Sophos AutoUpdate

A way to uninstall Sophos AutoUpdate from your computer

Sophos AutoUpdate is a software application. This page holds details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows version was created by Sophos Limited. Go over here for more details on Sophos Limited. Click on http://www.sophos.com/ to get more facts about Sophos AutoUpdate on Sophos Limited's website. Sophos AutoUpdate is normally installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate folder, depending on the user's choice. MsiExec.exe /X{AFBCA1B9-496C-4AE6-98AE-3EA1CFF65C54} is the full command line if you want to remove Sophos AutoUpdate. Sophos AutoUpdate's main file takes around 1.78 MB (1871352 bytes) and is called SophosUpdate.exe.

The executable files below are installed together with Sophos AutoUpdate. They occupy about 6.98 MB (7319992 bytes) on disk.

• ALMon.exe (1.41 MB)
• ALsvc.exe (762.64 KB)
• ALUpdate.exe (2.18 MB)
• SophosUpdate.exe (1.78 MB)
• AUTelem.exe (327.81 KB)
• GatherTelem.exe (277.05 KB)
• SubmitTelem.exe (279.16 KB)

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The current web page applies to Sophos AutoUpdate version 5.4.0.724 only. For other Sophos AutoUpdate versions please click below:

• 5.8.335
• 5.7.51
• 5.0.0.39
• 3.1.1.18
• 5.8.358
• 5.1.1.1
• 2.7.8.335
• 4.3.10.27
• 5.6.332
• 4.1.0.273
• 5.6.423
• 5.11.206
• 5.2.0.221
• 2.7.1
• 5.1.2.0
• 5.12.206
• 2.9.0.344
• 4.0.5.39
• 5.7.220
• 5.16.37
• 5.5.3.0
• 5.10.139
• 6.15.1417
• 4.1.0.65
• 4.1.0.143
• 3.1.4.81
• 2.7.5.326
• 5.3.0.516
• 5.6.484
• 5.14.36
• 6.16.878
• 2.5.10
• 5.2.0.276
• 5.7.533
• 5.5.2.1
• 5.11.177
• 2.6.0
• 4.2.2.1
• 5.18.10.0
• 5.4.0.751
• 5.17.243.0
• 2.10.1.357
• 2.5.9
• 6.15.1347
• 5.15.166
• 5.12.261
• 3.1.4.241
• 2.5.30
• 4.2.0.37
• 2.7.4.317
• 5.10.126

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Sophos AutoUpdate from your PC:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\CommonAppData\Sophos\AutoUpdate
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\CommonAppData\Sophos\Certificates\AutoUpdate
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\program files\Sophos\AutoUpdate

The files below remain on your disk when you remove Sophos AutoUpdate:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ALMon.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ALsvc.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ALUpdate.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\AUAdapter.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\de\alhelp.chm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\de\almonres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\de\iconfres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\de\ilogres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\de\ischdres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\de\sharedres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\EECustomActions.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\en\alhelp.chm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\en\almonres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\en\iconfres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\en\ilogres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\en\ischdres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\en\sharedres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\es\alhelp.chm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\es\almonres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\es\iconfres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\es\ilogres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\es\ischdres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\es\sharedres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\fr\alhelp.chm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\fr\almonres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\fr\iconfres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\fr\ilogres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\fr\ischdres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\fr\sharedres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\iconfig.ppi
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ilog.ppi
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\integrity.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\isched.ppi
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ispsheet.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\it\alhelp.chm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\it\ALMonres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\it\iconfres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\it\ilogres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\it\ischdres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\it\sharedres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ja\alhelp.chm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ja\almonres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ja\iconfres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ja\ilogres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ja\ischdres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ja\sharedres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\license_agreements.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\SAUConfigDLL.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\scf.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\SingleGUIPlugin.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\sof.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\SophosUpdate.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\SUL.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\Telemetry\AUTelem.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\Telemetry\GatherTelem.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\Telemetry\scf.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\Telemetry\SubmitTelem.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\Telemetry\telem.man
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\zh_cn\alhelp.chm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\zh_cn\ALMonres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\zh_cn\iconfres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\zh_cn\ilogres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\zh_cn\ischdres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\zh_cn\sharedres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\zh_tw\alhelp.chm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\zh_tw\ALMonres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\zh_tw\iconfres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\zh_tw\ilogres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\zh_tw\ischdres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\zh_tw\sharedres.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\CommonAppData\Sophos\AutoUpdate\DefaultConfig\iconn.cfg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\CommonAppData\Sophos\AutoUpdate\DefaultConfig\idata.cfg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\CommonAppData\Sophos\AutoUpdate\DefaultConfig\ilog.cfg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\CommonAppData\Sophos\AutoUpdate\DefaultConfig\imon.cfg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\CommonAppData\Sophos\AutoUpdate\DefaultConfig\isched.cfg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\CommonAppData\Sophos\AutoUpdate\DefaultConfig\iupd.cfg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\CommonAppData\Sophos\Certificates\AutoUpdate\Manifest\rootca.crl
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\CommonAppData\Sophos\Certificates\AutoUpdate\Manifest\rootca.crt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\program files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ALMon.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\program files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ALsvc.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\program files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ALUpdate.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\program files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\AUAdapter.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\program files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\de\alhelp.chm
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\program files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\de\almonres.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\program files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\de\iconfres.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\program files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\de\ilogres.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\program files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\de\ischdres.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\program files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\de\sharedres.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\program files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\EECustomActions.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\program files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\en\alhelp.chm
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\program files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\en\almonres.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\program files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\en\iconfres.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\program files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\en\ilogres.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\program files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\en\ischdres.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\program files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\en\sharedres.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\program files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\es\alhelp.chm
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\program files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\es\almonres.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\program files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\es\iconfres.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\program files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\es\ilogres.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\cid_packager_temp\sau\program files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\es\ischdres.dll

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\9B1ACBFAC6946EA489EAE31AFC6FC545
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{AFBCA1B9-496C-4AE6-98AE-3EA1CFF65C54}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Sophos\AutoUpdate

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\9B1ACBFAC6946EA489EAE31AFC6FC545\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Sophos AutoUpdate Service\ImagePath

A way to remove Sophos AutoUpdate from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Sophos AutoUpdate is a program offered by the software company Sophos Limited. Frequently, computer users decide to erase it. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because removing this manually takes some experience regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK procedure 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 on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications existing on the PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Sophos AutoUpdate or simply activate the Search field and type in "Sophos AutoUpdate". If it exists on your system the Sophos AutoUpdate app will be found automatically. After you click Sophos AutoUpdate in the list of applications, some information about the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you 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 application you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Sophos AutoUpdate:

• The publisher is: http://www.sophos.com/
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{AFBCA1B9-496C-4AE6-98AE-3EA1CFF65C54}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Sophos AutoUpdate.


8. After uninstalling Sophos AutoUpdate, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Sophos AutoUpdate that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Sophos AutoUpdate with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Sophos AutoUpdate by Sophos Limited from your PC, we are not saying that Sophos AutoUpdate by Sophos Limited is not a good application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Sophos AutoUpdate supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.