Sophos Exploit Prevention
A guide to uninstall Sophos Exploit Prevention from your computer
This page is about Sophos Exploit Prevention for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows version was developed by
Sophos Limited. Open
here for more details on Sophos Limited. Further information about Sophos Exploit Prevention can be seen at
http://www.sophos.com. The application is often located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert directory. Keep in mind that this location can differ being determined by the user's choice. You can remove Sophos Exploit Prevention by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert\SophosHMPAUninstaller.exe. Note that you might receive a notification for admin rights. SophosHMPAUninstaller.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 1.28 MB (1337704 bytes) on disk.
The executable files below are part of Sophos Exploit Prevention. They take about 26.41 MB (
27694960 bytes) on disk.
- hmpalert.exe (7.09 MB)
- SophosHMPAUninstaller.exe (1.28 MB)
- SophosRestore.exe (4.53 MB)
- hmpalert.exe (8.09 MB)
- SophosRestore.exe (5.43 MB)
The current web page applies to Sophos Exploit Prevention version
3.9.5.1808 only. Click on the links below for other Sophos Exploit Prevention versions:
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How to uninstall Sophos Exploit Prevention from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO
Sophos Exploit Prevention is a program by Sophos Limited. Some people decide to erase it. Sometimes this is troublesome because doing this manually takes some knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE action to erase 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 PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general tool to clean your PC.
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- download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
- install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.
3. Click on the General Tools button

4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature

5. A list of the applications installed on your PC will appear
6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Sophos Exploit Prevention or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Sophos Exploit Prevention". If it exists on your system the Sophos Exploit Prevention application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select Sophos Exploit Prevention in the list of apps, the following information regarding the program is made available to you:
- Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding Sophos Exploit Prevention, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
- Details regarding the app you want to remove, by clicking on 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 window will appear. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Sophos Exploit Prevention.

8. After uninstalling Sophos Exploit Prevention, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Sophos Exploit Prevention that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Sophos Exploit Prevention using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.
Your PC will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.
Disclaimer
The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Sophos Exploit Prevention by Sophos Limited from your PC, we are not saying that Sophos Exploit Prevention by Sophos Limited is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Sophos Exploit Prevention in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.
Last update on: 2025-01-28 19:32:20.687