Hotspot Shield 3.17

How to uninstall Hotspot Shield 3.17 from your PC

This page is about Hotspot Shield 3.17 for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is written by AnchorFree Inc.. You can find out more on AnchorFree Inc. or check for application updates here. Usually the Hotspot Shield 3.17 program is placed in the C:\Program Files\Hotspot Shield directory, depending on the user's option during install. Hotspot Shield 3.17's complete uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\Hotspot Shield\Uninstall.exe. HSSCP.exe is the Hotspot Shield 3.17's primary executable file and it occupies about 1.70 MB (1787688 bytes) on disk.

Hotspot Shield 3.17 is comprised of the following executables which take 6.93 MB (7263032 bytes) on disk:

• Uninstall.exe (512.27 KB)
• af_proxy_cmd.exe (335.79 KB)
• cmw_srv.exe (858.29 KB)
• FBW.exe (890.29 KB)
• FBWMgr.exe (534.29 KB)
• ffinst.exe (83.55 KB)
• HSSCP.exe (1.70 MB)
• hssfixme.exe (81.19 KB)
• HssInstaller.exe (356.29 KB)
• HSSTrayService.exe (76.67 KB)
• hsswd.exe (543.79 KB)
• Launcher.exe (52.79 KB)
• openvpn.exe (584.29 KB)
• tapinstall.exe (81.24 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 3.17 of Hotspot Shield 3.17. After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the PC. Part_A few of these are listed below.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Hotspot Shield 3.17:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Hotspot Shield

The files below were left behind on your disk when you remove Hotspot Shield 3.17:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Hotspot Shield_bin_hsscp_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Hotspot Shield_Uninstall_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\AskToolbar.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\BingDSMSNHPOffer.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\CheckAskPage.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\HssFinishPage.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\HssSafeSearchWelcomePage.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\HSSSlideShow.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\HSSSlideShowStep1.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\HSSSlideShowStep2.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\HSSSlideShowStep3.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\HSSSlideShowStep4.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\HssWelcomePage.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\img\ask_toolbar.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\img\bingHeaderOption1.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\img\bingNextButton.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\img\bingNextButton_jpn.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\img\bingNextButtonBckg.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\img\conduit_toolbar.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\img\HSSLogo.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\img\logo_grey.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\img\MSGradBckg.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\img\MSInstallBtn.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\img\MSInstallOnFF.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\img\MSInstallOnIE.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\img\MSPoweredByAsk.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\img\RRDesc.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\img\RRHeader.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\img\RRHeader_bonus.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\img\RRSubheader.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\img\RRSubheader_bonus_FF.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\img\RRSubheader_bonus_IE.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\img\safesearch_toolbar.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\img\vivo_bg.jpg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\img\VIVOLogo.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\lang\English.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\lang\Internationalization.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\lang\Japanese.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\MSOfferPage.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\MSOfferPage_bonus.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\scripts\AskToolbar.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\scripts\BingDSMSNHPOffer.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\scripts\CheckAskPage.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\scripts\common.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\scripts\HssFinishPage.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\scripts\HssSafeSearchWelcomePage.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\scripts\HssWelcomePage.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\scripts\MSOfferPage.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\scripts\MSOfferPage_bonus.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\scripts\nsidefs.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\scripts\SearchProtect.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\scripts\Toolbars.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\scripts\UnCloseBrowsers.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\scripts\UnUninstallFiles.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\SearchProtect.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\slider\img\bg.jpg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\slider\img\s.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\slider\img\s_icons.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\slider\img\s1.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\slider\img\s2.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\slider\img\s3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\slider\img\s4.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\slider\index.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\styles\AskToolbar.css
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\styles\bing.css
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\styles\HssFinishPage.css
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\styles\HssSafeSearchWelcomePage.css
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\styles\HssWelcomePage.css
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\styles\MS.css
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\styles\SearchProtect.css
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\styles\styles.css
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\UnCloseBrowsers.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\UnUninstallFiles.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\VIVO.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\VivoFinishPage.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Hotspot Shield\report\af_proxy.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Hotspot Shield\report\af_proxy_cmd_rep.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Hotspot Shield\report\zlib1.dll

Usually the following registry data will not be removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\24C995FA5E2A15247BEE94521C70EC77
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\HotspotShield

Supplementary values that are not removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\24C995FA5E2A15247BEE94521C70EC77\ProductName

A way to remove Hotspot Shield 3.17 with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Hotspot Shield 3.17 is a program offered by the software company AnchorFree Inc.. Sometimes, users want to erase this program. This is hard because deleting this by hand takes some knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best EASY approach to erase Hotspot Shield 3.17 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to clean your PC.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the applications existing on your PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Hotspot Shield 3.17 or simply activate the Search field and type in "Hotspot Shield 3.17". If it exists on your system the Hotspot Shield 3.17 program will be found automatically. When you click Hotspot Shield 3.17 in the list of programs, the following information regarding the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding Hotspot Shield 3.17, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Hotspot Shield 3.17.


8. After uninstalling Hotspot Shield 3.17, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Hotspot Shield 3.17 which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Hotspot Shield 3.17 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Hotspot Shield 3.17 by AnchorFree Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that Hotspot Shield 3.17 by AnchorFree Inc. is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Hotspot Shield 3.17 supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.