Uninstall sophos os x

At least I'm sure that's what it's called in version 9. Mar 23, PM. Jul 9, AM in response to mende1 In response to mende1. Jul 9, AM. Aug 13, AM in response to mende1 In response to mende1. I'm trying to remove Sophos as 1 it has stopped automatically updating itself and I can't make it update manually, and 2 I want to install a newer version. I have tried your suggestion of. I also don't have an app called Sophos Remove or Remove Sophos. Aug 13, AM. May 9, AM in response to gogodoc1 In response to gogodoc1.

I had the same issue - I was using a personal computer at work and so the IT team installed Sophos, and must have deleted the uninstall package. I've had difficulty in searching for the Sophos files but this list helped - for some reason searching for 'sophos' didn't list the HD folders etc which still existed and so this program continued on startup.

Thanks for the list! May 9, AM. Communities Get Support. Sign in Sign in Sign in corporate. Browse Search. Ask a question. User profile for user: choppersday choppersday. Question: Q: Question: Q: Help on uninstalling Sophos antivirus I have downloaded a trial version of Sophos antivirus and it has resulted in my Mac running very slowly.

More Less. The threat detection engine has been updated to 3. For information about the changes to the threat detection engine, see the Sophos Threat Detection Engine release notes. Resolved an issue preventing on-demand scans working with certain APFS volumes. Improved performance when opening Adobe Illustrator files from network locations. Resolved an issue with the installer.

It should not hang when telemetry cannot be sent. Resolved an issue with false reports of the software not running after updates. Resolved an issue with Time Machine backups being slowed down by the on-access scanner. Resolved issues Stability improvements for the CreateUpdatePreconfig tool. Performance improvements for the macOS update.

Various stability and performance improvements. Components Components and their version numbers by release. The second column contains the latest release.

Sophos Anti-Virus 9. Version 9. Resolved issues Improved support for Rosetta 2 updates. Improved support for local proxies.

Improved network protection and file scanning performance. Updated components The threat detection engine is 3. Site Search User. Thread Info. RSS More Cancel. This discussion has been locked. Uninstalling Sophos on a Mac. TIA, - Alex Zavatone Since the docs specify that one has to decrypt a partition and then uninstall the app before upgrading the OS, and since it is mentioned in the readme and Uset Guide, it would be really really good if: 1.

A horrible, major usability problem. Are there plans to fix 2 and is it even possible to fix 2? Thanks, - Alex Up 0 Down Cancel. Zavatone wrote: Since the docs specify that one has to decrypt a partition and then uninstall the app before upgrading the OS, and since it is mentioned in the readme and Suet Guide, it would be really really good if: 1.

To address your questions directly: Uninstallation instructions are found in the Release Notes for Mac. You need to decrypt the hard drive first. Please post your request to the Enhancement Requests conversation.