Steganos Online Shield

A way to uninstall Steganos Online Shield from your system

This page is about Steganos Online Shield for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows release was developed by Steganos Software GmbH. You can read more on Steganos Software GmbH or check for application updates here. Please open http://www.steganos.com if you want to read more on Steganos Online Shield on Steganos Software GmbH's page. Steganos Online Shield is typically installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Steganos Online Shield directory, regulated by the user's option. Steganos Online Shield's entire uninstall command line is C:\Program Files (x86)\Steganos Online Shield\uninstall.exe. OnlineShieldClient.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 4.49 MB (4709720 bytes) on disk.

The following executable files are incorporated in Steganos Online Shield. They take 14.00 MB (14682602 bytes) on disk.

• infohelper.exe (251.84 KB)
• OnlineShieldClient.exe (4.49 MB)
• OnlineShieldService.exe (310.87 KB)
• OnlineShieldServiceStarter.exe (48.87 KB)
• RenameTAP.exe (71.50 KB)
• ResetPendingMoves.exe (40.00 KB)
• ServiceControl.exe (56.00 KB)
• setuptool.exe (112.84 KB)
• ShutdownApp.exe (35.00 KB)
• SteganosUpdater.exe (2.29 MB)
• uninstall.exe (228.56 KB)
• UninstallWindow.exe (2.32 MB)
• devcon.exe (76.00 KB)
• openssl.exe (830.08 KB)
• openvpn.exe (660.30 KB)
• tap-windows.exe (234.90 KB)
• tapinstall.exe (76.00 KB)
• devcon.exe (80.00 KB)
• openssl.exe (811.73 KB)
• openvpn.exe (781.80 KB)
• tap-windows.exe (228.00 KB)
• tapinstall.exe (80.00 KB)

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This info is about Steganos Online Shield version 1.3 only. Click on the links below for other Steganos Online Shield versions:

• 1.4.16
• 1.2
• 1.4.13
• 1.1.1
• 1.4.11
• 1.4.12
• 1.4.9
• 1.6.1
• 1.0.4
• 1.4.5
• 1.6.2
• 1.5
• 1.0.3
• 1.4.3
• 1.6.3
• 1.4.4
• 1.4.8
• 1.1
• 1.4.10
• 1.4
• 1.5.4
• 1.0.1
• 1.6
• 1.5.1
• 1.5.3
• 1.4.1
• 1.5.2
• 1.4.14
• 1.4.15
• 1.1.3
• 1.3.1
• 1.4.7
• 1.4.6

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

Folders left behind when you uninstall Steganos Online Shield:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steganos Online Shield
• C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Steganos Online Shield

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall Steganos Online Shield:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steganos Online Shield\Base.res
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steganos Online Shield\ChannelDefault.res
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steganos Online Shield\infohelper.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steganos Online Shield\infohelper.exe

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{896614ED-00BD-4E0C-99AB-01C76EE416D9}

Additional registry values that you should clean:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{896614ED-00BD-4E0C-99AB-01C76EE416D9}\InstallLocation
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{896614ED-00BD-4E0C-99AB-01C76EE416D9}\UninstallString
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Online Shield Starter Service\ImagePath

A way to remove Steganos Online Shield from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Steganos Online Shield is an application by the software company Steganos Software GmbH. Frequently, users try to remove this application. Sometimes this is easier said than done because doing this by hand requires some skill related to removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK solution to remove Steganos Online Shield is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your Windows system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs installed on your PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Steganos Online Shield or simply click the Search field and type in "Steganos Online Shield". If it exists on your system the Steganos Online Shield app will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click Steganos Online Shield in the list of apps, some information about the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about Steganos Online Shield, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Steganos Online Shield:

• The publisher is: http://www.steganos.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steganos Online Shield\uninstall.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Steganos Online Shield.


8. After removing Steganos Online Shield, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Steganos Online Shield that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Steganos Online Shield with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Steganos Online Shield by Steganos Software GmbH from your PC, nor are we saying that Steganos Online Shield by Steganos Software GmbH is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Steganos Online Shield supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.