PCProtect

A guide to uninstall PCProtect from your system

You can find on this page detailed information on how to remove PCProtect for Windows. It is made by PCProtect. Check out here for more info on PCProtect. More information about PCProtect can be seen at https://www.pcprotect.com. The application is usually found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect directory (same installation drive as Windows). The full command line for removing PCProtect is C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\uninst.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may receive a notification for administrator rights. PCProtect.exe is the programs's main file and it takes about 4.99 MB (5231680 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are installed together with PCProtect. They occupy about 11.68 MB (12250814 bytes) on disk.

• nfregdrv.exe (48.00 KB)
• PasswordExtension.Win.exe (250.79 KB)
• PCProtect.exe (4.99 MB)
• SecurityService.exe (268.66 KB)
• uninst.exe (194.99 KB)
• wscf.exe (289.76 KB)
• subinacl.exe (291.13 KB)
• devcon.exe (87.63 KB)
• devcon.exe (62.13 KB)
• openvpn.exe (1,013.87 KB)
• ams_setup.exe (171.02 KB)
• apc_random_id_generator.exe (267.42 KB)
• avupdate.exe (2.78 MB)
• savapi.exe (634.10 KB)
• savapi_restart.exe (126.67 KB)
• savapi_stub.exe (302.20 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 5.23.167 of PCProtect. You can find here a few links to other PCProtect versions:

• 1.33.39
• 5.23.191
• 1.35.18
• 4.2.31
• 1.32.17
• 4.8.35
• 4.9.36
• 5.18.284
• 4.13.76
• 5.19.15
• 5.23.174
• 5.17.470
• 4.3.6
• 5.19.33
• 1.39.31
• 4.1.7
• 4.8.12
• 4.5.7
• 4.14.31
• 4.13.71
• 5.16.203
• 1.39.26
• 5.13.8
• 4.13.75
• 1.36.98
• 1.30.24
• 5.15.69
• 5.21.159
• 1.37.85
• 5.14.15
• 5.15.67
• 1.34.8
• 1.38.12
• 4.4.12
• 4.13.39
• 1.36.97
• 4.6.19
• 5.18.272
• 5.16.175
• 5.5.83
• 1.39.36
• 4.10.38
• 1.27.21
• 4.14.25
• 1.39.33
• 5.1.10
• 1.31.9
• 4.12.10
• 5.22.37
• 5.24.38
• 5.4.19
• 4.7.19
• 5.23.185

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If planning to uninstall PCProtect you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders left behind when you uninstall PCProtect:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect

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

• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\Accessibility.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\API-MS-Win-core-xstate-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\avgio.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\avira.managed.remediation.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\avira.managed.sdk.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\avira.managed.update.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\AviraLib.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\bins\subinacl.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\BouncyCastle.Crypto.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\Branding.Desktop.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\cachey-bashi.netcore.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\clrcompression.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\clretwrc.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\clrjit.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\coreclr.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\D3DCompiler_47_cor3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\dbgshim.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\DirectWriteForwarder.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\DotNetZip.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\driver\amd64\devcon.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\driver\amd64\OemWin2k.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\driver\amd64\tap0901.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\driver\amd64\tap0901.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\driver\i386\devcon.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\driver\i386\OemWin2k.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\driver\i386\tap0901.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\driver\i386\tap0901.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\e_sqlite3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\Engine.Win.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\EntityFramework.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\EntityFramework.SqlServer.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\GUI.Win.deps.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\GUI.Win.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\GUI.Win.runtimeconfig.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\hostfxr.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\hostpolicy.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\HtmlAgilityPack.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\install.name
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\installer.log
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\installoptions.jdat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\lib_SCAPI.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\lib_SCAPISharp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\libcrypto-1_1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\libssl-1_1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\locale\da_DK.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\locale\de_DE.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\locale\es_ES.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\locale\fr_FR.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\locale\it_IT.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\locale\nl_NL.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\locale\nn_NO.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\locale\pl_PL.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\locale\pt_PT.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\locale\sv_SE.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\locale\tr_TR.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\Manifest\chrome-manifest.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\Manifest\edge-manifest.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\Manifest\firefox-manifest.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\Microsoft.AppCenter.Analytics.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\Microsoft.AppCenter.Crashes.dll

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\PCProtect
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\PCProtect
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\PCProtect
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pcprotect
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\UpdateStar\1.0\History\PCProtect
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\UpdateStar\1.0\Products\PCProtect
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\PCProtect_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\PCProtect_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PCProtect

Registry values that are not removed from your computer:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3889764877-1805742233-1829956730-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\PCProtect.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SecurityService\ImagePath

How to remove PCProtect from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

PCProtect is a program released by the software company PCProtect. Sometimes, users try to remove this program. This can be hard because uninstalling this manually takes some know-how regarding PCs. The best SIMPLE approach to remove PCProtect 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 already installed on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate PCProtect or simply click the Search field and type in "PCProtect". The PCProtect app will be found very quickly. After you select PCProtect in the list of apps, some information about the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have about PCProtect, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for PCProtect:

• The web site of the application is: https://www.pcprotect.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\uninst.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall PCProtect.


8. After uninstalling PCProtect, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong PCProtect which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling PCProtect with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall PCProtect by PCProtect from your PC, nor are we saying that PCProtect by PCProtect is not a good application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall PCProtect supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.