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A guide to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus from your PC

This web page contains detailed information on how to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows. The Windows release was developed by Sophos Limited. More information on Sophos Limited can be seen here. Please follow if you want to read more on Sophos Anti-Virus on Sophos Limited's web page. Sophos Anti-Virus is typically installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus folder, subject to the user's option. The full command line for removing Sophos Anti-Virus is MsiExec.exe /X{9ACB414D-9347-40B6-A453-5EFB2DB59DFA}. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may receive a notification for administrator rights. The program's main executable file occupies 1.43 MB (1496600 bytes) on disk and is titled SavMain.exe.

Sophos Anti-Virus contains of the executables below. They take 8.10 MB (8491016 bytes) on disk.




  • BackgroundScanClient.exe (65.52 KB)
  • native.exe (122.50 KB)
  • sav32cli.exe (327.02 KB)
  • SAVAdminService.exe (207.52 KB)
  • SAVCleanupService.exe (142.02 KB)
  • SavMain.exe (1.43 MB)
  • SavProgress.exe (343.52 KB)
  • SavProxy.exe (78.52 KB)
  • SavService.exe (136.52 KB)
  • WSCClient.exe (231.20 KB)
  • swi_lsp32_util.exe (138.02 KB)
  • swi_lspdiag.exe (153.02 KB)
  • swi_lspdiag_64.exe (182.02 KB)
  • swi_service.exe (2.66 MB)
  • swi_update_64.exe (1.93 MB)
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This info is about Sophos Anti-Virus version 10.0.0 alone. You can find below info on other versions of Sophos Anti-Virus:

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If you are manually uninstalling Sophos Anti-Virus we suggest you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus from your computer:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus

The files below were left behind on your disk when you remove Sophos Anti-Virus:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\appc01.vdb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\AuthorisedLists.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\BackgroundScanClient.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\BackgroundScanning.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\BHOManagement.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Categories.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ComponentManager.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Configuration.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\DesktopMessaging.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\DetectionFeedback.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\DriveProcessor.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\EEConsumer.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\FilterProcessors.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\FSDecomposer.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\HIPSConfig-1-0-4.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\hipsrules-9-7-7.bdl
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ICAdapter.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ICManagement.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ICProcessors.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\LegacyConsumers.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Localisation.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Logging.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\native.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\osdp.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Persistance.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\public.pem
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\rkdisk.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\sav32cli.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavAdapter.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVAdminService.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVCleanupService.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVControl.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVHelpChs.chm
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVHelpCht.chm
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVHelpDeu.chm
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavHelpEng.chm
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavHelpEng.chw
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVHelpEsp.chm
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVHelpFra.chm
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVHelpIta.chm
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVHelpJap.chm
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavMain.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVMSCM.DLL
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavNeutralRes.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\savonaccessdriv.inf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavPlugin.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavProgress.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavProxy.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavRes.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavResChs.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavResCht.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavResDeu.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavResEng.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavResEsp.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavResFra.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavResIt.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavResJap.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavService.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavShellExt.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavShellExtX64.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\savsync.upd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ScanEditExports.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ScanEditFacade.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ScanManagement.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\scf.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\sdcfilter.inf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Security.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SIPSManagement.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\skmscan.inf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Sophos Anti-Virus.URL
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\sophos_detoured.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\sophos_detoured_x64.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SophosBootDriver.inf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SophtainerAdapter.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\sophtlib.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\sus01.vdb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SWIManagement.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SystemInformation.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\TamperProtectionControl.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\TamperProtectionManagement.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\TamperProtectionPlugin.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ThreatDetection.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ThreatManagement.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Translators.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl01.vdb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl02.vdb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl03.vdb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl04.vdb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl05.vdb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl06.vdb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl07.vdb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl08.vdb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl09.vdb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl10.vdb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl11.vdb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl12.vdb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl13.vdb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\vdl14.vdb

Registry keys:
  • 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}

Supplementary registry values that are not cleaned:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\D414BCA974396B044A35E5BFD25BD9AF\ProductName
  • 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 remove Sophos Anti-Virus from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Sophos Anti-Virus is an application offered by Sophos Limited. Some people want to uninstall this application. Sometimes this can be hard because doing this manually takes some experience regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY procedure to uninstall 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 system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to optimize your PC.

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  • download the setup 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 number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications installed on the PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Sophos Anti-Virus or simply click the Search feature and type in "Sophos Anti-Virus". The Sophos Anti-Virus application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click Sophos Anti-Virus in the list , the following data about the application is made available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have about Sophos Anti-Virus, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the application you are about to remove, 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. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus.
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8. After removing Sophos Anti-Virus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform 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 can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall 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 PC. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2017-02-15 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-02-15 13:07:54.220