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how to remove Sophos from Windows without Admin password

Got hit with Ransomware (from a Google Adwords link BTW - beware the ad click)

From Windows Safe Mode installed Sophos Endpoint because I couldn't find anything else on their site.  

Thought I had provided an Admin password - 12345678ABC (not the actual password)

After going through ungodly hell, decided to try to remove Sophos.  It asks for the Admin password and will not accept the password I provided.

Cannot uninstall, cannot stop the services.

Sophos is blocking absolutely everything.  

How do I remove Sophos?  I don't like the experience, I don't like what it's doing.  I just want it gone and I'll happily go back to BitDefender or what-have-you.



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  • Whenever I tried that, I was asked to disabled the protection - for which I did not have the password.

    Unfortunately, no.

    However, I did managed to clean Sophos out (see my reply to my own post).  Not exactly the most elegant approach ;-(

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