A process called savadminservice.exe is a file which is bundled in the Sophos Anti-Virus Microsoft Operating System (OS) such as Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows 2003. This software is from Sophos Plc. The process file is found in the drive C: directory under the Program Files folder and has the known file size of 163,056 bytes in the Hard Disk Drive (HDD). But this size may vary depending on the Microsoft Operating System used such as Windows XP, Window Vista And Windows 7. This process is not considered a visible program and does not belong to the Windows system core file. This file may be uninstalled by removing the complete software called Sophos Anti-virus for Windows Xp (Version 2000 and 2003). This can be done through Add/Remove program utility in the Microsoft Operating System (OS) located in the Control Panel. This program may lessen the speed of the Central Processing Unit (CPU) and is recommended to be updated daily for maximizing the security of the Operating System.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. savadminservice.exe. is used by Sophos, If you shut down savadminservice.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop savadminservice.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Sophos, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed savadminservice.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Sophos, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if savadminservice.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that savadminservice.exe, belongs to, in this case Sophos