Web Companion

A way to uninstall Web Companion from your PC

This page contains complete information on how to uninstall Web Companion for Windows. The Windows release was created by Lavasoft. More information about Lavasoft can be seen here. More data about the app Web Companion can be found at http://www.lavasoft.com. Web Companion is normally set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application folder, subject to the user's option. C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionInstaller.exe --uninstall is the full command line if you want to remove Web Companion. WebCompanion.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 7.35 MB (7702632 bytes) on disk.

Web Companion is comprised of the following executables which take 8.61 MB (9029848 bytes) on disk:

• Ad-Aware Web Companion.exe (126.10 KB)
• BrowserDock.exe (708.60 KB)
• Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.exe (86.10 KB)
• Lavasoft.Uninstall.exe (34.60 KB)
• Lavasoft.WCAssistant.WinService.exe (25.10 KB)
• WebCompanion.exe (7.35 MB)
• WebCompanionInstaller.exe (315.60 KB)

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This page is about Web Companion version 4.0.1777.3330 alone. You can find below info on other versions of Web Companion:

• 4.4.1950.3825
• 10.1.2.518
• 2.3.1470.2856
• 4.9.2146.4004
• 2.2.1337.2613
• 4.3.1930.3764
• 4.8.2034.3918
• 3.1.1602.3093
• 3.2.1725.3256
• 2.2.1307.2573
• 7.0.2341.4172
• 4.8.2094.3963
• 11.8.5.907
• 11.907.0.807
• 2.0.1025.2130
• 3.2.1639.3162
• 2.2.1323.2594
• 8.6.1.332
• 7.0.2334.4166
• 2.1.1095.2272
• 4.7.1993.3887
• 5.0.1003.1015
• 4.9.2200.4056
• 2.1.1065.2233
• 1.0.702.1343
• 7.0.2367.4198
• 4.1.1815.3380
• 1.0
• 4.6.1969.3857
• 4.10.2233.4088
• 4.10.2240.4096
• 4.3.1934.3766
• 8.6.0.323
• 3.2.1708.3237
• 2.3.1411.2698
• 7.0.2354.4185
• 3.1.1596.3084
• 2.0.1032.2141
• 2.3.1514.2916
• 2.3.1499.2879
• 1.0.0.0
• 2.3.1461.2844
• 4.2.1824.3425
• 4.10.2223.4081
• 2.3.1439.2793
• 6.1.2318.4151
• 2.1.1197.2439
• 6.1.2327.4159
• 7.0.2383.4214
• 12.1.5.1061
• 4.1.1813.3374
• 2.1.1072.2246
• 7.1.2424.4255
• 2.3.1456.2839
• 1.0.748.1434
• 7.0.2346.4177
• 2.1.1222.2486
• 0.9.636.1149
• 4.3.1915.3724
• 7.0.2433.168
• 2.3.1528.2969
• 8.9.0.735
• 4.8.2125.3981
• 2.3.1460.2843
• 2.3.1475.2862
• 4.0.1750.3297
• 4.8.2012.3902
• 4.10.2251.4106
• 4.10.2254.4111
• 2.1.1079.2249
• 7.0.2360.4191
• 2.1.1082.2254
• 5.1.1033.1045
• 2.1.1203.2459
• 6.0.2313.4146
• 1.0.757.1446
• 4.10.2243.4098
• 2.3.1500.2879
• 6.0.2285.4135
• 7.1.2369.4200
• 7.0.2355.4186
• 9.902.0.415
• 7.0.2415.4246
• 12.901.4.1003
• 3.2.1705.3235
• 2.1.1147.2361
• 5.0.1025.1037
• 2.4.1556.3000
• 3.2.1706.3235
• 2.1.1055.2206
• 4.3.1947.3816
• 2.0.1016.2098
• 12.1.2.982
• 1.0.692.1318
• 5.0.1001.1009
• 4.0.1780.3335
• 2.3.1410.2697
• 4.3.1926.3756
• 2.1.1153.2375
• 4.5.1954.3829

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Web Companion:

• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lavasoft\Web Companion

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Ad-Aware Web Companion.exe
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\BCUEngineS.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\BCUSDK.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\BrowserDock.exe
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\BrowserManager.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\BrowserParameters.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\de-DE\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\de-DE\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\de-DE\WebCompanion.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\de-DE\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\en-US\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\en-US\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\en-US\WebCompanion.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\en-US\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Esent.Interop.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\es-ES\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\es-ES\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\es-ES\WebCompanion.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\es-ES\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Extension\@wcextensionff.xpi
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\fr-CA\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\fr-CA\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\fr-CA\WebCompanion.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\fr-CA\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Interop.IWshRuntimeLibrary.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Interop.LavasoftTcpServiceLib.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Interop.SHDocVw.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Interop.Shell32.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\it-IT\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\it-IT\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\it-IT\WebCompanion.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\it-IT\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ja-JP\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ja-JP\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ja-JP\WebCompanion.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ja-JP\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.AdAware.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.adblocker.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.AppCore.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.exe
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Automation.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.AvastWrapper.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Common.Platform.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.CSharp.Utilities.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.IEController.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.PersistantStorage.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.PUP.Management.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.SearchProtect.Business.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.SearchProtect.Repositories.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.SmartAssemblyUI.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.SysInfo.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Uninstall.exe
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.UpdateComponents.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Utils.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Utils.SqlLite.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.WCAssistant.Service.Logger.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.WCAssistant.WcfService.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.WCAssistant.WinService.exe
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\log4net.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\LogicNP.EZShellExtensions.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\LZ4.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Microsoft.mshtml.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\pt-BR\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\pt-BR\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\pt-BR\WebCompanion.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\pt-BR\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ru-RU\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ru-RU\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ru-RU\WebCompanion.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ru-RU\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\SmartAssembly.ReportException.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\SmartExceptionsCore.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\System.Data.SQLite.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\System.Data.SQLite.Linq.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\tr-TR\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\tr-TR\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\tr-TR\WebCompanion.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\tr-TR\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebcompaionReimageIcon.ico
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanion.exe
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionExtensionIE.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionIcon.ico
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionIcon_Pro.ico
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionInstaller.exe
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionInstaller.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\x64\SQLite.Interop.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\x86\SQLite.Interop.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\zh-CHS\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\zh-Hans\Lavasoft.ArrowHelper.UI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\zh-Hans\Lavasoft.WebBar.UI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\zh-Hans\WebCompanion.resources.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Web Companion Notification.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Options\Language.txt

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Lavasoft\Web Companion
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Lavasoft\Web Companion

Additional registry values that you should clean:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WCAssistantService\ImagePath

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

Web Companion is an application marketed by Lavasoft. Frequently, users decide to uninstall this application. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because removing this manually takes some knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE 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 Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your Windows computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Web Companion or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Web Companion". If it exists on your system the Web Companion app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select Web Companion in the list of apps, some data regarding the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding Web Companion, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example 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. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Web Companion.


8. After removing Web Companion, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press 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 able to delete them. By uninstalling Web Companion using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Web Companion by Lavasoft from your computer, nor are we saying that Web Companion by Lavasoft is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Web Companion in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.