i didnt install it and dont know where sphos came from
well, while not impossible it is highly improbable that it emerged from random errors on your disk. Given the nature of the software I also don't assume it has been planted by a hacker or loaded by some trojan or drive-by-attack.
im the only one with access to this laptop
Either this isn't true or you gave permission for it to get installed. Can you remember when you first "detected" it and what you have done before? Companies, schools, etc. might require compliance with certain (security) policies, e.g. recent patches applied, up-to-date and active AV software, before letting a device access their network - potentially offering (semi-)automatic remediation (like installing updates, or an AV software).
Whoever installed Sophos (or provided the installer) probably has a reason, apparently "they" also enabled TP. Guess if you manage to uninstall you'll either lose access to some site's network or discover it is installed again. Thus you'd have to find out how Sophos got onto your laptop and who did it.
i didnt install it and dont know where sphos came from
well, while not impossible it is highly improbable that it emerged from random errors on your disk. Given the nature of the software I also don't assume it has been planted by a hacker or loaded by some trojan or drive-by-attack.
im the only one with access to this laptop
Either this isn't true or you gave permission for it to get installed. Can you remember when you first "detected" it and what you have done before? Companies, schools, etc. might require compliance with certain (security) policies, e.g. recent patches applied, up-to-date and active AV software, before letting a device access their network - potentially offering (semi-)automatic remediation (like installing updates, or an AV software).
Whoever installed Sophos (or provided the installer) probably has a reason, apparently "they" also enabled TP. Guess if you manage to uninstall you'll either lose access to some site's network or discover it is installed again. Thus you'd have to find out how Sophos got onto your laptop and who did it.
