GitHub - ayeskatalas/Sophos-Removal-Tool: Tool to remove all versions of Sophos AV\Endpoint Defense ayeskatalas / Sophos-Removal-Tool Public Notifications Fork 9 Star 13 Code Issues 3 Pull requests Actions Security Insights master 1 branch 0 tags Code 2 commits Failed to load latest commit information. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. I believe it was for windows 7 as well. Workaround: you can completely remove the Sophos Anti-Virus software from a Mac endpoint by removing the following files and directories. I may have different versions of FREE SOPHOS Anti virus on my iMac And it hasn't been scaning. Navigate to the following MS Fix-It tool Website: http://support.microsoft.com/mats/Program_Install_and_Uninstall. Bonus Flashback: Back on December 9, 2006, the first-ever Swedish astronaut launched to We have some documents stored on our SharePoint site and we have 1 user that when she clicks on an Excel file, it automatically downloads to her Downloads folder. Here is the list: Reboot afterward, to ensure all of the existing processes and kernel extensions are gone from memory. This worked well but I have found a number of endpoints that weren't updating correctly so are stuck with tamper protection turned on. after the Procedure The removal failed The software was not successfully removed. Your information helped resolve my issue. Right-click on Windows Security on the Start list. I'm currently unable to uninstall the Sophos Central Endpoint from one of our devices. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. These issues usually happen due to corrupted files or remnants from previous installations of Sophos Home or other Sophos versions, especially when using a third-party uninstaller that may delete components that are required to properly uninstall Sophos. I have also tried using the "Remove Sophos Endpoint" application, but it results in a failure. The version I originally had on my Mac changed at some point, the interface looked very different. see the system requirements page on the Sophos website (http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/all-system-requirements). While the Microsoft Fix-It tool does work, we've had to resort to it too many times in the last few months. MacOS 10.12.16 Macbook Air 2015 Sophos Central Endpoint version 9.6.3 Uninstalling Sophos Central Endpoint - The Removal Failed - Discussions - Sophos Endpoint - Sophos Community Sophos Community This is the command I ran and its output: Justins-MacBook-Air:~ admin$ cd /Library/Application\ Support/Sophos/saas/Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/tools, /Library/Application Support/Sophos/saas/Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/tools, Justins-MacBook-Air:tools admin$ sudo ./InstallationDeployer --remove --tamper_password 186909911335, sudo: ./InstallationDeployer: command not found. I had a similar issue where it couldn't uninstall the old on-prem version before migrating to the cloud version. and our Disable the tamper protection before uninstalling the Sophos endpoint. 1997 - 2022 Sophos Ltd. All rights reserved. I made the big mistake of not disabling tamper protection and then Sophos stripped out most of the central portal including the endpoint section. Was this page helpful? If the Protect Computers Wizard fails to install Sophos Endpoint Security and Control on computers, it could be because: Sophos Enterprise Console does not know which operating system the computers are running. I'm currently in the process of removing all my endpoints as I'm leaving Sophos. I've noticed that, although Sophos exists as many different components on a PC, there is now at least just a single uninstaller - which is great if it works. Also unlock the server if you locked it before via Sophos Central Attempt to uninstall Sophos first through Add or Remove Programs or Programs and Features or by running the uninstallcli.exe tool. To continue this discussion, please ask a new question. Try that fixit tool. I tried to remove it by using the uninstall tool Remove Sophos Endpoint. Feel free to let me know if you run into any trouble navigating support or getting your issue resolved. Obviously it will require admin / sudo permissions, and obviously, you should be quite careful as to not remove other things. I think my favorite is #5, blocking the mouse sensor - I also like the idea of adding a little picture or note, and it's short and sweet. Nothing else ch Z showed me this article today and I thought it was good. Sophos Central Endpoint failed to install Sophos Endpoint Defense (Failed to copy corecustomeradapter.dll) Click on the links below for steps: Detections Applies to the following Sophos product (s) and version (s): Sophos Endpoint Defense 3.0 Detections Detected Log Lines Log Lines Explained What To Do Related Information/Articles The reason is that SophosInstaller (installer.app) wasn't given permissions in Full Disk Access, under System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy. If the Protect Computers Wizard fails to install Sophos Endpoint Security and Control on computers, it could be because: For a full list of requirements for the Sophos Endpoint Security and Control features, Press the Windows key on your keyboard to open Start Menu. The Microsoft Fix tool manages to get rid of SOPHOS from the installed programs, however I still have multiples Sophos SERVICES that are still installed and launched after using the Fix tool and rebootingAnyone? First stop , put as manual, and remove all Sophos services Second kill all Sophos processes Third uninstall all Sophos products Has always worked for me (99 percent of the time) flag Report 1 found this helpful thumb_up thumb_down Sutibun cayenne Jan 8th, 2018 at 9:44 AM check Best Answer If we had nothing else to do, we'd be investigating alternatives. I'm sending this via my phone, but will post the solution in a few. Removal Instructions Uninstall Sophos Home MacOS Watch on Print this article Step-by-step guide Expand Removal tool is missing Expand The removal failed. Thankfully this was rubbish and I discovered that in the portal I could still see devices and through there get to policies and somehow find the hidden section to disable tamper proection gloablly. Gowtham ManiCommunity Support Engineer | Sophos Technical Support Knowledge Base|@SophosSupport| Sign up for SMS AlertsIf a post solvesyourquestion use the'This helped me'link. As it know longer appears on my iMac. What's happening: "Removal failed" message may appear when uninstalling older versions of Sophos Home from macOS Monterey. They can browse to these sites (albeit with SSL warning) and I can't see any difference between servers with and without this issue. I may have different versions of FREE SOPHOS Anti virus on my iMac And it hasn't been scaning, No scanning window. Notes: The log file is added to each time the CRT is run and will grow in size if a number of attempts to install are made. For us, Sophos are having a few too many product and support issues. No scanning window. If you can get the password from central you can then use a utility on the endpoint called SEDcli.exe and use arguments to provide the TP . I love he product, but have had several issues since updating to the anniversary edition. If you've still got access to some of central. The MS Fix-It did the trick in the end. In my case the Sophos Endpoint uninstaller would not complete stating "Unable to locate Sophos Anti-Virus MSI". Insecure ownership or permissions were detected on a key directory. Workaround: you can completely remove the Sophos Anti-Virus software from a Mac endpoint by removing the following files and directories. Did you check the Services?On most of my PCs, Sophos services are still listed and launched. Do not drag Sophos Home to the Trash as this will not uninstall the program. Part of this is to ensure the permissions of . operating system. I appreciate the quick response. Legal details, Guide to the Enterprise Console interface, Getting started with Sophos Enterprise Console, Copying or printing data from Enterprise Console, Computers are not running on-access scanning, Can't protect computers in the Unassigned group, Sophos Endpoint Security and Control installation failed, Anti-virus settings do not take effect on Macs, Anti-virus settings do not take effect on Linux or UNIX, Linux or UNIX computer does not comply with policy, New scan appears unexpectedly on a Windows computer, Frequent alerts about potentially unwanted applications, Data control does not detect files uploaded via embedded browsers, Data control does not scan uploaded or attached files, Uninstalled update manager is displayed in the console, http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/all-system-requirements, Automatic installation is not possible on that Aditya PatelGlobal Escalation Support Engineer | Sophos Technical SupportKnowledge Base|@SophosSupport|Sign up for SMS AlertsIf a post solvesyourquestion use the'This helped me'link. I'm having trouble uninstalling Sophos Cloud Endpoint. supported on the computers operating systems. After the fix it tool removed sophos anti-virus the Sophos Endpoint Agent still showed as an entry in Programs and Features. Try to reinstall Sophos Endpoint after. Here is the list: /Library/Sophos Anti-Virus/ /Library/Application Support/Sophos/ For more information, please see our mMaybe Iupdated it at some point, i can't remember. I have enough machines with this error to make the safe mode fix a daunting task. Was there a Microsoft update that caused the issue? Windows XP computers. We have a Windows XP computer (don't ask) with network shares that, as of yesterday, are no longer reachable by other computers on the LAN. I delated it so I could start again because it was not scanning anymore. Just curious, is it Windows 10 Anniversary? I ran that uninstaller and it was able to finish out the rest of the items and remove the endpoint agent successfully from the computer. The Use Sharing Wizard option has not been turned off on Windows Vista computers. If that Microsoft Fix-It tool doesn't work for you, I'd suggest opening a ticket with our support team. Perform a manual installation. (disabled them manually). 1997 - 2022 Sophos Ltd. All rights reserved. I've tried both the application uninstall and command line version with tamper protection enabled and disabled, same results. I'm doing so, however what a tedious task to uninstall this Software (I get the uninstall error on 2/3s of my PCs). Info on the Sophos User can be found in this related post. All rights reserved. Click More, and click App Settings. Pls help if you have encountered this problem before. But the problem of TP will prevent the easy removal. Computers can ping it but cannot connect to it. If the Sophos endpoint software is installed locally (or any method other than the console protection wizard), problems can still be solved. I haven't got a clue what version it was. There is the TP password for each device listed and any previous ones. 2018 Sophos Limited. Sophos Endpoint Security and Control Uninstalling using a command line or batch file Getting the uninstall strings Open Command Prompt with admin privilege and run the following commands: 32-bit: REG QUERY HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall /s /f SOPHOS > C:\Sophos_Uninstall_Strings.txt You can uninstall Sophos Home on your Mac computers using the Remove Sophos Home app. It would help me it you can specific the current version that you are trying to remove and also the Mac OS version. I ran that uninstaller and it was able to finish out the rest of the items and remove the endpoint agent successfully from the computer. You are unable to reinstall Sophos Home due to error messages. This is probably because you did not enter your username in the format domain\user when finding computers. These endpoints have errors such as this; ERROR Request: WinHttpSendRequest failed: 12029 (dzr-mcs-amzn-eu-west-1-9af7.upe.p.hmr.sophos.com:443). After the fix it tool removed sophos anti-virus the Sophos Endpoint Agent still showed as an entry in Programs and Features. For instructions, see the. But I'm hoping that, since we don't have time to do that, things will improve :-). Privacy Policy. The fix it tool simply resolved the issue with the MSI of the Sophos Anti-Virus component. LICENSE Sophos Removal Tool.exe Click Reset again to confirm. different versions of FREE SOPHOS Anti virus. Scroll down and click Reset. Uninstalling Sophos Central Endpoint - The Removal Failed, https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/14179. after the Procedure The removal failed The software was not successfully removed. Your daily dose of tech news, in brief. When I run the Remove Sophos Endpoint app I get this error after I enter the tamper protection password and admin password: I tried uninstalling via the terminal following the steps in this guide:https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/14179. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. OR "The removal failed. Check the AVRemove.log file and pen the file in a text editor (e.g., Notepad.exe). Risk of privilege escalation when using the Sophos endpoint installer In the latest installer of Sophos Home, we have implemented security changes to mitigate this vulnerability. Any other ideas? If resetting the Windows Security app does not work, run a Windows repair to fix Windows Security Center. Fixing failed removal on old versions of Sophos Home Expand Support were entirely unhelpful and told me the portal was gone and I had to put my 700 machines in to safe mode to disable tamper protection manually. (At least for me). I have tried these steps but still have a "Sophos Endpoint" user at login on my Mac. Here is the response to my ticket, which did fix the issue. May I know what do you mean by different versions of Sophos AV? Go to C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Endpoint Agent Run uninstallcli.exe Alternatively, go to Settings > Apps (on Windows 10) and uninstall Sophos Endpoint there. Installation cancelled." . But the error messages says Removal Failed. Windows Mac To uninstall Sophos Endpoint from the computer or server, do as follows: Sign in to the computer or server using an admin account. Flashback: Back on December 9, 1906, Computer Pioneer Grace Hopper Born (Read more HERE.) Cookie Notice Simple File Sharing has not been turned off on Welcome to the Snap! Removal Failed. Just curious. The SophosZAP tool may help. I tried to remove it by using the uninstall tool Remove Sophos Endpoint. Obviously it will require admin / sudo permissions, and obviously, you should be quite careful as to not remove other things. You selected to install a feature that is not John Perkins over 4 years ago. Please can you help, i don't know what else to do. When running the fix-it tool mentioned I choose to have it fix and remove Sophos Anti-Virus and not the other items listed. Reboot the Server If nothing has changed, you can run a script / batch file Ideally I would like to fix the update issue so tamper protection is disabled and I can push out my removal script. I had that exact same issue a couple weeks ago. This topic has been locked by an administrator and is no longer open for commenting. 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