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A guide to uninstall Web Companion from your computer

Web Companion is a Windows program. Read more about how to uninstall it from your PC. It is written by Lavasoft. More information about Lavasoft can be found here. More details about the application Web Companion can be found at . Web Companion is usually set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application directory, but this location may differ a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the program. You can remove Web Companion by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionInstaller.exe --uninstall. Note that you might be prompted for admin rights. WebCompanion.exe is the Web Companion's primary executable file and it takes close to 7.03 MB (7373600 bytes) on disk.

Web Companion installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 7.51 MB (7873952 bytes) on disk.

  • Ad-Aware Web Companion.exe (126.28 KB)
  • Lavasoft.WCAssistant.WinService.exe (25.28 KB)
  • WebCompanion.exe (7.03 MB)
  • WebCompanion.Loader.exe (17.78 KB)
  • WebCompanionInstaller.exe (319.28 KB)


The current page applies to Web Companion version 4.3.1917.3743 alone. You can find below a few links to other Web Companion releases:

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Part_A few of these are shown below.

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

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

Generally the following registry keys will not be cleaned:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Lavasoft\Web Companion
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Lavasoft\Web Companion
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{1f68fba8-7c6f-424a-a202-3c5bd64d489d}

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following values:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WCAssistantService\ImagePath


How to erase Web Companion with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Web Companion is a program marketed by Lavasoft. Sometimes, people choose to uninstall this application. This is hard because removing this manually takes some knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best SIMPLE approach 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 on your system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your computer.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications installed on your PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Web Companion or simply click the Search field and type in "Web Companion". If it is installed on your PC the Web Companion application will be found very quickly. When you select Web Companion in the list of programs, some information about the application is available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about Web Companion, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the program you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
For example you can see that for Web Companion:





  • The web site of the program is: http://www.lavasoft.com
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionInstaller.exe --uninstall
7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Web Companion.
Uninstall Web Companion


8. After uninstalling Web Companion, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong 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 are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.



Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Web Companion by Lavasoft from your computer, we are not saying that Web Companion by Lavasoft is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Web Companion in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2018-09-05 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2018-09-05 07:38:50.897