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A guide to uninstall Web Companion from your computer

This page is about Web Companion for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It is developed by Lavasoft. You can read more on Lavasoft or check for application updates here. Click on to get more info about Web Companion on Lavasoft's website. Usually the Web Companion program is to be found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application folder, depending on the user's option during setup. C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionInstaller.exe --uninstall is the full command line if you want to remove Web Companion. The program's main executable file is labeled WebCompanion.exe and occupies 1.41 MB (1477392 bytes).

Web Companion is composed of the following executables which occupy 2.58 MB (2704512 bytes) on disk:

  • AASearchCompanion.exe (652.27 KB)
  • Ad-Aware Web Companion.exe (118.27 KB)
  • Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.exe (78.27 KB)
  • Lavasoft.SearchProtect.WinService.exe (16.77 KB)
  • Lavasoft.Uninstall.exe (26.77 KB)
  • Lavasoft.WCAssistant.WinService.exe (16.77 KB)
  • WebCompanion.exe (1.41 MB)
  • WebCompanionInstaller.exe (289.27 KB)
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The current page applies to Web Companion version 2.3.1411.2698 only. Click on the links below for other Web Companion versions:

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If you are manually uninstalling Web Companion we advise you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Web Companion from your computer:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lavasoft\Web Companion

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall Web Companion:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\AASearchCompanion.exe
  • 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\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\de-DE\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.resources.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\en-US\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\en-US\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.resources.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\es-ES\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\es-ES\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.resources.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\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\fr-CA\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.resources.dll
  • 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\it-IT\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\it-IT\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.resources.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\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ja-JP\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.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.AdAware.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.adblocker.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Automation.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.AvastWrapper.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Common.Platform.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.CSharp.Utilities.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.IEController.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.PUP.Management.dll
  • 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.SmartAssemblyUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.SysInfo.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Uninstall.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.UpdateComponents.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\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\log4net.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\LogicNP.EZShellExtensions.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\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\pt-BR\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\pt-BR\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.resources.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\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ru-RU\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.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\SmartAssembly.ReportException.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\SmartExceptionsCore.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\System.Data.SQLite.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\tr-TR\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\tr-TR\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.resources.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\WebCompanion.exe.config
  • 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\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\zh-Hans\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\zh-Hans\WebCompanion.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\TcpService\2.3.4.7\LavasoftLSPInstaller.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\TcpService\2.3.4.7\LavasoftLSPInstaller.ini
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\TcpService\2.3.4.7\LavasoftLSPInstaller64.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\TcpService\2.3.4.7\LavasoftTcpService.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\TcpService\2.3.4.7\LavasoftTcpService.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\TcpService\2.3.4.7\LavasoftTcpService64.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Options\Language.txt

Registry that is not removed:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Lavasoft\Web Companion
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{1388bfda-5493-45a0-a4d4-ae3b8a3854e8}


A way to remove Web Companion from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Web Companion is a program released by Lavasoft. Sometimes, computer users decide to uninstall this application. Sometimes this can be efortful because performing this manually requires some knowledge regarding PCs. One of the best QUICK way to uninstall Web Companion 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 a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around utility to clean your computer.

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  • download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of tools.

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


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Web Companion or simply activate the Search field and type in "Web Companion". If it exists on your system the Web Companion application will be found very quickly. After you select Web Companion in the list of apps, some information regarding the program is shown to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains 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 are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for Web Companion:





  • The web site of the application is: http://www.lavasoft.com
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionInstaller.exe --uninstall
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. 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 go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Web Companion that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Web Companion with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • 10.0
  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
  • Windows XP (5.1)
  • Windows 8 (6.2)
  • Windows Vista (6.0)
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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Web Companion by Lavasoft from your PC, nor are we saying that Web Companion by Lavasoft is not a good application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Web Companion supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2016-06-18 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-06-18 19:43:04.670