Sophos AutoUpdate

A guide to uninstall Sophos AutoUpdate from your system

This page contains detailed information on how to remove Sophos AutoUpdate for Windows. The Windows release was created by Sophos Limited. Further information on Sophos Limited can be seen here. You can see more info about Sophos AutoUpdate at http://www.sophos.com/. The application is usually installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate directory (same installation drive as Windows). You can uninstall Sophos AutoUpdate by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /X{BCF53039-A7FC-4C79-A3E3-437AE28FD918}. Note that you might be prompted for administrator rights. SophosUpdate.exe is the Sophos AutoUpdate's primary executable file and it takes about 1.13 MB (1185544 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of Sophos AutoUpdate. They occupy an average of 4.08 MB (4283424 bytes) on disk.

• ALMon.exe (1.35 MB)
• ALsvc.exe (477.76 KB)
• ALUpdate.exe (1.14 MB)
• SophosUpdate.exe (1.13 MB)

This data is about Sophos AutoUpdate version 5.1.1.1 only. Click on the links below for other Sophos AutoUpdate versions:

• 5.8.335
• 5.7.51
• 5.0.0.39
• 3.1.1.18
• 5.8.358
• 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
• 5.4.0.724
• 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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After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Part_A few of these are listed below.

Directories left on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ALMon.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ALMsg.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ALsvc.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ALUpdate.exe

Usually the following registry data will not be uninstalled:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{0BB6C8D7-5B97-465B-9076-CFA0E90D6BCE}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{CE94B62D-25F3-4430-AA85-A22C2888EE65}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{FFC77341-8EBA-40DA-8A5F-343A35FBCF5F}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{BCF53039-A7FC-4C79-A3E3-437AE28FD918}

Open regedit.exe to remove the registry values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{07723A69-B7C8-4113-88F9-F18FB917A82F}\LocalServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0C828BB1-A1D6-4C55-BD39-46E33AE340D4}\InprocServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1A3324E2-63B4-450D-8800-2E686EDB17C9}\InprocServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{404C0E63-84E6-43EE-BDB6-6E7FF746A456}\InprocServer32\

A way to uninstall Sophos AutoUpdate using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Sophos AutoUpdate is a program released by Sophos Limited. Some computer users decide to remove this application. Sometimes this is difficult because removing this by hand requires some know-how regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best EASY solution to remove Sophos AutoUpdate is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows PC.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs installed on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Sophos AutoUpdate or simply activate the Search field and type in "Sophos AutoUpdate". If it is installed on your PC the Sophos AutoUpdate application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click Sophos AutoUpdate in the list , the following information regarding the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding Sophos AutoUpdate, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance 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{BCF53039-A7FC-4C79-A3E3-437AE28FD918}

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


8. After removing Sophos AutoUpdate, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Sophos AutoUpdate that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Sophos AutoUpdate using 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 able to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Sophos AutoUpdate by Sophos Limited from your computer, nor are we saying that Sophos AutoUpdate by Sophos Limited is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Sophos AutoUpdate supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.