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How to uninstall Web Companion from your computer

This info is about Web Companion for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows version was developed by Lavasoft. Take a look here for more details on Lavasoft. More data about the application Web Companion can be found at . Web Companion is normally set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application directory, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's option when installing the application. You can remove Web Companion by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionInstaller.exe --uninstall. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for administrator rights. WebCompanion.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 8.83 MB (9255120 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are installed together with Web Companion. They occupy about 10.57 MB (11078816 bytes) on disk.

  • 7za.exe (457.21 KB)
  • Ad-Aware Web Companion.exe (625.21 KB)
  • Lavasoft.Search.exe (168.20 KB)
  • Lavasoft.WCAssistant.WinService.exe (27.21 KB)
  • WcCommunication.exe (27.71 KB)
  • WebCompanion.exe (8.83 MB)
  • WebCompanion.Loader.exe (19.20 KB)
  • WebCompanionInstaller.exe (456.20 KB)
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The current page applies to Web Companion version 8.9.0.735 alone. You can find below a few links to other Web Companion versions:

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Web Companion has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Directories left on disk:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lavasoft\Web Companion

The files below are left behind on your disk by Web Companion when you uninstall it:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\7za.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\acs17.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Ad-Aware Web Companion.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\BCUEngineS.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\BCUSDK.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\de-DE\WebCompanion.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\de-DE\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\DotNetZip.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\en-US\WebCompanion.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\en-US\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Esent.Interop.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\es-ES\WebCompanion.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\es-ES\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Extension\@wcextensionff.xpi
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\fr-CA\WebCompanion.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\fr-CA\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Interop.IWshRuntimeLibrary.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Interop.LavasoftTcpServiceLib.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Interop.SHDocVw.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Interop.Shell32.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Interop.WUApiLib.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Ionic.Zip.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\it-IT\WebCompanion.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\it-IT\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ja-JP\WebCompanion.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ja-JP\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.adblocker.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.AppCore.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Automation.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Compression.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.CSharp.Utilities.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Events.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Extension.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.IEController.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Omni.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Search.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.SearchProtect.Business.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.SearchProtect.Repositories.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Settings.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.SysInfo.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Utils.SqlLite.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.WCAssistant.Service.Logger.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.WCAssistant.WcfService.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.WCAssistant.WinService.exe.config
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\liblz4.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\log4net.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\LZ4.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Microsoft.mshtml.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\MozCompressor.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\NCalc.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\pt-BR\WebCompanion.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\pt-BR\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ru-RU\WebCompanion.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ru-RU\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\System.Data.SQLite.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\tr-TR\WebCompanion.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\tr-TR\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ucrtbased.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\vcruntime140d.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WcCommunication.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebcompaionReimageIcon.ico
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanion.exe.config
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanion.Loader.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionExtensionIE.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionIcon.ico
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionIcon_Pro.ico
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionInstaller.exe.config
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionInstaller.pdb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\x64\SQLite.Interop.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\x86\SQLite.Interop.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\zh-CHS\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\zh-Hans\WebCompanion.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll

Many times the following registry keys will not be removed:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Lavasoft\Web Companion
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Lavasoft\Web Companion
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{98c0f4d7-fe09-46dd-8df7-a7a5a05dce75}


A way to erase Web Companion from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Web Companion is an application marketed by the software company Lavasoft. Frequently, people try to uninstall this program. This can be hard because performing this by hand takes some know-how regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best SIMPLE solution to uninstall Web Companion is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your PC.

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  • download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs installed on the PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Web Companion or simply click the Search field and type in "Web Companion". The Web Companion application will be found very quickly. After you click Web Companion in the list of applications, the following information regarding the program is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding Web Companion, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the application you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for Web Companion:





  • The software company is: http://www.lavasoft.com
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionInstaller.exe --uninstall
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Web Companion.
Uninstall Web Companion


8. After uninstalling Web Companion, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Web Companion that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Web Companion 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 run without errors or problems.



Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Web Companion by Lavasoft from your computer, we are not saying that Web Companion by Lavasoft is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Web Companion 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' PCs.

2023-01-08 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2023-01-08 04:13:56.393