Sophos Anti-Virus

A guide to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus from your PC

This info is about Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows version was created by Sophos Plc. You can read more on Sophos Plc or check for application updates here. Click on http://link15.sophos.com/home?origin_id=215&productlang_id=9 to get more details about Sophos Anti-Virus on Sophos Plc's website. Usually the Sophos Anti-Virus program is placed in the C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus directory, depending on the user's option during install. MsiExec.exe /X{034759DA-E21A-4795-BFB3-C66D17FAD183} is the full command line if you want to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus. Sophos Anti-Virus's main file takes about 1.92 MB (2010168 bytes) and its name is SavMain.exe.

The following executables are contained in Sophos Anti-Virus. They occupy 3.36 MB (3520224 bytes) on disk.

• BackgroundScanClient.exe (44.55 KB)
• sav32cli.exe (203.05 KB)
• SAVAdminService.exe (68.00 KB)
• SAVCleanupService.exe (88.00 KB)
• SavMain.exe (1.92 MB)
• SavProgress.exe (543.05 KB)
• SavService.exe (96.00 KB)
• sdcdevcon.exe (48.00 KB)
• sdcservice.exe (384.00 KB)

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The current page applies to Sophos Anti-Virus version 7.6.0 alone. You can find here a few links to other Sophos Anti-Virus versions:

• 7.6.8
• 9.5.3
• 9.0.5
• 9.5.1
• 7.6.2
• 7.6.5
• 9.5.2
• 9.5.6

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How to erase Sophos Anti-Virus with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Sophos Anti-Virus is a program released by the software company Sophos Plc. Frequently, computer users try to erase it. Sometimes this is troublesome because doing this by hand requires some know-how related to Windows internal functioning. The best EASY practice 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 a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to take care of your Windows computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs installed on the computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Sophos Anti-Virus or simply activate the Search field and type in "Sophos Anti-Virus". If it is installed on your PC the Sophos Anti-Virus application will be found very quickly. When you select Sophos Anti-Virus in the list of programs, the following data 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, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you want 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://link15.sophos.com/home?origin_id=215&productlang_id=9
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{034759DA-E21A-4795-BFB3-C66D17FAD183}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Sophos Anti-Virus.


8. After removing Sophos Anti-Virus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Sophos Anti-Virus that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Sophos Anti-Virus using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus by Sophos Plc from your PC, nor are we saying that Sophos Anti-Virus by Sophos Plc is not a good application. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus supposing 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.