is not a good application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Sophos Anti-Virus supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.