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A guide to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus from your system

This info is about Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows release was developed by Sophos Limited. Additional info about Sophos Limited can be read here. Click on to get more details about Sophos Anti-Virus on Sophos Limited's website. The application is usually located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus directory. Keep in mind that this path can vary being determined by the user's preference. You can remove Sophos Anti-Virus by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /X{9701CD76-6E9C-403D-8A67-9698F1A5A4E7}. Note that you might be prompted for admin rights. The application's main executable file occupies 1.58 MB (1659392 bytes) on disk and is labeled SavMain.exe.

Sophos Anti-Virus contains of the executables below. They occupy 14.69 MB (15400592 bytes) on disk.




  • BackgroundScanClient.exe (76.67 KB)
  • ForceUpdateAlongSideSGN.exe (216.66 KB)
  • Native.exe (190.81 KB)
  • sav32cli.exe (516.50 KB)
  • SAVAdminService.exe (230.34 KB)
  • SAVCleanupService.exe (150.11 KB)
  • SavMain.exe (1.58 MB)
  • SavProgress.exe (401.36 KB)
  • SavProxy.exe (86.29 KB)
  • SavService.exe (195.38 KB)
  • SAVTelem.exe (57.94 KB)
  • sdcdevcon.exe (193.81 KB)
  • sdcservice.exe (494.15 KB)
  • ssr32.exe (147.55 KB)
  • ssr64.exe (169.85 KB)
  • WSCClient.exe (281.66 KB)
  • swc_service.exe (351.60 KB)
  • swi_di.exe (291.84 KB)
  • swi_fc.exe (2.52 MB)
  • swi_filter.exe (464.24 KB)
  • swi_lsp32_util.exe (245.58 KB)
  • swi_lspdiag.exe (208.55 KB)
  • swi_lspdiag_64.exe (256.81 KB)
  • swi_service.exe (3.45 MB)
  • swi_update_64.exe (2.02 MB)
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The information on this page is only about version 10.8.1.286 of Sophos Anti-Virus. You can find here a few links to other Sophos Anti-Virus versions:

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the PC. Some of these are listed below.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus from your computer:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus

The files below are left behind on your disk by Sophos Anti-Virus's application uninstaller when you removed it:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\appc01.vdb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\appfeed_manifest.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\appfeed_part_0001.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\AppFeedManager.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ApplicationManagement.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\AuthorisedLists.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\BackgroundScanClient.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\BackgroundScanning.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\BHOManagement.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\bpaif.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Categories.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\cidsync.upd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\cln01.vdb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\cln02.vdb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ComponentManager.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\conan.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Configuration.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\DataControlManagement.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\DataControlPlugin.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\DCManagement.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\DesktopMessaging.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\DetectionFeedback.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\DeviceControlPlugin.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\DriveProcessor.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\edl01.vdb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\edl02.vdb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\EEConsumer.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\engsync.upd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\FilterProcessors.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ForceUpdateAlongSideSGN.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\FSDecomposer.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ICAdapter.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ICManagement.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ICProcessors.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Instrumentation.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Instrumentation.man
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\integrity.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\LegacyConsumers.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Localisation.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Logging.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Microsoft.VC90.ATL\atl90.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Microsoft.VC90.ATL\Microsoft.VC90.ATL.manifest
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Microsoft.VC90.CRT\Microsoft.VC90.CRT.manifest
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Microsoft.VC90.CRT\msvcm90.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Microsoft.VC90.CRT\msvcp90.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Microsoft.VC90.CRT\msvcr90.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\osdp.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Persistance.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ps.crl
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ps_rootca.crt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\public.pem
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\rkdisk.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Safestore32.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SafeStore64.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\sav32cli.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavAdapter.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVAdminService.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVCleanupService.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVControl.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVHelpChs.chm
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVHelpCht.chm
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVHelpDeu.chm
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavHelpEng.chm
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVHelpEsp.chm
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVHelpFra.chm
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVHelpIta.chm
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVHelpJap.chm
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavMain.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\savmscm.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavNeutralRes.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavPlugin.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavProgress.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavRes.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavResChs.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavResCht.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavResDeu.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavResEng.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavResEsp.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavResFra.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavResIt.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavResJap.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavSecurity.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavService.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavShellExt.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavShellExtX64.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\savsync.upd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVTelem.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVUserContext.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ScanEditExports.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ScanEditFacade.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\ScanManagement.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\scf.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\scs-integrity.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SecurityProductInformation.ini
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SEDManagement.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SIPSManagement.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\sof.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Sophos Anti-Virus (it).URL
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\sophos_detoured.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\sophos_detoured_x64.dll

Registry keys:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\67DC1079C9E6D304A87669891F5A4A7E
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{9701CD76-6E9C-403D-8A67-9698F1A5A4E7}

Registry values that are not removed from your computer:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\67DC1079C9E6D304A87669891F5A4A7E\ProductName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SAVAdminService\ImagePath
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SAVService\ImagePath
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Sophos Web Control Service\ImagePath


How to erase Sophos Anti-Virus from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Sophos Anti-Virus is an application released by the software company Sophos Limited. Frequently, users decide to uninstall this application. Sometimes this is troublesome because doing this manually requires some advanced knowledge related to PCs. One of the best EASY manner to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus 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 Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows computer.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs installed on the PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Sophos Anti-Virus or simply click the Search field and type in "Sophos Anti-Virus". If it is installed on your PC the Sophos Anti-Virus application will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Sophos Anti-Virus in the list , the following data about the program is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about Sophos Anti-Virus, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the program you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for Sophos Anti-Virus:





  • The software company is: http://www.sophos.com
  • The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{9701CD76-6E9C-403D-8A67-9698F1A5A4E7}
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Sophos Anti-Virus.
Uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus


8. After uninstalling Sophos Anti-Virus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Sophos Anti-Virus which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Sophos Anti-Virus with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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



Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus by Sophos Limited from your computer, nor are we saying that Sophos Anti-Virus by Sophos Limited is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2018-03-02 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2018-03-02 17:03:29.453