Ares

A guide to uninstall Ares from your computer

Ares is a computer program. This page contains details on how to remove it from your PC. It was developed for Windows by AresGalaxy. Further information on AresGalaxy can be found here. More info about the program Ares can be found at http://aresgalaxy.sourceforge.net. Ares is typically installed in the C:\Program Files\Ares directory, however this location may vary a lot depending on the user's decision while installing the program. The full uninstall command line for Ares is C:\Program Files\Ares\uninstall.exe. Ares's main file takes about 3.38 MB (3544064 bytes) and is called Ares.exe.

The executables below are part of Ares. They take about 5.44 MB (5709092 bytes) on disk.

• Ares.exe (3.38 MB)
• chatclient.exe (1.02 MB)
• chatServer.exe (426.50 KB)
• emoticonSelector.exe (540.50 KB)
• Uninstall.exe (105.29 KB)

The current web page applies to Ares version 2.5.43080 only. You can find here a few links to other Ares releases:

• 2.4.73073
• 2.4.23066
• 2.5.53081
• 2.4.83074
• 2.5.13077
• 2.5.63082
• 2.5.03076
• 2.5.83084
• 2.4.53069
• 2.5.73083
• 2.4.03064
• 2.5.23078
• 2.4.63072
• 2.4.33067
• 2.4.43068
• 2.5.33079
• 2.4.13065
• 2.4.93075

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If you are manually uninstalling Ares we recommend you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders that were found:

• C:\Program Files\Ares
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Ares
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Ares

The files below are left behind on your disk when you remove Ares:

• C:\Program Files\Ares\Ares.exe
• C:\Program Files\Ares\AsyncEx.ax
• C:\Program Files\Ares\bass.dll
• C:\Program Files\Ares\chatclient.exe
• C:\Program Files\Ares\chatServer.exe
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\Blocked.txt.sample
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\Blocked_Keywords.txt
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\ChanListFilter.txt
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\ChatLang_en.txt
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\ChatLang_es.txt
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\ChatroomIPs.dat
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\DHTnodes.dat
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\General\buttonsbitmap.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\General\chat.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\General\emotic.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\General\libbig.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\General\listviewbitmap.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\General\logo.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\General\mainbitmap.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\General\mimesmall.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\General\mplayer.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\General\mshareset.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\General\prefs.txt
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\General\searchpnl.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\General\searchstars.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\General\smalltabsbitmap.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\General\tabsBitmap.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\General\tabssmall.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\General\trackbar.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\General\transfer.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\OsThemes\chat.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\OsThemes\emotic.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\OsThemes\libbig.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\OsThemes\logo.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\OsThemes\mimesmall.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\OsThemes\mplayer.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\OsThemes\mshareset.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\OsThemes\prefs.txt
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\OsThemes\searchpnl.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\OsThemes\searchstars.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\OsThemes\smalltabsbitmap.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\OsThemes\tabsbig.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\OsThemes\tabssmall.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\GUI\OsThemes\transfer.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\MDHTnodes.dat
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\netStreams.dat
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\no-avatar.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\no-avatar48x48.bmp
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\P2PFilter.txt
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\SNodes.dat
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\WebServer\favicon.ico
• C:\Program Files\Ares\data\WebServer\template.htm
• C:\Program Files\Ares\emoticonSelector.exe
• C:\Program Files\Ares\lang\Arabic.txt
• C:\Program Files\Ares\lang\Chinese.txt
• C:\Program Files\Ares\lang\Czech.txt
• C:\Program Files\Ares\lang\Danish.txt
• C:\Program Files\Ares\lang\Dutch.txt
• C:\Program Files\Ares\lang\Finnish.txt
• C:\Program Files\Ares\lang\French.txt
• C:\Program Files\Ares\lang\German.txt
• C:\Program Files\Ares\lang\Italian.txt
• C:\Program Files\Ares\lang\Japanese.txt
• C:\Program Files\Ares\lang\Kirghiz.txt
• C:\Program Files\Ares\lang\Polish.txt
• C:\Program Files\Ares\lang\Portuguese.txt
• C:\Program Files\Ares\lang\Russian.txt
• C:\Program Files\Ares\lang\Slovak.txt
• C:\Program Files\Ares\lang\Spanish.txt
• C:\Program Files\Ares\lang\Swedish.txt
• C:\Program Files\Ares\lang\Turkish.txt
• C:\Program Files\Ares\libfaad2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Ares\MP3Source.ax
• C:\Program Files\Ares\opus.dll
• C:\Program Files\Ares\Uninstall.exe
• C:\Program Files\Ares-12480-AsystentPobierania_3806498701.exe
• C:\Program Files\Kingsoft\PCDoctor\data\icon\ares.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Ares\Data\ChatroomIPs.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Ares\Data\ShareH.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Ares\Data\ShareL.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Ares\Ares.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Ares\Homepage.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Ares\Host Chatroom.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Ares\Uninstall.lnk

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Ares.CollectionList
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Ares
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Ares

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following values:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{6af6b181-3a90-4fac-9655-b34041d46b8f}\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Acrobat Reader DC\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Common Files\Java\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VC\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Common Files\Tracker Software\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Java\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Nefarius Software Solutions\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Samsung\Smart Switch PC\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Synaptics\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Tracker Software\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\WinZip\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\GoogleChromeElevationService\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\IAANTMON\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\KProcessHacker3\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Secunia PSI Agent\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{103E63F5-974D-455B-92DE-F1A8419CA604}C:\program files\surfeasy vpn\client\surfeasyvpn.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{1B411BA4-23E9-4824-A501-9AA24EF4CEFF}C:\program files\ares\ares.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{D2334BF3-209E-44C4-9354-A27477F557E3}C:\program files\surfeasy vpn\client\surfeasyvpn.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{061FC73B-D09D-4AAF-AB7C-27AD5A4678F8}C:\program files\ares\ares.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{4829D398-0D82-45A2-A4A1-3A464098A6F8}C:\program files\surfeasy vpn\client\surfeasyvpn.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{D07F55B9-F5AC-47F8-835D-31D476AA47E7}C:\program files\surfeasy vpn\client\surfeasyvpn.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ss_conn_service\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ss_conn_service2\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WinZip Smart Monitor Service\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WMPNetworkSvc\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\wzdtDiskOptimizer\ImagePath

How to uninstall Ares from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Ares is a program released by the software company AresGalaxy. Some users decide to uninstall it. This is easier said than done because deleting this manually takes some skill related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK action to uninstall Ares is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful program.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs existing on your computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Ares or simply click the Search feature and type in "Ares". If it exists on your system the Ares app will be found automatically. After you select Ares in the list , the following information regarding the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding Ares, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Ares:

• The publisher is: http://aresgalaxy.sourceforge.net
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Ares\uninstall.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Ares.


8. After removing Ares, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Ares that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Ares using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Ares by AresGalaxy from your PC, we are not saying that Ares by AresGalaxy is not a good application. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove Ares 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 stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.