AdFender

A guide to uninstall AdFender from your PC

AdFender is a Windows program. Read more about how to remove it from your PC. The Windows version was created by AdFender, Inc.. Check out here for more details on AdFender, Inc.. Further information about AdFender can be seen at http://www.adfender.com. AdFender is normally set up in the C:\Program Files\AdFender folder, depending on the user's option. C:\Program Files\AdFender\uninst.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall AdFender. AdFender's primary file takes around 3.27 MB (3427376 bytes) and is called AdFender.exe.

The executable files below are installed alongside AdFender. They occupy about 5.59 MB (5866328 bytes) on disk.

• AdFender.exe (3.27 MB)
• AFCert.exe (207.09 KB)
• AFHook.exe (82.57 KB)
• ConfigureLoopback.exe (16.10 KB)
• uninst.exe (89.53 KB)
• tor.exe (1.94 MB)

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The current page applies to AdFender version 2.0 only. You can find below info on other releases of AdFender:

• 1.75
• 2.10
• 1.80
• 1.50
• 1.83
• 1.60
• 2.01
• 2.26
• 2.25
• 1.82

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If you are manually uninstalling AdFender we recommend you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders remaining:

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

The files below remain on your disk when you remove AdFender:

• C:\Program Files\AdFender\AdFender.chm
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\AdFender.exe
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\AdProxy.dll
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\AdUtils.dll
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\AFCert.exe
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\AFHook.exe
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\AFHook32.dll
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\AFHook64.dll
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\Config\adfender.xml
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\Config\myrules.txt
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\Config\tlds.dat
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\Config\torrc
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\Config\xhttps.dat
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\ConfigureLoopback.exe
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\Filters\filters_annoy.txt
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\Filters\filters_ar.txt
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\Filters\filters_cn.txt
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\Filters\filters_cz.txt
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\Filters\filters_de.txt
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\Filters\filters_en.txt
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\Filters\filters_fr.txt
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\Filters\filters_il.txt
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\Filters\filters_it.txt
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\Filters\filters_malw.txt
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\Filters\filters_nl.txt
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\Filters\filters_pl.txt
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\Filters\filters_prv.txt
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\Filters\filters_ru.txt
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\License\license.rtf
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\License\thirdparty\misc-license.txt
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\License\thirdparty\openssl-license.txt
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\License\thirdparty\tor-license.txt
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\Readme.txt
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\SConfig.dll
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\SQLWrapper.dll
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\Tor\libeay32.dll
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\Tor\libevent_core-2-0-5.dll
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\Tor\libevent_extra-2-0-5.dll
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\Tor\libevent-2-0-5.dll
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\Tor\libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\Tor\libssp-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\Tor\ssleay32.dll
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\Tor\tor.exe
• C:\Program Files\AdFender\Tor\zlib1.dll
• C:\Program Files\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
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC\#!001\MicrosoftEdge\Cache\PNJH00F3\AdFender[1].png

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

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

How to erase AdFender from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

AdFender is a program by the software company AdFender, Inc.. Sometimes, computer users try to erase this application. Sometimes this is troublesome because uninstalling this by hand requires some know-how related to Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK action to erase AdFender is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





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

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• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs installed on your PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find AdFender or simply click the Search feature and type in "AdFender". If it exists on your system the AdFender app will be found automatically. When you click AdFender in the list , some data about the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about AdFender, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for AdFender:

• The web site of the program is: http://www.adfender.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\AdFender\uninst.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall AdFender.


8. After uninstalling AdFender, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of AdFender that have been left behind will be detected 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 items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall AdFender by AdFender, Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that AdFender by AdFender, Inc. is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall AdFender supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.