Sophos Anti-Virus
What is Sophos Anti-Virus?
Sophos Anti-Virus is software application developed by Sophos Limited. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 56.67% of installations running this operating system. Sophos Anti-Virus's installer is typically 3.00 MB in size and installs around 156 files. The most common release is 10.3.15 with 13.69% of all installations currently using this version.
Sophos Anti-Virus is most popular in the United States with 59.66% of installations residing in this country.
Sophos Anti-Virus adds 2 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Sophos Anti-Virus is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.
Software Behaviors
- Services:
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- SAVAdminService.exe runs as a service named 'Sophos Anti-Virus status reporter' (SAVAdminService) "Provides information to Windows Security Center on whether Sophos Anti-Virus is up to date and whether on-access scanning is enabled.".
- SAVCleanupService.exe runs as a service named 'Sophos Cleanup Service' (SAVCleanupService) "Performs cleanup functions.".
- SavService.exe runs as a service named 'Sophos Anti-Virus' (SAVService) "Performs threat scanning and cleanup functions.".
- swi_service.exe runs as a service named 'Sophos Web Intelligence Service' (swi_service) "Protects against threats from malicious websites.".
- swc_service.exe runs as a service named 'Sophos Web Control Service' (Sophos Web Control Service) "Manages Web Control policy.".
- swi_filter.exe runs as a service named 'Sophos Web Filter' (swi_filter) "Ensures web usage is safe and consistent with policy.".
- Firewall:
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- SavMain.exe is added as a firewall exception for '%programfiles%\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavMain.exC:*:enableC:SophosAV'.
- Scheduled tasks:
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- BackgroundScanClient.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Hebdo Vendredi 12h30' (runs weekly on Fridays at 12:30).
- SavMain.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F732D63F-29E3-4E57-B48F-154965ED74AD}' (runs on registration).
Software Details
- URL:
- https://www.sophos.com
- Support:
- https://www.sophos.com/support
- Installation path:
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\
- Uninstaller:
- MsiExec.exe /X{9ACB414D-9347-40B6-A453-5EFB2DB59DFA}
- Size:
- 3.00 MB
- Language:
- English
Sophos Anti-Virus Executable Details
- Primary executable:
- SAVAdminService.exe
- Name:
- Sophos Anti-Virus
- Path:
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVAdminService.exe
- MD5:
- 791ee9f4a82fc4e13133f107c1c4c286
- SHA-1:
- –
- SHA-256:
- –
| File Type | Filename | MD5 |
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EXE
|
6a0ddbbc5aeb49d8b035a9fdd074f0e8 | |
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EXE
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791ee9f4a82fc4e13133f107c1c4c286 | |
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DLL
|
cb54530aba8bd7651a92f3621d90c176 | |
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DLL
|
c10cb3632e54f0a422f8b0567ebf7f8d | |
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DLL
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75617a1f4d9a50e0c736e9fff67cbc8f | |
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DLL
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7eed257637a1057d46b2575f5c507cca | |
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DLL
|
6d598e552f080d88b3234fb786a25bd9 | |
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DLL
|
efe3268e2ad669945bbab8d7ff1d53ee | |
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DLL
|
46285919c1070df01bceae64447f51da | |
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DLL
|
9121b6b9d57b05a94b347b5cf21cd7b7 |