Surfshark

A way to uninstall Surfshark from your system

Surfshark is a Windows application. Read more about how to remove it from your computer. The Windows release was created by Surfshark. Open here for more info on Surfshark. Surfshark is commonly set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark folder, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's option while installing the application. C:\ProgramData\Caphyon\Advanced Installer\{918DD273-B094-4F2A-90D2-84319E64B563}\SurfsharkSetup.exe /i {918DD273-B094-4F2A-90D2-84319E64B563} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1 is the full command line if you want to remove Surfshark. Surfshark's main file takes around 3.20 MB (3354064 bytes) and is named Surfshark.exe.

Surfshark contains of the executables below. They occupy 11.73 MB (12296680 bytes) on disk.

• Surfshark.exe (3.20 MB)
• Surfshark.Service.exe (2.55 MB)
• SurfsharkDiagnostics.exe (1.26 MB)
• devcon.exe (86.45 KB)
• openssl.exe (1.14 MB)
• openvpn.exe (870.45 KB)
• SurfsharkSplitTunnelingService.exe (147.95 KB)
• openssl.exe (1.15 MB)
• openvpn.exe (1.01 MB)
• SurfsharkSplitTunnelingService.exe (170.95 KB)
• tapinstall.exe (90.14 KB)
• tapinstall.exe (85.64 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 2.4.1000 of Surfshark. You can find below info on other versions of Surfshark:

• 5.6.1999
• 1.1.20
• 2.7.1000
• 2.8.3999
• 1.3.5
• 4.6.2999
• 2.0.2
• 2.8.4999
• 2.4.0000
• 5.5.1999
• 1.0
• 2.7.4000
• 4.3.0999
• 1.2.4
• 5.0.1999
• 2.8.6999
• 4.5.0999
• 4.2.2999
• 4.12.0999
• 3.3.0999
• 2.7.7999
• 4.3.3999
• 4.6.0999
• 4.9.1999
• 2.7.9999
• 5.2.2999
• 5.6.2999
• 1.4.0
• 2.6.0000
• 4.0.1999
• 5.7.0999
• 4.3.6999
• 2.5.0000
• 2.6.4000
• 2.6.5000
• 4.7.1999
• 2.1.5000
• 2.4.5000
• 3.4.3999
• 5.3.0999
• 5.0.0999
• 1.1.13
• 4.11.3999
• 2.4.6000
• 4.9.0999
• 4.3.5999
• 1.1.1
• 2.8.5999
• 1.3.3
• 4.8.0999
• 2.8.1999
• 2.5.8000
• 4.4.0999
• 5.1.1999
• 4.4.1999
• 3.4.0999
• 5.6.3999
• 4.3.1999
• 4.0.0999
• 3.4.1999
• 5.7.1999
• 5.4.1999
• 2.6.9000
• 2.5.6000
• 5.3.1999
• 2.0.0
• 2.5.9000
• 2.0.6
• 5.5.0999
• 2.7.6000
• 2.6.3000
• 4.11.1999
• 2.0.9000
• 5.0.3999
• 3.4.2999
• 3.5.1999
• 4.2.1999
• 2.0.5
• 2.3.7000
• 3.0.0999
• 2.6.6000
• 3.0.1999
• 2.3.2000
• 2.1.2000
• 5.2.0999
• 2.2.0000
• 2.7.3000
• 2.6.8000
• 2.1.3000
• 1.3.0
• 5.6.0999
• 4.6.1999
• 1.2.2
• 4.2.0999
• 2.6.7000
• 2.5.1000
• 1.2.0
• 5.0.2999
• 5.4.0999
• 3.0.2999

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Directories left on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Surfshark
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Surfshark

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Autofac.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\LiteDB.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Microsoft.AppCenter.Analytics.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Microsoft.AppCenter.Crashes.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Microsoft.AppCenter.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Microsoft.Owin.Diagnostics.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Microsoft.Owin.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Microsoft.Owin.Host.HttpListener.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Microsoft.Owin.Hosting.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Microsoft.Owin.Security.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Microsoft.Win32.Primitives.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\netstandard.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\NLog.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Owin.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\ams_setup.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\README
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win7\avgio.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win7\avgntflt.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win7\avgntflt.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win7\avgntflt.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win7\avipbb.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win7\avipbb.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win7\avipbb.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win7\avkmgr.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win7\avkmgr.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win7\avkmgr.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avgio.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avgntflt.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avgntflt.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avgntflt.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avipbb.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avipbb.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avipbb.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avkmgr.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avkmgr.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avkmgr.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win7\avgio.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win7\avgntflt.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win7\avgntflt.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win7\avgntflt.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win7\avipbb.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win7\avipbb.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win7\avipbb.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win7\avkmgr.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win7\avkmgr.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win7\avkmgr.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avgio.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avgntflt.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avgntflt.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avgntflt.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avipbb.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avipbb.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avipbb.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avkmgr.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avkmgr.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avkmgr.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\runtimes\win-x64\native\e_sqlite3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\runtimes\win-x86\native\e_sqlite3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\apc_random_id_generator.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\apcfile.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\apchash.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\avgio.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\avupdate.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\avupdate_msg.avr
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\avupdate-apchash-product.conf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\avupdate-on-access-savapilib-product.conf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\avupdate-savapi-engine.conf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\avupdate-savapilib-engine.conf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\avupdate-savapilib-product.conf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\avupdate-savapi-product.conf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\avupdate-xvdfmerge-product.conf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\cacert.crt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\productname.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\savapi.conf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\savapi.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\savapi.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\savapiclient.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\scew.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\update.bat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\xvdfmerge.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\SQLitePCLRaw.batteries_v2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\SQLitePCLRaw.core.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\SQLitePCLRaw.nativelibrary.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\SQLitePCLRaw.provider.dynamic_cdecl.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Surfshark.AntivirusService.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\System.AppContext.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\System.Buffers.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\System.Collections.Concurrent.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\System.Collections.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\System.Collections.NonGeneric.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\System.Collections.Specialized.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\System.ComponentModel.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\System.ComponentModel.EventBasedAsync.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\System.ComponentModel.Primitives.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\System.Console.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\System.Data.Common.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\System.Diagnostics.Contracts.dll

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\04F5CC6E06700374B995651E3FB3CD62
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Surfshark_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Surfshark_RASCHAP
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Surfshark_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Surfshark 2.4.1000
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Surfshark
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark Antivirus
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark Service
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark Shadowsocks Service

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\04F5CC6E06700374B995651E3FB3CD62\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-548099863-2188389804-3015200960-1003\\Device\HarddiskVolume7\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark Antivirus\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark Antivirus\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark Service\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark Service\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark Shadowsocks Service\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark Shadowsocks Service\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SurfsharkSplitTunnelDriver\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SurfsharkSplitTunnelDriver\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\tapsurfshark\DisplayName

How to remove Surfshark from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Surfshark is an application marketed by the software company Surfshark. Sometimes, computer users choose to erase it. This can be easier said than done because uninstalling this by hand takes some advanced knowledge regarding PCs. One of the best SIMPLE practice to erase Surfshark is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system utility.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Surfshark or simply activate the Search field and type in "Surfshark". If it exists on your system the Surfshark program will be found very quickly. When you select Surfshark in the list , some information about the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about Surfshark, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Surfshark.


8. After uninstalling Surfshark, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Surfshark which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Surfshark with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Surfshark by Surfshark from your PC, we are not saying that Surfshark by Surfshark is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Surfshark in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.