Web Companion

A guide to uninstall Web Companion from your PC

This page contains complete information on how to uninstall Web Companion for Windows. The Windows version was developed by Lavasoft. Further information on Lavasoft can be found here. Click on http://www.lavasoft.com to get more facts about Web Companion on Lavasoft's website. Web Companion is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application folder, regulated by the user's choice. Web Companion's complete uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionInstaller.exe --uninstall. Web Companion's main file takes about 7.40 MB (7757912 bytes) and is named WebCompanion.exe.

The executables below are part of Web Companion. They take about 7.90 MB (8288184 bytes) on disk.

• Ad-Aware Web Companion.exe (129.09 KB)
• Lavasoft.WCAssistant.WinService.exe (28.09 KB)
• WebCompanion.exe (7.40 MB)
• WebCompanion.Loader.exe (20.59 KB)
• WebCompanionInstaller.exe (340.09 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 4.8.2012.3902 of Web Companion. Click on the links below for other Web Companion versions:

• 4.4.1950.3825
• 10.1.2.518
• 2.3.1470.2856
• 4.9.2146.4004
• 4.0.1777.3330
• 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
• 4.10.2251.4106
• 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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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Some of these are shown below.

Directories that were left behind:

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

The files below are left behind on your disk when you remove Web Companion:

• 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\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.IEController.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Omni.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.Settings.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.SysInfo.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Utils.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
• 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\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\WebcompaionReimageIcon.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanion.exe
• 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
• 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:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Options\Language.txt

Registry that is not uninstalled:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Lavasoft\Web Companion
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Lavasoft\Web Companion
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{0c399e9e-5e0f-42bc-a070-ac9e0f574f20}

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

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

A way to delete Web Companion from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Web Companion is an application offered by Lavasoft. Sometimes, users choose to remove this program. Sometimes this can be troublesome because uninstalling this by hand takes some knowledge related to PCs. The best QUICK way to remove 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, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general utility to clean your system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs installed on your PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Web Companion or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Web Companion". If it is installed on your PC the Web Companion program will be found automatically. Notice that when you select Web Companion in the list of applications, the following information about the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about Web Companion, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Web Companion:

• The web site of the program is: http://www.lavasoft.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionInstaller.exe --uninstall

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Web Companion.


8. After uninstalling Web Companion, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you 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 can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Web Companion by Lavasoft from your computer, we are not saying that Web Companion by Lavasoft is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Web Companion 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 discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.