Sophos Update Manager

A guide to uninstall Sophos Update Manager from your system

This page contains detailed information on how to uninstall Sophos Update Manager for Windows. The Windows version was developed by Sophos Limited. More data about Sophos Limited can be found here. You can get more details about Sophos Update Manager at http://www.sophos.com. Usually the Sophos Update Manager application is found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Update Manager folder, depending on the user's option during setup. Sophos Update Manager's entire uninstall command line is MsiExec.exe /X{2C7A82DB-69BC-4198-AC26-BB862F1BE4D0}. The program's main executable file occupies 1.45 MB (1515640 bytes) on disk and is titled SophosUpdateMgr.exe.

The following executable files are incorporated in Sophos Update Manager. They take 5.49 MB (5759184 bytes) on disk.

• ConfigCID.exe (257.35 KB)
• LogViewer.exe (3.37 MB)
• SophosUpdateMgr.exe (1.45 MB)
• SUMService.exe (433.12 KB)

The current web page applies to Sophos Update Manager version 1.6.1.124 alone. Click on the links below for other Sophos Update Manager versions:

• 1.5.2.1060
• 1.6.2.186
• 1.5.0
• 1.7.4.30
• 1.5.4.11
• 1.5.8.11
• 1.7.0.316
• 1.5.7.50
• 1.5.1
• 1.3.1.168
• 1.5.6.13
• 1.6.0.2264
• 1.5.5.21
• 1.2.1.161
• 1.4.2.186
• 1.7.1.19

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Some files, folders and Windows registry data can not be removed when you are trying to remove Sophos Update Manager from your PC.

Directories that were left behind:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager

The files below remain on your disk when you remove Sophos Update Manager:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\cac.pem
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\cidgen.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\config.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\ConfigCID.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\libcurl.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\license_agreements.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\LogViewer.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\MRInit.conf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\MSG00404.bin
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\MSG00407.bin
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\MSG00409.bin
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\MSG0040C.bin
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\MSG00410.bin
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\MSG00411.bin
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\MSG00804.bin
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\MSG00C0A.bin
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\msvcp100.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\msvcr100.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\Obfuscate.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\ps.crl
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\ps_rootca.crt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\Resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\retailer.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\scf.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\UserNameUpdateMgr.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\SUM_Status.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\SUMAdapter.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\SUMService.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\system.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\xmlcpp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\xmlparse.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\xmltok.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\UserName\Update Manager\zlib1.dll
• C:\Windows\Installer\{2C7A82DB-69BC-4198-AC26-BB862F1BE4D0}\ARPPRODUCTICON.exe

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\BD28A7C2CB968914CA62BB68F2B14E0D
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{2C7A82DB-69BC-4198-AC26-BB862F1BE4D0}

Additional values that you should delete:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\BD28A7C2CB968914CA62BB68F2B14E0D\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SUM\ImagePath

A way to remove Sophos Update Manager with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Sophos Update Manager is an application by Sophos Limited. Frequently, people want to uninstall it. This can be difficult because uninstalling this manually takes some know-how regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK solution to uninstall Sophos Update Manager 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, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to take care of your computer.

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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 some time to admire the program's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications existing on the computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Sophos Update Manager or simply activate the Search field and type in "Sophos Update Manager". If it is installed on your PC the Sophos Update Manager application will be found very quickly. After you select Sophos Update Manager in the list , the following data about the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have about Sophos Update Manager, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Sophos Update Manager:

• The publisher is: http://www.sophos.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{2C7A82DB-69BC-4198-AC26-BB862F1BE4D0}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Sophos Update Manager.


8. After uninstalling Sophos Update Manager, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Sophos Update Manager which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Sophos Update Manager using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Sophos Update Manager by Sophos Limited from your computer, nor are we saying that Sophos Update Manager by Sophos Limited is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Sophos Update Manager supposing 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.