Sophos Anti-Virus

A guide to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus from your system

Sophos Anti-Virus is a Windows application. Read below about how to uninstall it from your PC. It is written by Sophos Limited. More data about Sophos Limited can be seen here. You can read more about on Sophos Anti-Virus at http://www.sophos.com. Usually the Sophos Anti-Virus program is to be found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus folder, depending on the user's option during install. Sophos Anti-Virus's full uninstall command line is MsiExec.exe /X{C4EDC7DA-3AF8-4E99-ACAC-4C1A70F88CFB}. The program's main executable file has a size of 1.67 MB (1748200 bytes) on disk and is labeled SavMain.exe.

The executable files below are installed along with Sophos Anti-Virus. They take about 11.92 MB (12493896 bytes) on disk.

• BackgroundScanClient.exe (80.73 KB)
• ForceUpdateAlongSideSGN.exe (293.22 KB)
• Native.exe (309.57 KB)
• sav32cli.exe (516.50 KB)
• SAVAdminService.exe (246.08 KB)
• SAVCleanupService.exe (165.91 KB)
• SavMain.exe (1.67 MB)
• SavProgress.exe (487.09 KB)
• SavProxy.exe (88.85 KB)
• SavService.exe (219.73 KB)
• SAVTelem.exe (69.05 KB)
• sdcdevcon.exe (217.16 KB)
• sdcservice.exe (536.35 KB)
• ssr32.exe (147.55 KB)
• ssr64.exe (169.85 KB)
• WSCClient.exe (275.55 KB)
• swc_service.exe (351.60 KB)
• swi_lsp32_util.exe (245.58 KB)
• swi_lspdiag.exe (208.55 KB)
• swi_lspdiag_64.exe (256.81 KB)
• swi_service.exe (3.45 MB)
• swi_update_64.exe (2.02 MB)

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The current page applies to Sophos Anti-Virus version 10.8.2.334 alone. You can find below info on other versions of Sophos Anti-Virus:

• 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
• 10.5.3
• 10.8.8.337
• 10.8.11.41
• 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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If you're planning to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

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

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus

The files below remain on your disk by Sophos Anti-Virus when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\sophos_detoured_x64.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Sophos Anti-Virus CustomActions Log.txt
• C:\Windows\Installer\{C4EDC7DA-3AF8-4E99-ACAC-4C1A70F88CFB}\ARPPRODUCTICON.exe

Registry keys:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\AD7CDE4C8FA399E4CACAC4A1078FC8BF
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{C4EDC7DA-3AF8-4E99-ACAC-4C1A70F88CFB}

Additional values that you should delete:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\AD7CDE4C8FA399E4CACAC4A1078FC8BF\ProductName

A way to remove Sophos Anti-Virus from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Sophos Anti-Virus is an application by Sophos Limited. Some people try to erase it. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because removing this by hand takes some know-how regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK manner to erase 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 Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful program.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Sophos Anti-Virus or simply click the Search field and type in "Sophos Anti-Virus". If it exists on your system the Sophos Anti-Virus program will be found very quickly. When you select Sophos Anti-Virus in the list , some information regarding the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you 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.
• Technical information regarding the application you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

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

• The software company is: http://www.sophos.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{C4EDC7DA-3AF8-4E99-ACAC-4C1A70F88CFB}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Sophos Anti-Virus.


8. After removing Sophos Anti-Virus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Sophos Anti-Virus which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Sophos Anti-Virus with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus by Sophos Limited from your PC, we are not saying that Sophos Anti-Virus by Sophos Limited is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus in case you decide this is what you want to do. 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.