Help on uninstalling Sophos antivirus

I have downloaded a trial version of Sophos antivirus and it has resulted in my Mac running very slowly. Does anybody have an ideas on how I can uninstall this software?
Cheers

I installed latest version of shophos, did not have unistall pkg on harddrive. I tried removing from HD by just deleting folder, it did not remove software from showing up on top as if it was still on computer. May be I removed from user/app folder and not from HD app folder?
I had to do following steps
Delete from multiple places/folders
HD/application
HD /library/ application support
HD /library/caches (com.shophos)
HD/library/ luanchdeamons
HD /library/contextual..
(these may not be all the folders I had to deal with . I suppose I can reinstall and write down my steps)
this removed it without showing up on stratup.
Basically I had to search multiple folders to find any traces of shophos and remove it.
May not be the best or easiest method but nothing else worked for me and one can not use terminal if there is no unistall package in folder ( I suppose )
Why not shophos make it easy to have unistall package available to remove or on their website. When so many people have to post to find a solution..waste of everyones time.
G

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http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/119182.aspx
Here my tidbit of advice on how to avoid viruses in the future, if you encounter a virus, again.
Some anti-virus solutions can slow down your Mac, but to be honest, the best anit-virus app is you, the user and your brain.
Don't visit questionable websites or website you are unsure about.
Don't use Torrents or engage in "Torrenting"
Don't install pirated software or software downloaded from a questionable or unknown websites or untrutsted sources.
Java is still a vulnerability concern, if you do not need it, don't use it.
Use a browser filter and pop-up blocker
Don't open email attachments from email addresses that you do not recognize.
Install security updates when they become available
Educate yourself as to what threats are common and active.
In effect, use your own brain as the antivirus filter.
Follow that advise and in MOST cases, you will be fine and won't risk your Mac to potential Trojans, malware or viruses.
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ClamXAV
http://www.clamxav.com/

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The following links are where you can find the system requirements for Sophos AV for Linux and also the startup guide to help you install and run the product.
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Startup Guide for Sophos Antivirus for Linux: Basic Edition (https://secure2.sophos.com/en-us/medialibrary/PDFs/documentation/savl_9_free_sgeng.pdf?la=en)
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This (these), did it for me.
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/guide/hd/recommendations.html
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