Surfshark

How to uninstall Surfshark from your system

Surfshark is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows release was developed by Surfshark. More information about Surfshark can be read here. Surfshark is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark directory, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the application. You can uninstall Surfshark by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\ProgramData\Caphyon\Advanced Installer\{D3125540-7747-4D15-82A1-39B43C79E557}\SurfsharkSetup.exe /x {D3125540-7747-4D15-82A1-39B43C79E557} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1. Keep in mind that you might receive a notification for admin rights. The program's main executable file is titled Surfshark.exe and its approximative size is 4.12 MB (4317136 bytes).

Surfshark contains of the executables below. They take 14.61 MB (15320920 bytes) on disk.

• Surfshark.exe (4.12 MB)
• Surfshark.Service.exe (1.42 MB)
• Surfshark.ShadowsocksService.exe (2.17 MB)
• SurfsharkDiagnostics.exe (1.41 MB)
• devcon.exe (86.45 KB)
• nssm.exe (370.95 KB)
• openssl.exe (1.14 MB)
• openvpn.exe (870.45 KB)
• SurfsharkSplitTunnelingService.exe (147.95 KB)
• nssm.exe (426.45 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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This info is about Surfshark version 2.7.3000 alone. Click on the links below for other Surfshark versions:

• 5.6.1999
• 2.4.1000
• 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
• 2.6.8000
• 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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Surfshark has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_Surfshark.exe_d93e78721f0461374d448b6c2cf6b41e27aae8_12d234bc
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Surfshark
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Surfshark

Usually, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\gui-config.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\devcon.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\surfshark_ikev2.crt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\libcrypto-1_1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\liblzo2-2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\libpkcs11-helper-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\libssl-1_1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\nssm.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\openssl.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\openvpn.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\SplitTunnel.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\Surfshark.Firewall.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\SurfsharkSplitTunnelCalloutDriver.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\SurfsharkSplitTunnelCalloutDriver.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\surfsharksplittunneldriver.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\SurfsharkSplitTunnelingService.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\SurfsharkWg.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\liblzo2-2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\libpkcs11-helper-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\libssl-1_1-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\nssm.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\openssl.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\openvpn.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\SplitTunnel.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\Surfshark.Firewall.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\SurfsharkSplitTunnelCalloutDriver.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\SurfsharkSplitTunnelCalloutDriver.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\surfsharksplittunneldriver.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\SurfsharkSplitTunnelingService.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\SurfsharkWg.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\ss_win_temp\libsscrypto.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\ss_win_temp\privoxy_2084347382.conf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\ss_win_temp\ss_privoxy.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\ss_win_temp\ss_privoxy.log
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\ss_win_temp\sysproxy.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\ss_win_temp\user-wininet.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\bin\x64\tapinstall.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\bin\x86\tapinstall.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\drivers\default\x64\OemVista.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\drivers\default\x64\tapsurfshark.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\drivers\default\x64\tapsurfshark.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\drivers\default\x86\OemVista.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\drivers\default\x86\tapsurfshark.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\drivers\default\x86\tapsurfshark.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\drivers\include\tap-windows.h
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\drivers\win10\x64\OemVista.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\drivers\win10\x64\tapsurfshark.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\drivers\win10\x64\tapsurfshark.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\drivers\win10\x86\OemVista.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\drivers\win10\x86\tapsurfshark.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\drivers\win10\x86\tapsurfshark.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.Service.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.ShadowsocksService.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\SurfsharkDiagnostics.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_Surfshark.exe_d93e78721f0461374d448b6c2cf6b41e27aae8_12d234bc\Report.wer
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Surfshark\Updates\default\2.4.6.0\a0wjwyin.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Surfshark\Updates\default\2.4.6.0\dkkdb522.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Surfshark\Updates\default\2.4.6.0\fqskwifd.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Surfshark\Updates\default\2.4.6.0\savbmgrc.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Surfshark\Updates\default\2.5.6.0\adowxq4x.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Surfshark\Updates\default\2.5.6.0\dch3so1o.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Surfshark\Updates\default\2.5.6.0\ejwiwutl.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Surfshark\Updates\default\2.5.6.0\hfwy2obq.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Surfshark\Updates\default\2.6.2.0\jvu3iyt3.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Surfshark\Updates\default\2.6.3.0\41cg40d5.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Surfshark\Updates\default\2.6.3.0\cvucjalo.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Surfshark\Updates\default\2.6.3.0\mv3jkvf5.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Surfshark\Updates\default\2.6.6.0\lagqq4l2.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Surfshark\Updates\default\2.6.6.0\r4suw3dw.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Surfshark\Updates\default\2.7.1.0\qoah3sai.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Surfshark\double_locations.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Surfshark\general_locations.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Surfshark\log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Surfshark\obfuscated_locations.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Surfshark\ProfileOptimization\Surfshark.profile
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Surfshark\settings.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Surfshark\settings-backup.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Surfshark\settings-log.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Surfshark\static_locations.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Surfshark\Surfshark\prerequisites\Windows6.1-KB3033929-x64.msu

Registry keys:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\0455213D747751D4281A934BC3975E75
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\11CB23B413993E14FBB7078B5D05E21D
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\BFFD165DA3630344EBA60323681DB850
• 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\Surfshark
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\eventlog\Application\Surfshark
• 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 registry values:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\0455213D747751D4281A934BC3975E75\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\11CB23B413993E14FBB7078B5D05E21D\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\BFFD165DA3630344EBA60323681DB850\ProductName
• 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 erase Surfshark from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Surfshark is an application released by Surfshark. Some computer users try to remove this program. Sometimes this can be difficult because removing this by hand takes some know-how related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best SIMPLE approach to remove Surfshark 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 system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to clean your system.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications installed on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Surfshark or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Surfshark". If it is installed on your PC the Surfshark application will be found automatically. After you click Surfshark in the list , some information regarding the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding Surfshark, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Surfshark.


8. After uninstalling Surfshark, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Surfshark that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Surfshark using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Surfshark by Surfshark from your PC, nor are we saying that Surfshark by Surfshark is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Surfshark in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.