Linux keeps freezing after sophos av install

Question

I installed https://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-antivirus-for-linux.aspx#startChat on my Linux Mint Cinnamon 64 bit machine. 
 Ever since, Linux freezes on every boot. Hence I need to uninstall it. How can I do this? 
 
 Either an uninstall or I want sophos to work without freezing. thanks.

LeeFry · Answer

Hi,

Once Sophos is installed if you update it by following the below instructions

open a terminal and type sudo su & enter your password

then type /opt/sophos-av/bin/savupdate

This can take a few mins to complete so be patient- after that is completed drop root elevation by typing exit

Then do a full scan by typing the below into the terminal

sudo savscan -archive -suspicious -pua -remove /

This should fix the freezing issue.

If it doesn't you can uninstall via opening a terminal and typing

sudo su & enter your password

/opt/sophos-av/uninstall.sh

finally type exit to drop root elevation.

I hope that helps.

Thanks