Sophos AutoUpdate

A guide to uninstall Sophos AutoUpdate from your system

This web page contains detailed information on how to remove Sophos AutoUpdate for Windows. It was created for Windows by Sophos Limited. You can read more on Sophos Limited or check for application updates here. More info about the program Sophos AutoUpdate can be found at http://www.sophos.com/. Usually the Sophos AutoUpdate application is placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate folder, depending on the user's option during setup. You can uninstall Sophos AutoUpdate by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /X{AFBCA1B9-496C-4AE6-98AE-3EA1CFF65C54}. Keep in mind that you might receive a notification for admin rights. Sophos AutoUpdate's main file takes around 1.88 MB (1973144 bytes) and is called SophosUpdate.exe.

The following executables are installed alongside Sophos AutoUpdate. They occupy about 7.25 MB (7597304 bytes) on disk.

• ALMon.exe (1.41 MB)
• ALsvc.exe (742.84 KB)
• ALUpdate.exe (2.20 MB)
• SophosUpdate.exe (1.88 MB)
• AUTelem.exe (481.54 KB)
• GatherTelem.exe (279.05 KB)
• SubmitTelem.exe (294.34 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 5.6.423 of Sophos AutoUpdate. You can find below info on other application versions of Sophos AutoUpdate:

• 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
• 5.11.206
• 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 some files behind on the computer. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\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\AUAdapter.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\en\almonres.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\2\Sophos AutoUpdate Setup log.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\2\Sophos AutoUpdate Uninstall Log.txt

Registry that is not removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Sophos\AutoUpdate

Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Sophos AutoUpdate Service\ImagePath

A way to delete Sophos AutoUpdate using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Sophos AutoUpdate is a program released by Sophos Limited. Sometimes, users want to uninstall it. This can be efortful because doing this by hand takes some skill regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK procedure to uninstall Sophos AutoUpdate 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, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best 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 button
• set up 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 powerful package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs installed on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs 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 program will be found very quickly. After you select Sophos AutoUpdate in the list of apps, the following information about the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about Sophos AutoUpdate, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Sophos AutoUpdate:

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

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Sophos AutoUpdate.


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

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Sophos AutoUpdate by Sophos Limited from your PC, nor are we saying that Sophos AutoUpdate by Sophos Limited is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove 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 discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.