AOL Shield

A guide to uninstall AOL Shield from your computer

AOL Shield is a computer program. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was created for Windows by AOL Shield. More information on AOL Shield can be seen here. Usually the AOL Shield application is installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application directory, depending on the user's option during setup. AOL Shield's complete uninstall command line is C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\Uninstall.exe. AOLShield.exe is the programs's main file and it takes about 655.50 KB (671232 bytes) on disk.

AOL Shield installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 5.46 MB (5723952 bytes) on disk.

• AOLShield.exe (655.50 KB)
• AOLShield_Welcome.exe (96.00 KB)
• Uninstall.exe (74.80 KB)
• delegate_execute.exe (670.00 KB)
• nacl64.exe (2.21 MB)
• setup.exe (913.50 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 1.0.21.0 of AOL Shield. You can find below info on other versions of AOL Shield:

• 51.0.2708.0
• 60.0.2870.0
• 54.0.2848.0
• 1.0.16.0
• 54.0.2841.0
• 54.0.2842.0
• 1.0.15.0
• 1.0.19.0
• 1.0.20.0
• 51.0.2704.0
• 51.0.2706.0
• 1.0.17.0
• 1.0.22.0

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Some files and registry entries are regularly left behind when you uninstall AOL Shield.

Directories that were left behind:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AOL\AOL Shield
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\AOL Shield

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

• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\1.0.21.0\1.0.21.0.manifest
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\1.0.21.0\chrome.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\1.0.21.0\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL\AOL Shield\Application\1.0.21.0\chrome_200_percent.pak

Usually the following registry keys will not be uninstalled:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AOL Shield
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AppDataLow\Software\AOL Shield
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\AOL Shield
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\AOL Shield

Additional registry values that you should clean:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{A2DF06F9-A21A-44A8-8A99-8B9C84F29160}\LocalServer32\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\AOL Shield\DisplayIcon
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\AOL Shield\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\AOL Shield\InstallLocation

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

AOL Shield is a program by AOL Shield. Sometimes, people choose to uninstall it. Sometimes this is troublesome because uninstalling this by hand takes some advanced knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best EASY procedure to uninstall 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 a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around tool to clean your computer.

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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. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications installed on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate AOL Shield or simply activate the Search field and type in "AOL Shield". If it exists on your system the AOL Shield application will be found very quickly. After you select AOL Shield in the list of programs, some information regarding the program is made available to you:

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

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall AOL Shield.


8. After uninstalling AOL Shield, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong AOL Shield that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing AOL Shield with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove AOL Shield by AOL Shield from your computer, we are not saying that AOL Shield by AOL Shield is not a good application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove AOL Shield 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.