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A guide to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus from your system

This web page is about Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. It was coded for Windows by Sophos Limited. Go over here for more info on Sophos Limited. You can read more about related to Sophos Anti-Virus at . The program is often installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus directory (same installation drive as Windows). You can uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /X{D929B3B5-56C6-46CC-B3A3-A1A784CBB8E4}. Keep in mind that you might receive a notification for admin rights. SophosUI.exe is the Sophos Anti-Virus's primary executable file and it takes circa 1.49 MB (1563912 bytes) on disk.

Sophos Anti-Virus is composed of the following executables which occupy 10.00 MB (10490048 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_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 info is about Sophos Anti-Virus version 10.5.2 only. You can find below info on other application versions of Sophos Anti-Virus:

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

Sophos Anti-Virus is a program released by the software company Sophos Limited. Frequently, users decide to erase this program. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because uninstalling this manually requires some skill regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best QUICK practice to erase 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, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your PC.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.

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


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the applications existing on the computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Sophos Anti-Virus or simply click the Search field and type in "Sophos Anti-Virus". The Sophos Anti-Virus program will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Sophos Anti-Virus in the list , the following data about the program 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".
  • Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the program you are about to uninstall, by clicking on 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{D929B3B5-56C6-46CC-B3A3-A1A784CBB8E4}
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Sophos Anti-Virus.
Uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus


8. After removing Sophos Anti-Virus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Sophos Anti-Virus which have been left behind will be detected 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 entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • 10.0
  • Windows 7 (6.1)
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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Sophos Anti-Virus by Sophos Limited from your computer, we are not saying that Sophos Anti-Virus by Sophos Limited is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove 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' PCs.

2015-11-12 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-11-11 23:25:52.607