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A guide to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus from your system

You can find on this page details on how to remove Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows. It was developed for Windows by Sophos Limited. Additional info about Sophos Limited can be found here. Click on to get more information about Sophos Anti-Virus on Sophos Limited's website. Sophos Anti-Virus is commonly set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus folder, regulated by the user's choice. The entire uninstall command line for Sophos Anti-Virus is MsiExec.exe /X{7B2D83F1-AB22-4E17-A761-27A1ED238242}. The application's main executable file occupies 76.67 KB (78512 bytes) on disk and is titled BackgroundScanClient.exe.

The executable files below are installed beside Sophos Anti-Virus. They occupy about 13.07 MB (13703624 bytes) on disk.

  • BackgroundScanClient.exe (76.67 KB)
  • ForceUpdateAlongSideSGN.exe (216.66 KB)
  • Native.exe (190.81 KB)
  • sav32cli.exe (505.66 KB)
  • SAVAdminService.exe (230.34 KB)
  • SAVCleanupService.exe (150.11 KB)
  • SavProgress.exe (401.36 KB)
  • SavProxy.exe (86.29 KB)
  • SavService.exe (195.38 KB)
  • SAVTelem.exe (57.94 KB)
  • sdcdevcon.exe (193.81 KB)
  • sdcservice.exe (494.15 KB)
  • ssr32.exe (146.50 KB)
  • ssr64.exe (168.85 KB)
  • WSCClient.exe (281.66 KB)
  • swc_service.exe (351.60 KB)
  • swi_di.exe (291.84 KB)
  • swi_fc.exe (2.52 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 (3.43 MB)
  • swi_update_64.exe (2.02 MB)
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The current web page applies to Sophos Anti-Virus version 10.8.0.146 alone. Click on the links below for other Sophos Anti-Virus versions:

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A way to delete Sophos Anti-Virus with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Sophos Anti-Virus is a program released by the software company Sophos Limited. Some users choose to remove this application. Sometimes this can be troublesome because deleting this by hand takes some know-how regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE manner to remove 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, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to clean your system.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications existing on your computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Sophos Anti-Virus or simply activate the Search field and type in "Sophos Anti-Virus". If it exists on your system the Sophos Anti-Virus application will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Sophos Anti-Virus in the list , the following data about the application is available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about Sophos Anti-Virus, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the app you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
For example you can see that for Sophos Anti-Virus:





  • The software company is: http://www.sophos.com
  • The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{7B2D83F1-AB22-4E17-A761-27A1ED238242}
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus.
Uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus


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

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



Disclaimer

The text above 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 computer. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Sophos Anti-Virus in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2017-11-01 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-11-01 13:09:21.133