Sophos AutoUpdate

How to uninstall Sophos AutoUpdate from your system

This info is about Sophos AutoUpdate for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is written by Sophos Limited. Check out here for more information on Sophos Limited. Please open http://www.sophos.com/ if you want to read more on Sophos AutoUpdate on Sophos Limited's website. Usually the Sophos AutoUpdate application is installed in the C:\Program Files\Sophos\AutoUpdate folder, depending on the user's option during install. You can uninstall Sophos AutoUpdate by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /X{7CD26A0C-9B59-4E84-B5EE-B386B2F7AA16}. Note that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. SophosUpdate.exe is the Sophos AutoUpdate's main executable file and it takes around 1.66 MB (1745704 bytes) on disk.

Sophos AutoUpdate contains of the executables below. They occupy 4.65 MB (4880032 bytes) on disk.

• ALMon.exe (1.52 MB)
• ALsvc.exe (332.79 KB)
• ALUpdate.exe (1.14 MB)
• SophosUpdate.exe (1.66 MB)

The information on this page is only about version 4.2.2.1 of Sophos AutoUpdate. You can find here a few links to other Sophos AutoUpdate versions:

• 5.8.335
• 5.7.51
• 5.0.0.39
• 3.1.1.18
• 5.8.358
• 5.1.1.1
• 2.7.8.335
• 4.3.10.27
• 5.6.332
• 4.1.0.273
• 5.6.423
• 5.11.206
• 5.2.0.221
• 2.7.1
• 5.1.2.0
• 5.4.0.724
• 5.12.206
• 2.9.0.344
• 4.0.5.39
• 5.7.220
• 5.16.37
• 5.5.3.0
• 5.10.139
• 6.15.1417
• 4.1.0.65
• 6.19.133
• 4.1.0.143
• 3.1.4.81
• 2.7.5.326
• 5.3.0.516
• 5.6.484
• 5.14.36
• 6.16.878
• 2.5.10
• 6.17.1046
• 5.2.0.276
• 5.7.533
• 5.5.2.1
• 5.11.177
• 2.6.0
• 5.18.10.0
• 5.4.0.751
• 5.17.243.0
• 2.10.1.357
• 2.5.9
• 6.15.1347
• 5.15.166
• 5.12.261
• 3.1.4.241
• 2.5.30
• 4.2.0.37
• 2.7.4.317
• 5.10.126

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Numerous files, folders and Windows registry data will not be uninstalled when you are trying to remove Sophos AutoUpdate from your PC.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Sophos AutoUpdate from your computer:

• C:\Program Files\Sophos\AutoUpdate

The files below were left behind on your disk by Sophos AutoUpdate when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ALMon.exe
• C:\Program Files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ALMsg.dll
• C:\Program Files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ALsvc.exe
• C:\Program Files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ALUpdate.exe

Registry that is not removed:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{0BB6C8D7-5B97-465B-9076-CFA0E90D6BCE}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{9C6B3E0F-68D2-4F6F-A768-EF23AA11DAE3}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{CE94B62D-25F3-4430-AA85-A22C2888EE65}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{FFC77341-8EBA-40DA-8A5F-343A35FBCF5F}

Additional values that are not removed:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{07723A69-B7C8-4113-88F9-F18FB917A82F}\LocalServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0C828BB1-A1D6-4C55-BD39-46E33AE340D4}\InprocServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1974650E-C019-4334-A398-6E6CE6A9A466}\InprocServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1A3324E2-63B4-450D-8800-2E686EDB17C9}\InprocServer32\

How to erase Sophos AutoUpdate using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Sophos AutoUpdate is a program released by Sophos Limited. Sometimes, computer users choose to uninstall it. This is difficult because uninstalling this manually takes some knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best EASY approach to uninstall Sophos AutoUpdate is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Sophos AutoUpdate or simply click the Search field and type in "Sophos AutoUpdate". If it is installed on your PC the Sophos AutoUpdate program will be found automatically. Notice that when you click Sophos AutoUpdate in the list of programs, the following data about the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about Sophos AutoUpdate, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Sophos AutoUpdate:

• The web site of the program is: http://www.sophos.com/
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{7CD26A0C-9B59-4E84-B5EE-B386B2F7AA16}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Sophos AutoUpdate.


8. After uninstalling Sophos AutoUpdate, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Sophos AutoUpdate which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Sophos AutoUpdate using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Sophos AutoUpdate by Sophos Limited from your computer, we are not saying that Sophos AutoUpdate by Sophos Limited is not a good application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Sophos AutoUpdate 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' PCs.