Hillstone Secure Connect

A guide to uninstall Hillstone Secure Connect from your system

Hillstone Secure Connect is a computer program. This page holds details on how to remove it from your PC. It was developed for Windows by Hillstone Networks. More info about Hillstone Networks can be seen here. The program is usually located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Hillstone\Hillstone Secure Connect directory. Take into account that this path can vary being determined by the user's decision. The full command line for removing Hillstone Secure Connect is C:\Program Files (x86)\Hillstone\Hillstone Secure Connect\uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might be prompted for admin rights. SecureConnect.exe is the programs's main file and it takes close to 236.11 KB (241776 bytes) on disk.

Hillstone Secure Connect is composed of the following executables which take 1.82 MB (1909378 bytes) on disk:

• Uninstall.exe (65.91 KB)
• LiveUpdate.exe (256.50 KB)
• preinstall.exe (21.00 KB)
• SecureConnect.exe (236.11 KB)
• SSLChannel.exe (1.10 MB)
• tapinstall.exe (54.50 KB)
• UpdateConfig.exe (29.00 KB)
• tapinstall.exe (79.50 KB)

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This info is about Hillstone Secure Connect version 1.2.0.1098 alone. You can find below a few links to other Hillstone Secure Connect versions:

• 1.4.3.1151
• 1.4.3.1166
• 1.4.3.1157
• 1.4.5.1227
• 1.4.4.1202
• 1.4.5.1233
• 1.4.4.1211
• 1.4.9.1271
• 1.4.8.1257
• 1.4.7.1247
• 1.3.3.1135
• 1.4.8.1259
• 1.4.7.1253
• 1.4.4.1185
• 1.4.6.1246
• 1.2.6.1131
• 1.4.6.1238
• 1.5.8.1112
• 1.3.3.1139
• 1.4.4.1191
• 1.4.8.1255
• 1.4.3.1180
• 1.2.0.1112
• 1.4.9.1260
• 1.4.4.1208
• 1.4.3.1150
• 1.3.2.1124
• 1.4.1.1142
• 1.4.8.1256
• 1.4.1.1141
• 1.4.7.1250
• 1.3.3.1133
• 1.4.7.1252
• 1.4.6.1243
• 1.4.5.1218
• 1.4.8.1254
• 5.4.3.1155
• 1.4.3.1164
• 1.4.5.1234
• 1.4.5.1226
• 1.2.0.1116
• 1.3.3.1134
• 1.4.9.1265
• 1.4.8.1258
• 1.2.6.1130
• 1.4.3.1154
• 1.4.7.1251
• 1.4.5.1235

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If you are manually uninstalling Hillstone Secure Connect we advise you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hillstone\Hillstone Secure Connect
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Hillstone\Hillstone Secure Connect
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Hillstone Secure Connect

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall Hillstone Secure Connect:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hillstone\Hillstone Secure Connect\bin\2052\MUI.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hillstone\Hillstone Secure Connect\bin\addadapter.bat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hillstone\Hillstone Secure Connect\bin\deladapter.bat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hillstone\Hillstone Secure Connect\bin\LiveUpdate.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hillstone\Hillstone Secure Connect\bin\preinstall.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hillstone\Hillstone Secure Connect\bin\SecureConnect.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hillstone\Hillstone Secure Connect\bin\SSLChannel.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hillstone\Hillstone Secure Connect\bin\tapinstall.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hillstone\Hillstone Secure Connect\bin\UpdateConfig.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hillstone\Hillstone Secure Connect\cert\cert233889334
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hillstone\Hillstone Secure Connect\cert\cert-51978698
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hillstone\Hillstone Secure Connect\driver\hssvc.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hillstone\Hillstone Secure Connect\driver\hssvc.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hillstone\Hillstone Secure Connect\driver\hssvc.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hillstone\Hillstone Secure Connect\driver\tapinstall.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hillstone\Hillstone Secure Connect\Uninstall.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Storage\http_hillstone-secure-connect.updatestar.com_0.localstorage
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Hillstone\Hillstone Secure Connect\SecurecConfig.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Hillstone Secure Connect\Hillstone Secure Connect.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Hillstone Secure Connect\Uninstall.lnk

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\Hillstone\Hillstone Secure Connect
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Hillstone\Hillstone Secure Connect
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Hillstone Secure Connect

Additional registry values that you should remove:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Hillstone\Hillstone Secure Connect\bin\SecureConnect.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Hillstone\Hillstone Secure Connect\bin\SecureConnect.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SecureConnect\ImagePath

A way to remove Hillstone Secure Connect from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Hillstone Secure Connect is an application released by Hillstone Networks. Some computer users choose to remove it. This can be difficult because removing this manually takes some knowledge related to PCs. The best SIMPLE approach to remove Hillstone Secure Connect is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs installed on the PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Hillstone Secure Connect or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Hillstone Secure Connect". If it is installed on your PC the Hillstone Secure Connect application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click Hillstone Secure Connect in the list of applications, the following data regarding the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding Hillstone Secure Connect, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Hillstone Secure Connect.


8. After uninstalling Hillstone Secure Connect, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Hillstone Secure Connect that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Hillstone Secure Connect with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Hillstone Secure Connect by Hillstone Networks from your computer, we are not saying that Hillstone Secure Connect by Hillstone Networks is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Hillstone Secure Connect in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.