AdFender

A way to uninstall AdFender from your PC

This web page contains thorough information on how to remove AdFender for Windows. The Windows release was developed by AdFender, Inc.. More data about AdFender, Inc. can be read here. More info about the program AdFender can be seen at http://www.adfender.com. Usually the AdFender application is installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender directory, depending on the user's option during setup. The complete uninstall command line for AdFender is C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\uninst.exe. AdFender's primary file takes about 3.27 MB (3427376 bytes) and is named AdFender.exe.

AdFender installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 5.60 MB (5866796 bytes) on disk.

• AdFender.exe (3.27 MB)
• AFCert.exe (207.09 KB)
• AFHook.exe (82.57 KB)
• ConfigureLoopback.exe (16.60 KB)
• uninst.exe (89.49 KB)
• tor.exe (1.94 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 2.01 of AdFender. For other AdFender versions please click below:

• 1.75
• 2.10
• 1.80
• 1.50
• 1.83
• 1.60
• 2.26
• 2.25
• 2.0
• 1.82

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AdFender has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AdFender

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall AdFender:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\AdFender.chm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\AdFender.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\AdProxy.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\AdUtils.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\AFCert.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\AFHook.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\AFHook32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\AFHook64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\Config\adfender.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\Config\myrules.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\Config\tlds.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\Config\torrc
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\Config\xhttps.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\ConfigureLoopback.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\Filters\filters_annoy.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\Filters\filters_ar.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\Filters\filters_cn.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\Filters\filters_cz.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\Filters\filters_de.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\Filters\filters_en.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\Filters\filters_il.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\Filters\filters_it.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\Filters\filters_nl.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\Filters\filters_prv.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\Filters\filters_ru.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\License\license.rtf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\License\thirdparty\misc-license.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\License\thirdparty\openssl-license.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\License\thirdparty\tor-license.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\Readme.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\SConfig.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\SQLWrapper.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\Tor\libeay32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\Tor\libevent_core-2-0-5.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\Tor\libevent_extra-2-0-5.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\Tor\libevent-2-0-5.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\Tor\libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\Tor\libssp-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\Tor\ssleay32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\Tor\tor.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\Tor\zlib1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\uninst.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AdFender\Config\adcommon.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AdFender\Config\adfender.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AdFender\Config\myrules.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AdFender\Config\sitecounter.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AdFender\Config\xhttps.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AdFender\Log\adfender.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AdFender\Log\afcert.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AdFender\Log\blocked.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AdFender\Log\proxy.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AdFender\Log\request.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AdFender\Log\siteinfo.log

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be uninstalled; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AdFender
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\AdFender
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\AdFender

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following values:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-631684751-3726823732-323497098-1002\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\AdFender.exe

How to erase AdFender from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

AdFender is a program by the software company AdFender, Inc.. Some people decide to uninstall it. This can be hard because uninstalling this by hand takes some experience related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best EASY action to uninstall AdFender is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications installed on the computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate AdFender or simply click the Search feature and type in "AdFender". If it exists on your system the AdFender app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click AdFender in the list of applications, some information regarding the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding AdFender, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for AdFender:

• The publisher is: http://www.adfender.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\AdFender\uninst.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove AdFender.


8. After removing AdFender, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of AdFender which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling AdFender using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove AdFender by AdFender, Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that AdFender by AdFender, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove AdFender in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.