Web Companion

A guide to uninstall Web Companion from your PC

Web Companion is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to remove it from your computer. It is produced by Lavasoft. More 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 normally installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application directory, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's option while installing the program. You can uninstall 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. Note that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. Web Companion's main file takes about 7.86 MB (8240200 bytes) and its name is WebCompanion.exe.

Web Companion is comprised of the following executables which take 8.41 MB (8814512 bytes) on disk:

• Ad-Aware Web Companion.exe (121.57 KB)
• Lavasoft.WCAssistant.WinService.exe (21.07 KB)
• WcCommunication.exe (21.07 KB)
• WebCompanion.exe (7.86 MB)
• WebCompanion.Loader.exe (13.07 KB)
• WebCompanionInstaller.exe (384.07 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 6.1.2318.4151 of Web Companion. You can find below a few links to 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
• 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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If planning to uninstall Web Companion you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories that were found:

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

The files below remain on your disk by Web Companion's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• 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.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.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:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Options\IData.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Options\Language.txt

Usually the following registry keys will not be cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Lavasoft\Web Companion
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{96748a7d-7590-44cf-bb08-505dd2c20ddd}

A way to delete Web Companion with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Web Companion is an application by Lavasoft. Sometimes, users decide to remove it. This is troublesome because uninstalling this manually takes some experience regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best SIMPLE way to remove 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 on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your Windows computer.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs existing on your PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Web Companion or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Web Companion". The Web Companion application will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Web Companion in the list , the following data about the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about Web Companion, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you are about to remove, by pressing 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. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Web Companion.


8. After removing Web Companion, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed 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 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

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