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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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  • Thanks for the suggestion.  Tried it and installation failed again.

    This is a very challenging problem.

    Appreciate the post and suggestion.

    I'm wondering if there is something in the Mac OS that is causing this installation and removal problem.  I'm using the latest Yosemite (v. 10.10.3).

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  • Thanks for the suggestion.  Tried it and installation failed again.

    This is a very challenging problem.

    Appreciate the post and suggestion.

    I'm wondering if there is something in the Mac OS that is causing this installation and removal problem.  I'm using the latest Yosemite (v. 10.10.3).

    :1020816
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