AOL Shield

How to uninstall AOL Shield from your PC

This web page contains complete information on how to remove AOL Shield for Windows. It was created for Windows by AOL Inc. Check out here where you can get more info on AOL Inc. Usually the AOL Shield program is found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield directory, depending on the user's option during install. C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\uninstall.exe /interactive is the full command line if you want to remove AOL Shield. The program's main executable file occupies 1.95 MB (2042960 bytes) on disk and is called AOLShield.exe.

AOL Shield contains of the executables below. They occupy 119.17 MB (124959920 bytes) on disk.

• EntryProtect Installer.exe (14.90 MB)
• mini_installer.exe (84.52 MB)
• uninstall.exe (851.81 KB)
• AOLShield.exe (1.95 MB)
• chrome_proxy.exe (757.58 KB)
• chrome_pwa_launcher.exe (1.04 MB)
• notification_helper.exe (927.58 KB)
• setup.exe (3.54 MB)
• entryprotect.exe (4.91 MB)
• resetdisplay.exe (2.29 MB)

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This info is about AOL Shield version 129.0.6668.5 alone. You can find below info on other versions of AOL Shield:

• 123.0.6312.6
• 123.0.6312.7

If planning to uninstall AOL Shield you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall AOL Shield:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AOL\AOL Shield

The files below are left behind on your disk by AOL Shield's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\129.0.6668.5.manifest
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\chrome.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\chrome_elf.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\chrome_wer.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\eventlog_provider.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Extensions\external_extensions.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Installer\chrmstp.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Installer\chrome.7z
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Installer\setup.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\af.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\am.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\ar.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\bg.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\bn.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\ca.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\cs.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\da.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\de.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\el.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\es.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\et.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\fa.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\fi.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\fil.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\fr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\gu.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\he.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\hi.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\hr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\hu.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\id.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\it.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\ja.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\kn.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\ko.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\lt.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\lv.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\ml.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\mr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\ms.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\nb.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\nl.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\pl.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\ro.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\ru.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\sk.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\sl.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\sr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\sv.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\sw.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\ta.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\te.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\th.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\tr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\uk.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\ur.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\vi.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\Locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\MEIPreload\manifest.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\notification_helper.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\PrivacySandboxAttestationsPreloaded\manifest.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\PrivacySandboxAttestationsPreloaded\privacy-sandbox-attestations.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\resources.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\v8_context_snapshot.bin
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\VisualElements\Logo.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\VisualElements\SmallLogo.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\vk_swiftshader.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\vk_swiftshader_icd.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\129.0.6668.5\vulkan-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\AOLShield.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\chrome.VisualElementsManifest.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\debug.log
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\EntryProtect Installer.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\entryprotect\3rd_party_licenses.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\entryprotect\entryprotect.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\entryprotect\entryprotect.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\entryprotect\epinject.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\entryprotect\resetdisplay.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\entryprotect\resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\entryprotect\x64\entryprotect.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\entryprotect\x86\entryprotect.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\mini_installer.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\search_and_newtab.crx
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\uninstall.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\AOL Shield.lnk

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

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AOL\AOL Shield
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\AOL\AOL Shield
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet\AOL Shield
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{7B8D0211-78A1-11E5-A0DA-0BD0DB6288AF}

Additional registry values that you should clean:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AOLShieldElevationService\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\entryprotect.driver.service\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\entryprotect.service\ImagePath

How to delete AOL Shield from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

AOL Shield is an application marketed by the software company AOL Inc. Some computer users want to remove this application. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because performing this manually requires some experience regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK way to remove AOL Shield is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is 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 a very useful uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your PC.

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications existing on your computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find AOL Shield or simply click the Search field and type in "AOL Shield". The AOL Shield application will be found automatically. Notice that after you select AOL Shield in the list , the following data regarding the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding AOL Shield, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove AOL Shield.


8. After uninstalling AOL Shield, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of AOL Shield that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling AOL Shield with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove AOL Shield by AOL Inc from your computer, nor are we saying that AOL Shield by AOL Inc is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove AOL Shield in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.