Sophos Exploit Prevention

A guide to uninstall Sophos Exploit Prevention from your system

You can find below details on how to uninstall Sophos Exploit Prevention for Windows. The Windows version was created by Sophos Limited. Take a look here for more info on Sophos Limited. More data about the program Sophos Exploit Prevention can be found at http://www.sophos.com. Sophos Exploit Prevention is commonly set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert directory, regulated by the user's choice. The complete uninstall command line for Sophos Exploit Prevention is C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert\SophosHMPAUninstaller.exe. Sophos Exploit Prevention's main file takes around 1.27 MB (1330544 bytes) and is called SophosHMPAUninstaller.exe.

Sophos Exploit Prevention contains of the executables below. They take 12.88 MB (13509288 bytes) on disk.

• hmpalert.exe (7.09 MB)
• SophosHMPAUninstaller.exe (1.27 MB)
• SophosRestore.exe (4.53 MB)

The information on this page is only about version 3.9.4.992 of Sophos Exploit Prevention. You can find below info on other versions of Sophos Exploit Prevention:

• 3.6.13.3
• 3.8.2.678
• 3.7.0.164
• 3.8.5.36
• 3.8.0.881
• 3.6.9.73
• 3.9.3.775
• 3.7.3.160
• 3.9.3.818
• 3.7.7.40
• 3.7.14.40
• 3.7.12.531
• 3.7.17.512
• 3.9.0.1358
• 3.7.4.21
• 3.7.6.281
• 3.7.6.205
• 3.7.12.508
• 3.9.1.2325
• 3.6.14.1
• 1.0.3.411
• 3.7.17.321
• 3.6.16.20
• 3.9.0.1391
• 3.6.8.25
• 3.8.4.47
• 3.8.4.37
• 3.9.4.894
• 3.7.3.62
• 3.8.1.504
• 3.9.1.2148
• 1.0.3.258
• 3.7.15.446
• 3.7.14.368
• 3.7.12.494
• 1.0.5.2
• 3.8.0.803
• 3.7.9.15
• 3.6.9.113
• 3.9.5.1759
• 3.7.12.526
• 3.9.1.2358
• 3.6.17.1
• 3.7.9.13
• 3.9.5.1820
• 3.9.6.791
• 3.9.5.1808
• 3.7.12.466
• 3.7.9.17
• 3.7.6.289
• 3.6.12.12
• 3.8.6.11
• 3.6.10.1
• 3.7.13.1460
• 3.7.6.269
• 3.6.9.105
• 3.7.7.25
• 3.7.6.249
• 3.9.1.2476
• 3.8.0.523
• 3.7.7.58
• 3.6.18.2
• 3.7.3.90
• 3.7.10.302
• 3.7.10.46
• 1.0.7.11
• 3.8.3.691
• 3.7.1.24
• 1.0.4.70
• 3.8.3.812
• 3.7.10.174

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Sophos Exploit Prevention has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Sophos Exploit Prevention:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert

Generally, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert\hmpalert.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert\integrity.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert\SophosHMPAUninstaller.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert\SophosRestore.exe

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{866151B2-E14E-40E0-B6D9-64B1D428F5CB}

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\hmpalertsvc\ImagePath

How to remove Sophos Exploit Prevention from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Sophos Exploit Prevention is an application offered by Sophos Limited. Frequently, computer users want to remove it. Sometimes this is easier said than done because removing this by hand takes some skill related to removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK manner to remove Sophos Exploit Prevention 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 system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general tool to take care of your system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system utility.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the programs existing on the computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Sophos Exploit Prevention or simply click the Search field and type in "Sophos Exploit Prevention". If it exists on your system the Sophos Exploit Prevention application will be found automatically. Notice that when you select Sophos Exploit Prevention in the list , some data regarding the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding Sophos Exploit Prevention, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Sophos Exploit Prevention:

• The publisher is: http://www.sophos.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert\SophosHMPAUninstaller.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Sophos Exploit Prevention.


8. After uninstalling Sophos Exploit Prevention, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Sophos Exploit Prevention which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Sophos Exploit Prevention with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Sophos Exploit Prevention by Sophos Limited from your PC, nor are we saying that Sophos Exploit Prevention by Sophos Limited is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Sophos Exploit Prevention supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.