PCProtect

A way to uninstall PCProtect from your computer

This page contains thorough information on how to remove PCProtect for Windows. It is developed by PCProtect. Additional info about PCProtect can be found here. Detailed information about PCProtect can be found at https://www.pcprotect.com. The application is frequently found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect folder (same installation drive as Windows). The full uninstall command line for PCProtect is C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\uninst.exe. PCProtect's main file takes around 4.85 MB (5089120 bytes) and its name is PCProtect.exe.

PCProtect is composed of the following executables which take 13.19 MB (13827170 bytes) on disk:

• nfregdrv.exe (48.00 KB)
• PasswordExtension.Win.exe (258.83 KB)
• PCProtect.exe (4.85 MB)
• SecurityService.exe (261.33 KB)
• uninst.exe (194.94 KB)
• wscf.exe (243.72 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 (167.41 KB)
• apc_random_id_generator.exe (276.20 KB)
• avupdate.exe (2.74 MB)
• savapi.exe (620.13 KB)
• savapi_restart.exe (123.67 KB)
• savapi_stub.exe (295.62 KB)
• AMSAgent.exe (1.14 MB)
• AMSProtectedService.exe (624.32 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 5.17.470 of PCProtect. You can find below info on other application versions of PCProtect:

• 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
• 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
• 5.23.167
• 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 you are manually uninstalling PCProtect we suggest you to 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 by PCProtect's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• 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\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
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\Microsoft.AppCenter.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\Microsoft.CSharp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\Microsoft.DiaSymReader.Native.x86.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_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\PCProtect_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\PCProtect_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PCProtect

Additional registry values that are not cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\PCProtect.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\PCProtect.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-541738020-1713531287-1161355898-1002\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\PCProtect.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SecurityService\ImagePath

A way to remove PCProtect using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

PCProtect is an application by the software company PCProtect. Some people choose to uninstall this program. This is difficult because uninstalling this by hand requires some know-how related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK procedure to uninstall 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 on your Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows computer.

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• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs installed on your PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate PCProtect or simply activate the Search field and type in "PCProtect". If it is installed on your PC the PCProtect app will be found automatically. Notice that after you click PCProtect in the list of applications, some information about the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about PCProtect, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for PCProtect:

• The software company is: https://www.pcprotect.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\uninst.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall PCProtect.


8. After removing PCProtect, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of PCProtect that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing PCProtect using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall PCProtect by PCProtect from your computer, we are not saying that PCProtect by PCProtect is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall PCProtect supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.