Web Companion

How to uninstall Web Companion from your computer

This web page contains thorough information on how to remove Web Companion for Windows. It was coded for Windows by Lavasoft. Take a look here for more info on Lavasoft. Click on http://www.lavasoft.com to get more details about Web Companion on Lavasoft's website. Web Companion is usually installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application folder, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's option when installing the program. C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionInstaller.exe --uninstall is the full command line if you want to remove Web Companion. Web Companion's primary file takes about 8.82 MB (9249944 bytes) and its name is WebCompanion.exe.

The executable files below are installed alongside Web Companion. They occupy about 10.56 MB (11073728 bytes) on disk.

• 7za.exe (457.15 KB)
• Ad-Aware Web Companion.exe (625.15 KB)
• Lavasoft.Search.exe (170.15 KB)
• Lavasoft.WCAssistant.WinService.exe (27.15 KB)
• WcCommunication.exe (27.65 KB)
• WebCompanion.exe (8.82 MB)
• WebCompanion.Loader.exe (19.15 KB)
• WebCompanionInstaller.exe (454.65 KB)

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The current page applies to Web Companion version 8.9.0.1091 only. You can find below a few links to other Web Companion versions:

• 4.4.1950.3825
• 13.905.4.47560
• 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
• 12.901.7.1066
• 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
• 13.903.1.1218
• 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

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Web Companion has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders remaining:

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

The files below remain on your disk when you remove Web Companion:

• 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.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\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
• 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:\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

Generally the following registry keys will not be cleaned:

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

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following registry values:

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

How to uninstall Web Companion using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Web Companion is a program offered by Lavasoft. Sometimes, people choose to erase this program. This is troublesome because uninstalling this manually takes some know-how regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best EASY practice to erase Web Companion is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on 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 design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications existing on your PC will be made available to you

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

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding Web Companion, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Web Companion:

• The publisher 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 page will appear. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Web Companion.


8. After removing Web Companion, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Web Companion which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Web Companion with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Web Companion by Lavasoft from your computer, nor are we saying that Web Companion by Lavasoft is not a good application. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Web Companion supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.