Hotspot Shield 3.09

A guide to uninstall Hotspot Shield 3.09 from your PC

This page contains detailed information on how to uninstall Hotspot Shield 3.09 for Windows. It is written by AnchorFree. Take a look here for more info on AnchorFree. Hotspot Shield 3.09 is usually set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield directory, subject to the user's decision. The full command line for removing Hotspot Shield 3.09 is C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\Uninstall.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might get a notification for administrator rights. HSSCP.exe is the programs's main file and it takes about 1.57 MB (1642280 bytes) on disk.

Hotspot Shield 3.09 contains of the executables below. They occupy 7.44 MB (7805176 bytes) on disk.

• Uninstall.exe (1.09 MB)
• af_proxy_cmd.exe (331.29 KB)
• cfg_mgr.exe (155.32 KB)
• cmw_srv.exe (811.79 KB)
• fbw.exe (858.29 KB)
• FBWMgr.exe (528.29 KB)
• ffinst.exe (83.55 KB)
• HSSCP.exe (1.57 MB)
• hssfixme.exe (82.01 KB)
• HssInstaller.exe (339.29 KB)
• HssInstaller64.exe (216.79 KB)
• HSSTrayService.exe (76.67 KB)
• hsswd.exe (535.29 KB)
• openvpn.exe (584.29 KB)
• tapinstall.exe (85.74 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 3.09 of Hotspot Shield 3.09. After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Some of these are listed below.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Hotspot Shield 3.09 from your PC:

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

The files below were left behind on your disk when you remove Hotspot Shield 3.09:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\af_proxy.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\af_proxy_cmd.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\cfghlp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\cmw_srv.exe

Many times the following registry keys will not be uninstalled:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{E69D4A59-73DE-4E38-9FB3-740EC4D9060D}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\HotspotShield

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F9E4A054-E9B1-4BC3-83A3-76A1AE736170}\InprocServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{E69D4A59-73DE-4E38-9FB3-740EC4D9060D}\1.0\0\win32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{E69D4A59-73DE-4E38-9FB3-740EC4D9060D}\1.0\0\win64\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{E69D4A59-73DE-4E38-9FB3-740EC4D9060D}\1.0\HELPDIR\

How to uninstall Hotspot Shield 3.09 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Hotspot Shield 3.09 is an application released by AnchorFree. Sometimes, people want to uninstall this program. Sometimes this can be hard because uninstalling this by hand requires some know-how regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY approach to uninstall Hotspot Shield 3.09 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around utility to clean your Windows PC.

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• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Hotspot Shield 3.09 or simply click the Search field and type in "Hotspot Shield 3.09". If it is installed on your PC the Hotspot Shield 3.09 program will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Hotspot Shield 3.09 in the list of programs, some data about the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about Hotspot Shield 3.09, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Hotspot Shield 3.09.


8. After removing Hotspot Shield 3.09, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Hotspot Shield 3.09 that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Hotspot Shield 3.09 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Hotspot Shield 3.09 by AnchorFree from your PC, we are not saying that Hotspot Shield 3.09 by AnchorFree is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Hotspot Shield 3.09 supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.