removing sophos anti virus

[russbeer]

hey all,

The wifes works laptop has had some pc geek at school install sophos antivirus on it and I can't get rid of it as its making a slow machine run even bloody slower. I've done a regular uninstall and it appears to have gone but then when you reboot the autoupdate thing is there.

I can't seem to shift it once and for all as it was installed with this nerd as administrator. Is there a way to get rid of it as a normal user?

thanks in advance.
Russbeer

[wakadoo]

cant you go to msconfig and stop the prgm/service running.

[russbeer]

I'm not sure i'd know how to do that mate!

[Over Carl]

Type msconfig, and a dialogue box will pop up with stuff that runs at startup which you can disable.

Alternatively I was going to suggest downloading one of those password cracking utilities that have been posted on here (sorry can't remember a particular thread), log in as admin, and that may help you sort it?

[bobo06]

Alternatively I was going to suggest downloading one of those password cracking utilities that have been posted on here (sorry can't remember a particular thread), log in as admin, and that may help you sort it?

http://www.digital-forums.com/showthread.php?t=512400

[Mickey]

If you want me to remote and kil the fecker gimme a PM

[russbeer]

i dunno whether wor lasses laptop will take a remote connection, its as slow as shit crawling down plasterboard.