Sophos Anti-Virus

A guide to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus from your system

You can find below details on how to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows. The Windows release was created by Sophos Limited. You can read more on Sophos Limited or check for application updates here. You can get more details related to Sophos Anti-Virus at http://www.sophos.com. The program is usually installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus folder (same installation drive as Windows). Sophos Anti-Virus's full uninstall command line is MsiExec.exe /X{9ACB414D-9347-40B6-A453-5EFB2DB59DFA}. The program's main executable file is named SavMain.exe and it has a size of 1.44 MB (1512440 bytes).

The executables below are part of Sophos Anti-Virus. They take an average of 8.27 MB (8671352 bytes) on disk.

BackgroundScanClient.exe (65.56 KB)
native.exe (130.56 KB)
sav32cli.exe (331.49 KB)
SAVAdminService.exe (212.49 KB)
SAVCleanupService.exe (142.06 KB)
SavMain.exe (1.44 MB)
SavProgress.exe (343.99 KB)
SavProxy.exe (78.56 KB)
SavService.exe (155.56 KB)
WSCClient.exe (231.23 KB)
swi_lsp32_util.exe (157.49 KB)
swi_lspdiag.exe (161.49 KB)
swi_lspdiag_64.exe (194.56 KB)
swi_service.exe (2.76 MB)
swi_update_64.exe (1.92 MB)

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This info is about Sophos Anti-Virus version 10.2.7 alone. Click on the links below for other Sophos Anti-Virus versions:

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Some files and registry entries are usually left behind when you remove Sophos Anti-Virus.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus:

C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus

The files below are left behind on your disk when you remove Sophos Anti-Virus:

C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\appc01.vdb
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\AuthorisedLists.dll
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\BHOManagement.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Categories.dll
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\Configuration.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\DriveProcessor.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\EEConsumer.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\FilterProcessors.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\FSDecomposer.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\HIPSConfig-1-0-4.dat
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\HIPSRules-9-7-8.bdl
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ICAdapter.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ICManagement.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ICProcessors.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\LegacyConsumers.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Localisation.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Logging.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\osdp.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Persistance.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\public.pem
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\rkdisk.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\sav32cli.exe
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavAdapter.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVAdminService.exe
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVCleanupService.exe
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVControl.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVHelpChs.chm
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVHelpCht.chm
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVHelpDeu.chm
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavHelpEng.chm
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavHelpEng.chw
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVHelpEsp.chm
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVHelpFra.chm
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVHelpIta.chm
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVHelpJap.chm
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVI.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavMain.exe
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVMSCM.DLL
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavNeutralRes.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\savonaccessdriv.inf
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavPlugin.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavProgress.exe
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavProxy.exe
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavRes.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavResChs.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavResCht.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavResDeu.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavResEng.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavResEsp.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavResFra.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavResIt.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavResJap.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavService.exe
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavShellExt.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\savsync.upd
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ScanEditExports.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ScanEditFacade.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ScanManagement.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\scf.dat
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\sdcfilter.inf
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Security.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SIPSManagement.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\skmscan.inf
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Sophos Anti-Virus.URL
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\sophos_detoured.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SophosBootDriver.inf
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SophtainerAdapter.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\sophtlib.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\sus01.vdb
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SWIManagement.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\sxlconfig.dat
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SystemInformation.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\TamperProtectionControl.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\TamperProtectionManagement.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\TamperProtectionPlugin.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ThreatDetection.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ThreatManagement.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Translators.dll
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl.dat
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl01.vdb
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl02.vdb
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl03.vdb
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl04.vdb
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl05.vdb
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl06.vdb
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl07.vdb
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl08.vdb
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl09.vdb
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl10.vdb
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl11.vdb
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl12.vdb
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl13.vdb
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl14.vdb
C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl15.vdb

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\D414BCA974396B044A35E5BFD25BD9AF
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{9ACB414D-9347-40B6-A453-5EFB2DB59DFA}

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following values:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\D414BCA974396B044A35E5BFD25BD9AF\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\{9ACB414D-9347-40B6-A453-5EFB2DB59DFA}\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SAVAdminService\ImagePath
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SAVService\ImagePath
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\swi_service\ImagePath

How to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Sophos Anti-Virus is a program offered by Sophos Limited. Sometimes, users want to erase this application. Sometimes this can be difficult because doing this by hand takes some experience regarding PCs. The best EASY action to erase Sophos Anti-Virus is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:

1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your Windows computer.

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2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools

4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs

5. All the applications existing on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Sophos Anti-Virus or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Sophos Anti-Virus". If it is installed on your PC the Sophos Anti-Virus program will be found very quickly. After you click Sophos Anti-Virus in the list of apps, some information regarding the application is available to you:

Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding Sophos Anti-Virus, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
Details regarding the program you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example 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{9ACB414D-9347-40B6-A453-5EFB2DB59DFA}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus.

8. After removing Sophos Anti-Virus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Sophos Anti-Virus that 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 are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

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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. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Sophos Anti-Virus supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2017-01-10 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-01-10 06:41:58.000

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