Sophos Anti-Virus

A guide to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus from your PC

This info is about Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is developed by Sophos Limited. More information on Sophos Limited can be found here. 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 found in the C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus directory, depending on the user's option during install. You can remove Sophos Anti-Virus by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /X{9ACB414D-9347-40B6-A453-5EFB2DB59DFA}. Note that you might be prompted for administrator rights. Sophos Anti-Virus's primary file takes about 1.44 MB (1511208 bytes) and is named SavMain.exe.

Sophos Anti-Virus is comprised of the following executables which take 8.31 MB (8715752 bytes) on disk:

BackgroundScanClient.exe (64.79 KB)
sav32cli.exe (338.29 KB)
SAVAdminService.exe (210.79 KB)
SAVCleanupService.exe (141.29 KB)
SavMain.exe (1.44 MB)
SavProgress.exe (342.79 KB)
SavProxy.exe (77.79 KB)
SavService.exe (135.79 KB)
sdcdevcon.exe (92.29 KB)
sdcservice.exe (586.79 KB)
WSCClient.exe (173.81 KB)
swc_service.exe (349.02 KB)
swi_lsp32_util.exe (142.06 KB)
swi_lspdiag.exe (152.56 KB)
swi_service.exe (2.74 MB)
swi_update.exe (1.39 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 10.0.12 of Sophos Anti-Virus. You can find below info on other releases of Sophos Anti-Virus:

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Quite a few files, folders and registry entries will not be deleted when you want to remove Sophos Anti-Virus from your PC.

Folders remaining:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\20120-ad.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\20120-ai.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\adviso-a.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahkb.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahkc.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahmu.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahnx.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahoe.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahou.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahpq.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahqb.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahqh.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahqi.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahqk.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahqv.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahrc.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahrt.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahsb.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahtm.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahto.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahtq.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahtt.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahty.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahuk.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahup.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahut.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahux.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahvi.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahvo.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahvq.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahvt.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahwe.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahwq.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahwz.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahyh.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahyn.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahyr.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahzc.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahzh.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ahzs.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aiag.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aibp.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aibu.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aicb.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aice.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aicg.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aicn.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aidk.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aids.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aidz.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aiea.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aied.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aier.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aifb.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aife.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aigl.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aihs.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aihw.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aiic.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aiij.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aiiy.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aijf.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aijk.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aijo.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aijt.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aikb.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aikc.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aike.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aikh.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aikr.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aiku.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aikv.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aikx.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ailo.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aims.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aine.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aino.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-ainx.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aiol.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aiox.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aipp.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aipy.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aiqa.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aiqf.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aiqq.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aird.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-airy.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aisb.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aist.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aisv.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aisz.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aiuh.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aiul.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aiuw.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aiux.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aivg.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aivh.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aivl.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aivn.ide
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\age-aivx.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\D414BCA974396B044A35E5BFD25BD9AF
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{9ACB414D-9347-40B6-A453-5EFB2DB59DFA}

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

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

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

Sophos Anti-Virus is an application marketed by Sophos Limited. Some computer users decide to remove this application. This is hard because deleting this by hand takes some knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best SIMPLE way to remove Sophos Anti-Virus is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:

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2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools

4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs

5. A list of the applications existing on your PC will appear

6. Navigate 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 program will be found very quickly. When you click Sophos Anti-Virus in the list of apps, some information regarding the program is available to you:

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

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

The web site of the application is: http://www.sophos.com
The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{9ACB414D-9347-40B6-A453-5EFB2DB59DFA}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus.

8. After uninstalling Sophos Anti-Virus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong 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 can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

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The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus by Sophos Limited from your computer, we are not saying that Sophos Anti-Virus by Sophos Limited is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed instructions 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' computers.

2015-02-05 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-02-05 15:23:38.733

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