FortiClient

A guide to uninstall FortiClient from your system

This web page is about FortiClient for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was created for Windows by Fortinet Inc. Take a look here where you can read more on Fortinet Inc. The program is often found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient directory. Keep in mind that this location can differ being determined by the user's choice. The full command line for uninstalling FortiClient is MsiExec.exe /X{5C4CC308-D951-4D92-9288-C72D5FF360FF}. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may be prompted for admin rights. FortiClient's primary file takes about 7.63 MB (8002368 bytes) and its name is FortiClient.exe.

The following executable files are contained in FortiClient. They occupy 22.14 MB (23217480 bytes) on disk.

• certutil.exe (119.79 KB)
• EPCUserAvatar.exe (19.29 KB)
• FCAuth.exe (49.81 KB)
• FCCOMInt.exe (97.81 KB)
• FCConfig.exe (150.81 KB)
• FCDBLog.exe (326.31 KB)
• FCFileSystemHelper64.exe (248.31 KB)
• FCHelper64.exe (317.81 KB)
• FCVbltScan.exe (396.31 KB)
• FCWsc.exe (63.31 KB)
• FCWscD7.exe (150.10 KB)
• FortiAvatar.exe (64.79 KB)
• FortiClient.exe (7.63 MB)
• FortiClient_Diagnostic_Tool.exe (768.81 KB)
• FortiESNAC.exe (6.36 MB)
• fortifws.exe (260.31 KB)
• FortiScand.exe (478.31 KB)
• FortiSSLVPNdaemon.exe (220.31 KB)
• FortiTray.exe (1.60 MB)
• FortiVPNSt.exe (332.31 KB)
• ipsec.exe (439.31 KB)
• scheduler.exe (125.31 KB)
• submitv.exe (359.31 KB)
• update_task.exe (316.81 KB)
• vcm2.exe (1.32 MB)
• vpcd.exe (41.31 KB)

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This info is about FortiClient version 5.6.3.1130 alone. You can find below a few links to other FortiClient versions:

• 5.6.0.1048
• 5.4.0.1978
• 5.4.1.0840
• 5.0.7.0333
• 5.2.0.0591
• 5.2.2.0624
• 5.6.0.1041
• 5.2.3.0633
• 5.2.4.0650
• 5.0.8.1399
• 5.6.2.1117
• 5.4.0.0780
• 5.0.1.0194
• 4.9.29.0086
• 5.0.2.0225
• 5.0.8.0344
• 5.4.4.0890
• 4.3.5.0472
• 5.4.0.0788
• 5.4.1.0853
• 4.3.1.0417
• 5.0.4.0276
• 5.4.2.0860
• 5.5.23.1020
• 4.3.3.0445
• 5.6.1.1115
• 5.6.6.1167
• 5.2.1.0605
• 5.6.5.1150
• 5.6.4.1131
• 5.6.0.1052
• 5.0.10.0362
• 5.2.6.0664
• 5.2.5.0658
• 5.2.4.0917
• 5.0.9.0347
• 5.0.2.0004
• 5.4.5.0891
• 5.4.0.0823
• 5.0.6.0320
• 5.6.0.1075
• 5.4.3.0870
• 5.0.5.0308
• 5.1.28.0553

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Some files and registry entries are usually left behind when you remove FortiClient.

Directories that were found:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient

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

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\cacert.pem
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\certutil.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\CommandLine.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\EPCUserAvatar.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\fasle.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\FCAuth.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\FCCOMInt.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\FCCOMIntDLL.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\FCConfig.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\FCDBLog.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\FCFileSystemHelper64.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\FCHelper64.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\fcp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\FCVbltScan.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\FCWsc.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\FCWscD7.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\flat-db.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiAvatar.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiClient.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiClient_Diagnostic_Tool.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiCliSh.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiCliSh64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiCredentialProvider2x64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiESNAC.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\fortifws.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiScand.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiSkin.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\fortisslcacert.pem
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\fortisslclient.crt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\fortisslclient.key
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiSSLVPNdaemon.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiTray.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiTrayResc.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiVPNSt.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\freebl3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\ipsec.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\libcfg.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\libeay32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\libgmp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\libips.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\libnspr4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\libplc4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\libplds4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\logs\ec\0480194531@tehran.tejarat.com.base64
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\logs\ec\0480194531@tehran.tejarat.com.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\logs\ec\0480194531@TEHRAN.TEJARAT.COM@windows.base64
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\logs\ec\0480194531@TEHRAN.TEJARAT.COM@windows.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\logs\ec\1144@tehran.tejarat.com.base64
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\logs\ec\1144@tehran.tejarat.com.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\logs\ec\1144@TEHRAN.TEJARAT.COM@windows.base64
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\logs\ec\1144@TEHRAN.TEJARAT.COM@windows.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\logs\fclog.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\logs\netDB.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\logs\vcm\2021-04-07 02-52-08\65320.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\logs\vcm\2021-04-07 02-52-08\SigInfo.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\logs\vcm\2021-04-07 02-52-08\summary.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\logs\vcm\2021-04-07 02-52-08\vcm_progress.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\logs\vcm\2021-04-07 02-52-08\vcm_result.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\msvcp120.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\msvcr120.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\nss3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\nssckbi.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\nssdbm3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\nssutil3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\scheduler.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\server.crt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\server.key
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\smime3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\softokn3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\sqlite3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\ssl3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\ssleay32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\sslvpnlib.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\submitv.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\update_task.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\utilsdll.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\vcm2.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\vir_sig\appsig.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\vir_sig\fdni.conf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\vir_sig\ids.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\vir_sig\irdb.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\vir_sig\vcm.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\vpcd.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\xmlcompliance.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\xmlesnac.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\xmlsystem.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\xmlvpn.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\xmlvuln.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Fortinet_FortiClient_FortiClient_Diagnostic_Tool_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Fortinet_FortiClient_FortiClient_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\{5C4CC308-D951-4D92-9288-C72D5FF360FF}\FortiClient.msi
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\FortiClient.msi
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\FortiClient00000.log
• C:\Windows\Installer\{5C4CC308-D951-4D92-9288-C72D5FF360FF}\Icon_FCTLogo

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Fortinet\FortiClient
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{5C4CC308-D951-4D92-9288-C72D5FF360FF}

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{5C4CC308-D951-4D92-9288-C72D5FF360FF}\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\803CC4C5159D29D429887CD2F53F06FF\Transforms\{5C4CC308-D951-4D92-9288-C72D5FF360FF}.mst
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4061083972-1381927385-1126578277-2480\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiClient.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4061083972-1381927385-1126578277-2480\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiTray.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4061083972-1381927385-1126578277-2480\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Users\1144\Desktop\lhdm_forticlient\FortiClient\FortiClientSetup_5.6.3.1130.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4061083972-1381927385-1126578277-2480\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Users\1144\Desktop\lhdm_forticlient\FortiClient\FortiClientSetup_5.6.3.1130_x64.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4061083972-1381927385-1126578277-26814\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiClient.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4061083972-1381927385-1126578277-26814\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiTray.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\fortiapd\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\FortiFW\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Fortips\Description

How to remove FortiClient from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

FortiClient is a program released by the software company Fortinet Inc. Sometimes, computer users try to remove this application. This is easier said than done because doing this by hand takes some know-how related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best QUICK solution to remove FortiClient is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to clean your computer.

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2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs existing on the computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate FortiClient or simply activate the Search feature and type in "FortiClient". The FortiClient application will be found automatically. Notice that when you select FortiClient in the list of applications, some information regarding the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding FortiClient, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall FortiClient.


8. After removing FortiClient, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of FortiClient that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing FortiClient using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall FortiClient by Fortinet Inc from your PC, we are not saying that FortiClient by Fortinet Inc is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall FortiClient in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.