Sophos Update Manager

A guide to uninstall Sophos Update Manager from your computer

Sophos Update Manager is a Windows application. Read below about how to remove it from your computer. The Windows release was developed by Sophos Limited. More info about Sophos Limited can be found here. More info about the software Sophos Update Manager can be found at http://www.sophos.com. The program is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Update Manager folder. Keep in mind that this location can differ depending on the user's decision. The full command line for removing Sophos Update Manager is MsiExec.exe /X{2C7A82DB-69BC-4198-AC26-BB862F1BE4D0}. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might get a notification for admin rights. The application's main executable file occupies 1.09 MB (1141784 bytes) on disk and is named SophosUpdateMgr.exe.

The following executables are contained in Sophos Update Manager. They occupy 2.84 MB (2980496 bytes) on disk.

• ConfigCID.exe (231.02 KB)
• EMLConfigConverter.exe (123.02 KB)
• LogViewer.exe (1.17 MB)
• SophosUpdateMgr.exe (1.09 MB)
• SUMService.exe (27.52 KB)
• UpdateSUMConfig.exe (219.02 KB)

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This data is about Sophos Update Manager version 1.3.1.168 alone. You can find here a few links to other Sophos Update Manager releases:

• 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
• 1.6.1.124
• 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 and registry entries are usually left behind when you remove Sophos Update Manager.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Sophos Update Manager:

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

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

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Update Manager\cac.pem
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Update Manager\cidgen.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Update Manager\config.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Update Manager\ConfigCID.exe

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{2C7A82DB-69BC-4198-AC26-BB862F1BE4D0}

Additional values that you should remove:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{2C7A82DB-69BC-4198-AC26-BB862F1BE4D0}\InstallLocation
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\UserNametem\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\SophosUpdateManager\EventMUserNamegeFile
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\UserNametem\CurrentControlSet\Services\UserName\ImagePath

How to erase Sophos Update Manager from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Sophos Update Manager is an application offered by the software company Sophos Limited. Sometimes, users want to remove it. This is troublesome because performing this by hand requires some advanced knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best EASY action to remove Sophos Update Manager 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 potent uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your Windows computer.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Sophos Update Manager or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Sophos Update Manager". If it exists on your system the Sophos Update Manager app will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click Sophos Update Manager in the list of programs, the following data about the application is made available to you:

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

For instance you can see that for Sophos Update Manager:

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

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Sophos Update Manager.


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

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Sophos Update Manager by Sophos Limited from your PC, we are not saying that Sophos Update Manager by Sophos Limited is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Sophos Update Manager in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.