PCProtect

A guide to uninstall PCProtect from your computer

PCProtect is a software application. This page holds details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is made by PCProtect. More data about PCProtect can be read here. More details about PCProtect can be found at http://www.pcprotect.com. PCProtect is usually set up in the C:\Program Files\PCProtect folder, regulated by the user's option. The full uninstall command line for PCProtect is C:\Program Files\PCProtect\uninst.exe. PCProtect's main file takes around 2.59 MB (2717112 bytes) and is named PCProtect.exe.

PCProtect is composed of the following executables which take 6.61 MB (6933029 bytes) on disk:

• PCProtect.exe (2.59 MB)
• SecurityService.exe (431.35 KB)
• uninst.exe (147.83 KB)
• Update.Win.exe (327.95 KB)
• subinacl.exe (291.13 KB)
• devcon.exe (87.63 KB)
• devcon.exe (62.13 KB)
• openvpn.exe (728.34 KB)
• openvpnserv.exe (32.34 KB)
• avupdate.exe (1.88 MB)
• sd_inst.exe (87.30 KB)

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The current web page applies to PCProtect version 1.36.97 only. You can find below a few links to other PCProtect releases:

• 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
• 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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Numerous files, folders and registry entries will not be uninstalled when you are trying to remove PCProtect from your PC.

Directories that were found:

• C:\Program Files\PCProtect
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\PCProtect

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files\PCProtect\AviraLib.dll
• C:\Program Files\PCProtect\Engine.Win.dll
• C:\Program Files\PCProtect\Ionic.Zip.dll
• C:\Program Files\PCProtect\LinqBridge.dll
• C:\Program Files\PCProtect\logs\security_service.log
• C:\Program Files\PCProtect\Mindscape.Raygun4Net.dll
• C:\Program Files\PCProtect\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
• C:\Program Files\PCProtect\Savapi.NET.dll
• C:\Program Files\PCProtect\SecurityService.exe
• C:\Program Files\PCProtect\SharedDesktop.dll
• C:\Program Files\PCProtect\SSCore.dll
• C:\Program Files\PCProtect\Utilizr.dll
• C:\Program Files\PCProtect\Utilizr.VPN.Win.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\PCProtect.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\PCProtect\1.17.0\avira32redist.zip
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\PCProtect\vdf_1509436799.zip

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

• 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

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SecurityService\ImagePath

How to erase PCProtect from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

PCProtect is an application by the software company PCProtect. Frequently, people decide to remove it. This can be hard because doing this manually takes some skill related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK action to remove PCProtect is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





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

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications existing on your computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find PCProtect or simply activate the Search field and type in "PCProtect". If it exists on your system the PCProtect app will be found automatically. When you click PCProtect in the list of programs, some information about the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about PCProtect, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for PCProtect:

• The web site of the program is: http://www.pcprotect.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\PCProtect\uninst.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove PCProtect.


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

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

Disclaimer

The text above 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 PC. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall PCProtect supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.