Sophos Anti-Virus

A guide to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus from your system

Sophos Anti-Virus is a Windows program. Read more about how to remove it from your PC. The Windows version was created by Sophos Limited. Open here where you can get more info on Sophos Limited. Please open http://www.sophos.com if you want to read more on Sophos Anti-Virus on Sophos Limited's website. Usually the Sophos Anti-Virus application is to be found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus directory, depending on the user's option during install. MsiExec.exe /X{D929B3B5-56C6-46CC-B3A3-A1A784CBB8E4} is the full command line if you want to remove Sophos Anti-Virus. The application's main executable file occupies 1.49 MB (1563912 bytes) on disk and is labeled SophosUI.exe.

Sophos Anti-Virus installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 13.05 MB (13680088 bytes) on disk.

• BackgroundScanClient.exe (66.79 KB)
• Native.exe (172.29 KB)
• sav32cli.exe (469.29 KB)
• SAVAdminService.exe (281.79 KB)
• SAVCleanupService.exe (190.79 KB)
• SavProxy.exe (89.29 KB)
• SavService.exe (203.29 KB)
• sdcdevcon.exe (103.29 KB)
• sdcservice.exe (639.79 KB)
• WSCClient.exe (250.28 KB)
• SophosUI.exe (1.49 MB)
• swc_service.exe (333.76 KB)
• swi_di.exe (280.76 KB)
• swi_fc.exe (2.48 MB)
• swi_filter.exe (293.76 KB)
• swi_lsp32_util.exe (237.26 KB)
• swi_lspdiag.exe (198.76 KB)
• swi_lspdiag_64.exe (246.26 KB)
• swi_service.exe (3.13 MB)
• swi_update_64.exe (1.98 MB)

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This web page is about Sophos Anti-Virus version 10.5.3 alone. Click on the links below for other Sophos Anti-Virus versions:

• 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
• 10.0.8
• 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
• 10.8.8.337
• 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 and registry entries are typically left behind when you remove Sophos Anti-Virus.

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

• C:\Users\%user%\Downloads

Generally, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\Downloads\20160213_111152.jpg
• C:\Users\%user%\Downloads\IMG_20160427_082413.jpg
• C:\Users\%user%\Downloads\IMG_20160427_082708.jpg
• C:\Users\%user%\Downloads\SophosInstall.exe

Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\SystemAppData\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_8wekyb3d8bbwe\PersistedStorageItemTable\ManagedByApp\{0BC5795C-F073-46CE-AD81-E056361D8F83}\Metadata
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\SystemAppData\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_8wekyb3d8bbwe\PersistedStorageItemTable\ManagedByApp\{6C23F904-9F6D-4063-8B9A-7FB081C581CE}\Metadata
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\SystemAppData\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_8wekyb3d8bbwe\PersistedStorageItemTable\ManagedByApp\{BB596EA5-4336-4DF5-A10C-5825B8806E0D}\Metadata
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Installer\Products\C04A2B33FB8BA5E42831E1BE03B9D00D\SourceList\LastUsedSource

A way to remove Sophos Anti-Virus using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Sophos Anti-Virus is a program by Sophos Limited. Sometimes, people decide to remove it. Sometimes this can be efortful because deleting this by hand takes some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK solution 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 PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your computer.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications existing on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Sophos Anti-Virus or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Sophos Anti-Virus". If it exists on your system the Sophos Anti-Virus application will be found very quickly. When you select Sophos Anti-Virus in the list , some data about the application is shown to you:

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

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

• The web site of the program is: http://www.sophos.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{D929B3B5-56C6-46CC-B3A3-A1A784CBB8E4}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking 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. Click Next to start 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 Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove 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 page only contains detailed info on how to remove Sophos Anti-Virus supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.