AOL Shield Pro

How to uninstall AOL Shield Pro from your PC

AOL Shield Pro is a software application. This page holds details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It is made by AOL Inc.. Take a look here where you can find out more on AOL Inc.. Usually the AOL Shield Pro program is installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield folder, depending on the user's option during install. The entire uninstall command line for AOL Shield Pro is C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\uninstall.exe. The application's main executable file occupies 940.00 KB (962560 bytes) on disk and is called AOLShield.exe.

The executable files below are part of AOL Shield Pro. They occupy an average of 48.98 MB (51354153 bytes) on disk.

• mini_installer.exe (37.56 MB)
• uninstall.exe (167.78 KB)
• AOLShield.exe (940.00 KB)
• AOLShield_Welcome.exe (96.00 KB)
• Uninstall.exe (76.18 KB)
• nacl64.exe (6.37 MB)
• setup.exe (1.28 MB)
• driverinstall.exe (126.42 KB)
• inject.exe (577.04 KB)
• uninstall.exe (414.54 KB)
• uninstall_.exe (141.58 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 60.0.2882.1 of AOL Shield Pro. You can find below info on other releases of AOL Shield Pro:

• 60.0.2882.0
• 75.0.3770.4
• 60.0.2877.0
• 83.0.4103.0
• 72.0.3626.4
• 75.0.3770.2
• 100.0.4896.3
• 99.0.4844.3
• 60.0.2879.0
• 69.0.3497.3
• 71.0.3578.1
• 85.0.4183.2
• 79.0.3945.5
• 69.0.3497.1

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

Directories left on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application

Files remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\AOL_Shield

Registry that is not uninstalled:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AOL Shield
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AOL\AOL Shield
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AppDataLow\Software\AOL Shield
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet\AOL Shield

How to erase AOL Shield Pro using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

AOL Shield Pro is an application by the software company AOL Inc.. Some people choose to erase this application. Sometimes this is hard because doing this manually takes some experience related to removing Windows programs manually. The best EASY practice to erase AOL Shield Pro 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 already installed on your PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to clean your system.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs existing on your PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find AOL Shield Pro or simply activate the Search feature and type in "AOL Shield Pro". If it exists on your system the AOL Shield Pro application will be found automatically. Notice that after you select AOL Shield Pro in the list , some information about the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about AOL Shield Pro, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall AOL Shield Pro.


8. After removing AOL Shield Pro, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of AOL Shield Pro which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling AOL Shield Pro with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall AOL Shield Pro by AOL Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that AOL Shield Pro by AOL Inc. is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall AOL Shield Pro supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.