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Sophos Home Edition for Mac fails removal and fails new install

I'm running the latest edition of Mac OS X, Yosemite 10.10.3 and I can't remove SAV from my computer nor can I install a new version.  I get failure messages on both accounts.  I can't even tell what version of SAV I'm running in the "About" screen as it says About Panel Version UNKNOWN, although I think it is the latest version 9.  I also think I originally created this problem by trying to remove SAV by dragging it to trash as I didn't see the Remove Sophos Anti-Virus application in my Applications.  I've tried everything:  Rebooting, repairing disk permissions, running CleanMyMac versions 2 and 3 (both of which hung up on trying to remove SAV), running AppCleaner, downloading a new removal tool from the Sophos website.  Nothing works.  In trying to install McAfee I get an incompatible software message which I think is because it sees SAV.  Even if I trash the program and the removal tool McAfee won't install with the same error message.

Here's what I got from the installer log in the Console:

Marker - Apr 19, 2015, 8:33:22 AM
Apr 19 08:33:47 CWKlima.local Sophos Installer[647]: [SMEInstallController.m:250] Remove operation cannot run from this location (/Library/Application Support/Sophos/temp_647/Installer.app)
it must be run from the receipt location (/Library/Application Support/Sophos/he/Installer.app)
Apr 19 08:37:07 CWKlima.local Sophos Installer[671]: [SMEInstallController.m:250] Remove operation cannot run from this location (/Library/Application Support/Sophos/temp_671/Installer.app)
it must be run from the receipt location (/Library/Application Support/Sophos/he/Installer.app)

I then tried to add a folder in the Application Support Library as this says and copy the uninstaller there, but couldn't create the New Folder there.

I'm stuck!

Can someone help?

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  • Hi, QC,

    I copied and pasted that file with the one above you provided in Terminal.  Here is the script for this action:

    CWKlima:~ CWK$ less /Users/CWK/Downloads/savoxs_he_r\ 3/Sophos\ Anti-Virus\ Home\ Edition.app/Contents/Resources/build-info.plist
    /Users/CWK/Downloads/savoxs_he_r 3/Sophos Anti-Virus Home Edition.app/Contents/Resources/build-info.plist: No such file or directory
    CWKlima:~ CWK$

    Thanks for any and all input on fixing this.

    CWTrooper

    :1020783
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  • Hi, QC,

    I copied and pasted that file with the one above you provided in Terminal.  Here is the script for this action:

    CWKlima:~ CWK$ less /Users/CWK/Downloads/savoxs_he_r\ 3/Sophos\ Anti-Virus\ Home\ Edition.app/Contents/Resources/build-info.plist
    /Users/CWK/Downloads/savoxs_he_r 3/Sophos Anti-Virus Home Edition.app/Contents/Resources/build-info.plist: No such file or directory
    CWKlima:~ CWK$

    Thanks for any and all input on fixing this.

    CWTrooper

    :1020783
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