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A way to uninstall Web Companion from your computer

Web Companion is a Windows application. Read more about how to uninstall it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by Lavasoft. Take a look here for more details on Lavasoft. Please open if you want to read more on Web Companion on Lavasoft's website. Web Companion is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application directory, but this location may vary a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the application. You can uninstall Web Companion by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionInstaller.exe --uninstall. Note that you might get a notification for administrator rights. WebCompanion.exe is the Web Companion's primary executable file and it occupies circa 7.36 MB (7719528 bytes) on disk.

Web Companion installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 7.82 MB (8201120 bytes) on disk.

  • Ad-Aware Web Companion.exe (126.10 KB)
  • Lavasoft.WCAssistant.WinService.exe (25.10 KB)
  • WebCompanion.exe (7.36 MB)
  • WebCompanionInstaller.exe (319.10 KB)


The information on this page is only about version 4.2.1839.3455 of Web Companion. For other Web Companion versions please click below:

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If you are manually uninstalling Web Companion we recommend you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Web Companion:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lavasoft\Web Companion

The files below were left behind on your disk when you remove Web Companion:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Ad-Aware Web Companion.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\BCUEngineS.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\BCUSDK.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\BrowserDock.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\BrowserManager.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\BrowserParameters.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\de-DE\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\de-DE\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\de-DE\WebCompanion.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\de-DE\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\en-US\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\en-US\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\en-US\WebCompanion.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\en-US\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Esent.Interop.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\es-ES\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\es-ES\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\es-ES\WebCompanion.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\es-ES\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Extension\@wcextensionff.xpi
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\fr-CA\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\fr-CA\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\fr-CA\WebCompanion.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\fr-CA\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Interop.IWshRuntimeLibrary.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Interop.LavasoftTcpServiceLib.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Interop.SHDocVw.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Interop.Shell32.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\it-IT\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\it-IT\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\it-IT\WebCompanion.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\it-IT\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ja-JP\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ja-JP\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ja-JP\WebCompanion.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ja-JP\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.AdAware.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.adblocker.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.AppCore.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Automation.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.AvastWrapper.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Common.Platform.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.CSharp.Utilities.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.IEController.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.PersistantStorage.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.PUP.Management.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.SearchProtect.Business.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.SearchProtect.Repositories.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.SmartAssemblyUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.SysInfo.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Uninstall.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.UpdateComponents.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Utils.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Utils.SqlLite.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.WCAssistant.Service.Logger.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.WCAssistant.WcfService.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.WCAssistant.WinService.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\liblz4.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\log4net.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\LogicNP.EZShellExtensions.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\LZ4.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Microsoft.mshtml.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\MozCompressor.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\pt-BR\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\pt-BR\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\pt-BR\WebCompanion.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\pt-BR\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ru-RU\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ru-RU\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ru-RU\WebCompanion.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ru-RU\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\SmartAssembly.ReportException.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\SmartExceptionsCore.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\System.Data.SQLite.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\System.Data.SQLite.Linq.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\tr-TR\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\tr-TR\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\tr-TR\WebCompanion.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\tr-TR\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ucrtbased.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\vcruntime140d.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebcompaionReimageIcon.ico
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanion.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionExtensionIE.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionIcon.ico
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionIcon_Pro.ico
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionInstaller.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionInstaller.pdb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\x64\SQLite.Interop.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\x86\SQLite.Interop.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\zh-CHS\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\zh-Hans\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\zh-Hans\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\zh-Hans\WebCompanion.resources.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Options\dsengine.cfg
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Options\dsengine.js

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Lavasoft\Web Companion
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Lavasoft\Web Companion

Open regedit.exe to remove the values below from the Windows Registry:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WCAssistantService\ImagePath


How to erase Web Companion from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Web Companion is a program marketed by the software company Lavasoft. Frequently, people try to uninstall this program. This is difficult because uninstalling this manually takes some know-how regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best SIMPLE solution to uninstall Web Companion is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to clean your system.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs existing on your PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Web Companion or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Web Companion". The Web Companion program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click Web Companion in the list , the following information regarding the application is made available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding Web Companion, 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 Web Companion:





  • The web site of the application is: http://www.lavasoft.com
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionInstaller.exe --uninstall
7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Web Companion.
Uninstall Web Companion


8. After removing Web Companion, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Web Companion which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Web Companion with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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



Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Web Companion by Lavasoft from your computer, nor are we saying that Web Companion by Lavasoft is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Web Companion supposing you decide this is what you want to do. 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.

2018-03-28 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2018-03-28 05:42:31.867