Sophos AutoUpdate

A guide to uninstall Sophos AutoUpdate from your PC

This page contains thorough information on how to uninstall Sophos AutoUpdate for Windows. It is written by Sophos Plc. More information on Sophos Plc can be seen here. Click on http://www.sophos.com/ to get more information about Sophos AutoUpdate on Sophos Plc's website. The program is usually found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate directory. Take into account that this path can vary being determined by the user's preference. MsiExec.exe /X{15C418EB-7675-42BE-B2B3-281952DA014D} is the full command line if you want to uninstall Sophos AutoUpdate. The program's main executable file has a size of 240.00 KB (245760 bytes) on disk and is called ALMon.exe.

The executable files below are part of Sophos AutoUpdate. They occupy an average of 1.03 MB (1081344 bytes) on disk.

• ALMon.exe (240.00 KB)
• ALsvc.exe (168.00 KB)
• ALUpdate.exe (648.00 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 2.2.11 of Sophos AutoUpdate. You can find below a few links to other Sophos AutoUpdate releases:

• 2.5.4
• 2.2.2
• 2.5.7
• 2.5.13
• 2.2.7
• 2.5.5
• 2.2.8
• 2.5.6
• 1.4.0.2
• 2.5.2

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How to remove Sophos AutoUpdate from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Sophos AutoUpdate is an application offered by the software company Sophos Plc. Sometimes, computer users decide to erase it. This can be efortful because performing this by hand takes some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best SIMPLE manner to erase Sophos AutoUpdate 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 Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your Windows PC.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Sophos AutoUpdate or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Sophos AutoUpdate". If it exists on your system the Sophos AutoUpdate app will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Sophos AutoUpdate in the list of programs, some information about the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have about Sophos AutoUpdate, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Sophos AutoUpdate:

• The web site of the program is: http://www.sophos.com/
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{15C418EB-7675-42BE-B2B3-281952DA014D}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Sophos AutoUpdate.


8. After uninstalling Sophos AutoUpdate, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Sophos AutoUpdate which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Sophos AutoUpdate with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Sophos AutoUpdate by Sophos Plc from your PC, nor are we saying that Sophos AutoUpdate by Sophos Plc is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove Sophos AutoUpdate supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.