SpyHunter 5

A guide to uninstall SpyHunter 5 from your system

SpyHunter 5 is a computer program. This page is comprised of details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is written by EnigmaSoft Limited. You can read more on EnigmaSoft Limited or check for application updates here. SpyHunter 5 is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter folder, but this location can vary a lot depending on the user's decision while installing the program. C:\ProgramData\EnigmaSoft Limited\sh5_installer.exe -r sh5 -lng EN is the full command line if you want to uninstall SpyHunter 5. SpyHunter 5's primary file takes around 17.24 MB (18078184 bytes) and its name is SpyHunter5.exe.

The executable files below are installed beside SpyHunter 5. They take about 34.09 MB (35746720 bytes) on disk.

• Native.exe (61.98 KB)
• ShKernel.exe (16.28 MB)
• ShMonitor.exe (526.48 KB)
• SpyHunter5.exe (17.24 MB)

The current page applies to SpyHunter 5 version 5.14.2.296 alone. You can find here a few links to other SpyHunter 5 versions:

• 5.13.12.78
• 5.3.2.99
• 5.9.29.210
• 5.11.8.246
• 5.10.4.217
• 5.7.16.143
• 5.13.15.81
• 5.12.23.275
• 5.0.29.49
• 5.11.5.243
• 5.15.5.309
• 5.5.8.116
• 5.12.26.281
• 5.7.17.144
• 5.9.15.197
• 5.15.9.313
• 5.6.1.119
• 5.10.7.226
• 5.10.9.232
• 5.8.10.170
• 5.12.21.272
• 5.1.18.84
• 5.7.24.155
• 5.13.21.293
• 5.8.7.163
• 5.9.23.203
• 5.7.22.151
• 5.14.1.295
• 5.0.27.45
• 5.9.11.194
• 5.15.11.315
• 5.2.5.92
• 5.4.2.101
• 5.11.7.245
• 5.10.10.233
• 5.12.28.283
• 5.12.27.282
• 5.12.22.273
• 5.11.4.241
• 5.13.18.289
• 5.0.30.51
• 5.7.19.147
• 5.12.15.264
• 5.15.13.318
• 5.16.6.327
• 5.12.19.269
• 5.13.14.80
• 5.5.6.114
• 5.5.10.118

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the PC. Some of these are listed below.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter

The files below remain on your disk by SpyHunter 5 when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\acpdata.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\acpwl.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\CompactOsStats.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\CrCache.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\DomainNameSystem.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\Hosts.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\Proxy.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\ScanHistory.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\ScannerStats.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\ScEvCache.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\SystemFile_1.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\SystemFile_2.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\SystemFile_3.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\SystemGuardManager.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\TrStIgnoreKrn.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Defs\2023080903_pk.def
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Defs\Rh\Full.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Albanian.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Bulgarian.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Chinese (Simplified).lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Chinese (Traditional).lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Croatian.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Czech.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Danish.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Dutch.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\English.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Finnish.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\French.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\German.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Greek.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Hungarian.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Indonesian.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Italian.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Japanese.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Korean.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Lithuanian.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Norwegian.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Polish.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Portuguese (Brazil).lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Portuguese (Portugal).lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Romanian.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Russian.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Serbian.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Slovene.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Spanish.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Swedish.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Turkish.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Ukrainian.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\license.txt
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20230805_231037.krn.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20230805_231230.sh5.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20230806_010811.krn.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20230806_010826.sh5.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20230806_012450.krn.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20230806_012508.sh5.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20230806_192544.krn.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20230806_192625.sh5.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20230807_002944.krn.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20230807_002951.sh5.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20230807_004807.krn.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20230807_004809.sh5.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20230807_005323.krn.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20230807_005328.sh5.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20230809_221013.krn.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20230809_221044.sh5.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20230809_233454.krn.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20230809_233940.sh5.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20230809_235013.krn.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20230809_235014.sh5.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\ShMonitor.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Native.exe
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\purl.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\scanlog.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\ShKernel.exe
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\ShMonitor.exe
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\ShShellExt.dll
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\SpyHunter5.exe

Registry keys:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SpyHunter5

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\SpyHunter5.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\SpyHunter5.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\SpyHunter-Installer.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\SpyHunter-Installer.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2877577658-10485971-1679528214-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\SpyHunter5.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EnigmaFileMonDriver\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EsgShKernel\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EsgShKernel\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EsgShKernel\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ShMonitor\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ShMonitor\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ShMonitor\ImagePath

A way to erase SpyHunter 5 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

SpyHunter 5 is an application by EnigmaSoft Limited. Some users decide to uninstall this application. Sometimes this is hard because deleting this by hand takes some advanced knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best EASY procedure to uninstall SpyHunter 5 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 system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your computer.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications existing on the PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find SpyHunter 5 or simply activate the Search field and type in "SpyHunter 5". If it is installed on your PC the SpyHunter 5 app will be found very quickly. After you click SpyHunter 5 in the list of programs, some information about the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about SpyHunter 5, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall SpyHunter 5.


8. After removing SpyHunter 5, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of SpyHunter 5 that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling SpyHunter 5 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove SpyHunter 5 by EnigmaSoft Limited from your computer, we are not saying that SpyHunter 5 by EnigmaSoft Limited is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove SpyHunter 5 supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.