Sophos Anti-Virus
A guide to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus from your PC
Sophos Anti-Virus is a Windows application. Read more about how to remove it from your computer. The Windows release was created by Sophos Limited. Further information on Sophos Limited can be seen here. Please follow http://www.sophos.com if you want to read more on Sophos Anti-Virus on Sophos Limited's website. Sophos Anti-Virus is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus directory, however this location can differ a lot depending on the user's choice while installing the application. The entire uninstall command line for Sophos Anti-Virus is MsiExec.exe /X{1AC3C833-D493-460C-816F-D26F30F79DC3}. SavMain.exe is the programs's main file and it takes close to 1.65 MB (1731424 bytes) on disk.Sophos Anti-Virus installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 16.15 MB (16935688 bytes) on disk.
- BackgroundScanClient.exe (73.78 KB)
- ForceUpdateAlongSideSGN.exe (284.54 KB)
- Native.exe (343.60 KB)
- sav32cli.exe (516.50 KB)
- SAVAdminService.exe (293.64 KB)
- SAVCleanupService.exe (158.48 KB)
- SavMain.exe (1.65 MB)
- SavProgress.exe (477.80 KB)
- SavProxy.exe (81.85 KB)
- SavService.exe (211.98 KB)
- SAVTelem.exe (63.21 KB)
- sdcdevcon.exe (209.44 KB)
- sdcservice.exe (601.35 KB)
- ssr32.exe (147.55 KB)
- ssr64.exe (169.85 KB)
- WSCClient.exe (615.30 KB)
- swc_service.exe (343.10 KB)
- swi_di.exe (283.64 KB)
- swi_fc.exe (3.16 MB)
- swi_filter.exe (472.73 KB)
- swi_lsp32_util.exe (237.69 KB)
- swi_lspdiag.exe (200.87 KB)
- swi_lspdiag_64.exe (248.83 KB)
- swi_service.exe (3.44 MB)
- swi_update_64.exe (2.01 MB)
The information on this page is only about version 10.8.9.610 of Sophos Anti-Virus. 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
- 10.3.15
- 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
Some files and registry entries are usually left behind when you remove Sophos Anti-Virus.
Directories found on disk:
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus
Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus:
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-bgga.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-bggf.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-bgho.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\appc01.vdb
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\appfeed_manifest.dat
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\appfeed_part_0001.dat
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\AppFeedManager.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ApplicationManagement.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\AuthorisedLists.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\autog-kp.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\azoru-gr.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\azoru-gw.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\azoru-gy.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\azoru-ha.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\azoru-hb.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\BackgroundScanClient.exe
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\BackgroundScanning.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\batdl-es.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\BHOManagement.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\blada-zl.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\blada-zt.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\bpaif.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Categories.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\cidsync.upd
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\cln01.vdb
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\cln02.vdb
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\cmebck-b.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\cobal-ab.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\cobal-ac.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\cobal-ad.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\coinmi-q.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ComponentManager.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\conan.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\concrt140.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Configuration.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\DCManagement.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\DesktopMessaging.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\DetectionFeedback.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\DeviceControlPlugin.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\dneti-tk.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\doc-abrt.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\doc-abto.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\doc-abvu.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\drid-adr.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\drid-ads.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\drid-adv.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\drid-aeb.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\drid-aee.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\DriveProcessor.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\edl01.vdb
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\edl02.vdb
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\EEConsumer.dll
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\emoge-gz.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\emot-cuj.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\emot-cuk.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\emot-cum.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\emot-cuz.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\emot-cvc.ide
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\engsync.upd
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\esapro-h.ide
Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\338C3CA1394DC06418F62DF6037FD93C
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{1AC3C833-D493-460C-816F-D26F30F79DC3}
Registry values that are not removed from your PC:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\338C3CA1394DC06418F62DF6037FD93C\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\{1AC3C833-D493-460C-816F-D26F30F79DC3}\
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SAVAdminService\ImagePath
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SAVService\ImagePath
- 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
How to remove Sophos Anti-Virus from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO
Sophos Anti-Virus is an application offered by the software company Sophos Limited. Some computer users try to erase this application. This can be difficult because doing this by hand requires some know-how regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best QUICK procedure to erase 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 Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general utility to take care of your Windows PC.
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- navigate to Download Link
- download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
- install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
3. Press the General Tools button
4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool
5. All the programs installed on the PC will appear
6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Sophos Anti-Virus or simply click the Search feature and type in "Sophos Anti-Virus". If it is installed on your PC the Sophos Anti-Virus app will be found very quickly. After you click Sophos Anti-Virus in the list of programs, the following information regarding the program is made available to you:
- Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding Sophos Anti-Virus, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
- Details regarding the program you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
- The publisher is: http://www.sophos.com
- The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{1AC3C833-D493-460C-816F-D26F30F79DC3}
8. After removing Sophos Anti-Virus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click 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 removing Sophos Anti-Virus with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.
Your PC will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.
Disclaimer
This page is not a piece of advice 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. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.
2020-10-24 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO
follow @danarmLast update on: 2020-10-24 07:34:54.543