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Removing Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition

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UPDATE: For Version 9 see this post: Remove (uninstall) Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition (the free version)

 

What to do

  1. Find the folder /Applications and double-click Sophos Remove.
  2. In the confirmation dialog, click Remove Sophos Anti-Virus .
  3. In the user account dialog, type an administrator name and password. Click OK.

Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition is now removed from your Mac.

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    1.)  Download the current version of SAV, and mount its disk image file.

    2.)  Right-click on the "Sophos Anti-Virus Home Edition.mpkg" icon which will have appeared in a Finder window.

    3.)  Choose "Show Package Contents" from the resulting drop-down menu, and go to Contents --> Packages.

    4.)  There you will find a "SophosRemoval7.2.4" package icon. Double-click it to launch Apple's Installer.app.

    5.)  After entering your admin password to authorize the procedure, "Sophos Remove.app" will be installed in the Applications folder.

    6.)  There is no step 6.

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    1.)  Download the current version of SAV, and mount its disk image file.

    2.)  Right-click on the "Sophos Anti-Virus Home Edition.mpkg" icon which will have appeared in a Finder window.

    3.)  Choose "Show Package Contents" from the resulting drop-down menu, and go to Contents --> Packages.

    4.)  There you will find a "SophosRemoval7.2.4" package icon. Double-click it to launch Apple's Installer.app.

    5.)  After entering your admin password to authorize the procedure, "Sophos Remove.app" will be installed in the Applications folder.

    6.)  There is no step 6.

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