Sophos Exploit Prevention

A guide to uninstall Sophos Exploit Prevention from your PC

Sophos Exploit Prevention is a computer program. This page holds details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows release was developed by Sophos Limited. Further information on Sophos Limited can be found here. More info about the software Sophos Exploit Prevention can be seen at http://www.sophos.com. Usually the Sophos Exploit Prevention application is placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert directory, depending on the user's option during install. You can uninstall Sophos Exploit Prevention by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert\Uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that you might receive a notification for admin rights. Uninstall.exe is the Sophos Exploit Prevention's primary executable file and it occupies circa 1.64 MB (1715432 bytes) on disk.

The executables below are part of Sophos Exploit Prevention. They take an average of 7.75 MB (8130312 bytes) on disk.

• EXPTelem.exe (322.95 KB)
• hmpalert.exe (2.98 MB)
• ssr.exe (2.82 MB)
• Uninstall.exe (1.64 MB)

The information on this page is only about version 3.8.4.37 of Sophos Exploit Prevention. For other Sophos Exploit Prevention versions please click below:

• 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
• 3.7.7.40
• 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
• 3.7.3.62
• 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
• 3.7.12.526
• 3.9.1.2358
• 3.6.17.1
• 3.7.9.13
• 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
• 3.8.0.523
• 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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After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Part_A few of these are listed below.

Directories found on disk:

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

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall Sophos Exploit Prevention:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert\Adapter.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert\bpaif.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert\ExploitPreventionPlugin.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert\EXPResChs.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert\EXPResCht.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert\EXPResDeu.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert\EXPResEng.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert\EXPResEsp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert\EXPResFra.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert\EXPResIt.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert\EXPResJap.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert\EXPTelem.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert\hmpalert.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert\integrity.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert\readme.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert\safestore32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert\scf.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert\SophosDesktopNotifier.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert\ssr.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert\Uninstall.exe

Many times the following registry keys will not be uninstalled:

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

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

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

How to remove Sophos Exploit Prevention with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Sophos Exploit Prevention is an application offered by Sophos Limited. Frequently, people try to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is easier said than done because deleting this manually takes some advanced knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best SIMPLE solution to uninstall Sophos Exploit Prevention 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, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows PC.

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• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful program.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications existing on the PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Sophos Exploit Prevention or simply click the Search feature and type in "Sophos Exploit Prevention". The Sophos Exploit Prevention program will be found very quickly. After you click Sophos Exploit Prevention in the list , the following information regarding the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding Sophos Exploit Prevention, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Sophos Exploit Prevention:

• The web site of the application is: http://www.sophos.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\HitmanPro.Alert\Uninstall.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Sophos Exploit Prevention.


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

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Sophos Exploit Prevention by Sophos Limited from your computer, nor are we saying that Sophos Exploit Prevention by Sophos Limited is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Sophos Exploit Prevention supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.