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A way to uninstall Ares from your PC

You can find below details on how to uninstall Ares for Windows. The Windows release was developed by AresGalaxy. Go over here for more information on AresGalaxy. Detailed information about Ares can be found at . Ares is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares directory, however this location may vary a lot depending on the user's option while installing the application. The complete uninstall command line for Ares is C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\uninstall.exe. Ares's main file takes around 3.39 MB (3550720 bytes) and its name is Ares.exe.

The following executable files are contained in Ares. They occupy 10.66 MB (11173229 bytes) on disk.

  • Ares.exe (3.39 MB)
  • chatclient.exe (1.02 MB)
  • chatServer.exe (426.50 KB)
  • emoticonSelector.exe (540.50 KB)
  • net_updater32.exe (5.20 MB)
  • Uninstall.exe (108.53 KB)
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The current page applies to Ares version 2.5.73083 only. For more Ares versions please click below:

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Ares has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Directories left on disk:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Ares
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\Ares
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Ares

Generally, the following files are left on disk:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\Ares.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\AsyncEx.ax
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\bass.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\chatclient.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\chatServer.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\Blocked.txt.sample
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\Blocked_Keywords.txt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\ChanListFilter.txt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\ChatLang_en.txt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\ChatLang_es.txt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\ChatroomIPs.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\DHTnodes.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\General\buttonsbitmap.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\General\chat.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\General\emotic.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\General\libbig.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\General\listviewbitmap.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\General\logo.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\General\mainbitmap.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\General\mimesmall.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\General\mplayer.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\General\mshareset.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\General\prefs.txt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\General\searchpnl.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\General\searchstars.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\General\smalltabsbitmap.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\General\tabsBitmap.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\General\tabssmall.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\General\trackbar.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\General\transfer.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\OsThemes\chat.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\OsThemes\emotic.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\OsThemes\libbig.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\OsThemes\logo.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\OsThemes\mimesmall.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\OsThemes\mplayer.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\OsThemes\mshareset.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\OsThemes\prefs.txt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\OsThemes\searchpnl.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\OsThemes\searchstars.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\OsThemes\smalltabsbitmap.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\OsThemes\tabsbig.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\OsThemes\tabssmall.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\GUI\OsThemes\transfer.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\MDHTnodes.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\netStreams.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\no-avatar.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\no-avatar48x48.bmp
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\P2PFilter.txt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\WebServer\favicon.ico
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\data\WebServer\template.htm
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\emoticonSelector.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\lang\Arabic.txt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\lang\Chinese.txt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\lang\Czech.txt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\lang\Danish.txt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\lang\Dutch.txt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\lang\Finnish.txt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\lang\French.txt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\lang\German.txt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\lang\Italian.txt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\lang\Japanese.txt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\lang\Kirghiz.txt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\lang\Polish.txt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\lang\Portuguese.txt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\lang\Russian.txt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\lang\Slovak.txt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\lang\Spanish.txt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\lang\Swedish.txt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\lang\Turkish.txt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\libfaad2.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\lum_sdk_session_id
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\lum_sdk32.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\lum_sdk32_clr.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\luminati\20210308_092234_perr_04_04_start_dialog.jslog
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\luminati\20210308_092234_perr_04_04_start_dialog.sent
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\luminati\20210309_115630_once_10_net_start_1.224.33.sent
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\luminati\20210309_115630_once_11_net_main_1.224.33.sent
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\luminati\20210309_115630_once_12_net_main_init_1.224.33.sent
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\luminati\20210309_115701_perr_conf_update_direct_fail.jslog
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\luminati\20210309_115701_perr_conf_update_direct_fail.sent
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\luminati\20210309_115747_perr_conf_update_zagent_success.jslog
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\luminati\20210309_115747_perr_conf_update_zagent_success.sent
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\luminati\20210319_071110_once_10_net_start_1.224.33.sent
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\luminati\20210319_071110_once_11_net_main_1.224.33.sent
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\luminati\20210319_071110_once_12_net_main_init_1.224.33.sent
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\luminati\db\bw.db
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\luminati\db\conf.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\luminati\db\net_svc.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\luminati\db\user_settings.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\luminati\funnel_perr_18_svc_init.sent
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\luminati\funnel_perr_19_svc_connected.sent
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\luminati\funnel_perr_20_svc_tun_ready.sent
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\luminati\funnel_perr_21_svc_tun_start.sent
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\luminati\funnel_perr_22_svc_tun_1b.sent
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\luminati\log\net_svc.log
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\luminati\lum_sdk_install_id
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\luminati\lum_sdk_mon.log
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\luminati\lum_sdk_ui.log
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\luminati\net_install.log

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be removed; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Ares.CollectionList
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Ares
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Ares_RASAPI32
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Ares_RASMANCS
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Ares

Additional registry values that you should remove:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files (x86)\ares\ares.exe.ApplicationCompany
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files (x86)\ares\ares.exe.FriendlyAppName
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files (x86)\ares\chatserver.exe.ApplicationCompany
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files (x86)\ares\chatserver.exe.FriendlyAppName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-321639972-4076310251-835088715-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files (x86)\Ares\Ares.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-321639972-4076310251-835088715-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files (x86)\Ares\chatServer.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\luminati_net_updater_win_aresgalaxy_io\ImagePath
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{21F2BBA5-F391-4618-88C1-81FB5A444E73}C:\program files (x86)\ares\ares.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{6FE59027-1811-4748-8BF3-6BF844206AA4}C:\program files (x86)\ares\chatserver.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{BA1D0ABF-1304-4042-BE8F-3695D575386A}C:\program files (x86)\ares\chatserver.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{21D7F977-4EAB-4049-96CC-DB008B35C9A8}C:\program files (x86)\ares\chatserver.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{C9B3314E-D362-475E-8AF0-527B406BF505}C:\program files (x86)\ares\chatserver.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{E24865A9-926E-4879-B0A8-AA206C748F6A}C:\program files (x86)\ares\ares.exe


How to uninstall Ares with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Ares is a program by the software company AresGalaxy. Some computer users want to uninstall it. This can be troublesome because removing this manually takes some skill regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE approach to uninstall Ares 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 on your PC, 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 setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


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


5. All the applications existing on your computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Ares or simply click the Search field and type in "Ares". If it is installed on your PC the Ares program will be found automatically. Notice that when you select Ares in the list of programs, some information about the application is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about Ares, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the program you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
For example you can see that for Ares:





  • The publisher is: http://aresgalaxy.sourceforge.net
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\uninstall.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Ares.
Uninstall Ares


8. After uninstalling Ares, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Ares which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Ares with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.



Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Ares by AresGalaxy from your PC, nor are we saying that Ares by AresGalaxy is not a good application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Ares in case 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' PCs.

2020-12-11 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2020-12-11 18:39:18.817