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How to uninstall adaware antivirus from your system

You can find on this page details on how to uninstall adaware antivirus for Windows. The Windows version was created by adaware. Further information on adaware can be seen here. Click on http://www.adaware.com to get more details about adaware antivirus on adaware's website. The application is often found in the C:\Program Files\adaware\adaware antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0 folder. Take into account that this location can vary depending on the user's choice. The full command line for uninstalling adaware antivirus is C:\Program Files\adaware\adaware antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareWebInstaller.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may be prompted for administrator rights. adaware antivirus's primary file takes about 15.03 MB (15763456 bytes) and is called AdAwareWebInstaller.exe.

The following executable files are incorporated in adaware antivirus. They take 41.83 MB (43860648 bytes) on disk.

adawareCommandLine.exe (816.24 KB)
AdAwareDesktop.exe (14.92 MB)
AdAwareSecurityCenter.exe (723.15 KB)
AdAwareService.exe (573.34 KB)
AdAwareServiceHelper.exe (532.24 KB)
AdAwareTray.exe (4.66 MB)
AdAwareWebInstaller.exe (15.03 MB)
QtWebEngineProcess.exe (25.24 KB)
AdAwareWSCService.exe (4.61 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 12.10.142.0 of adaware antivirus. Click on the links below for other adaware antivirus versions:

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

Directories found on disk:

C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0

Files remaining:

C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareActivation.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareAntiMalwareEngine.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareAntiPhishing.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareAntiSpam.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareApplicationUpdater.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareAvcEngine.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\adawareCommandLine.exe
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareCrashHandler.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareDefinitionsUpdater.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareDefinitionsUpdaterScheduler.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareDesktop.exe
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareFeedback.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareGamingMode.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareIgnoreList.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareIncompatibles.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareNetworkProtection.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareNotice.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareParentalControl.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwarePinCode.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwarePromo.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareQuarantine.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareRealTimeProtection.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareRealtimeProtectionHistory.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareReset.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareScanner.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareScannerHistory.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareScannerScheduler.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareSecurityCenter.exe
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareService.exe
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareServiceHelper.exe
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareShellExtension.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareStatistics.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareThreatWorkAlliance.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareTime.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareTray.exe
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareUpdaterKernel.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareWebInstaller.exe
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareWebProtection.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\atccore.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\bdnc.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\bdnc.ini
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\bdnc.uuid
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\bearer\qgenericbearer.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\bearer\qnativewifibearer.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\boost_chrono-vc140-mt-x64-1_66.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\boost_date_time-vc140-mt-x64-1_66.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\boost_filesystem-vc140-mt-x64-1_66.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\boost_iostreams-vc140-mt-x64-1_66.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\boost_locale-vc140-mt-x64-1_66.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\boost_log-vc140-mt-x64-1_66.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\boost_program_options-vc140-mt-x64-1_66.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\boost_regex-vc140-mt-x64-1_66.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\boost_system-vc140-mt-x64-1_66.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\boost_thread-vc140-mt-x64-1_66.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\boost_timer-vc140-mt-x64-1_66.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\concrt140.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\D3Dcompiler_47.dll
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\elam\AdAwareWSCService.exe
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\elam\elamtd.cat
C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\elam\elamtd.inf

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{4C5B5C36-DCBC-49DA-AF3D-EFC1AD33157E}_AdAwareInstaller

Additional values that you should clean:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareDesktop.exe.ApplicationCompany
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Adaware Antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareDesktop.exe.FriendlyAppName
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\adawareantivirusservice\ImagePath

A way to uninstall adaware antivirus from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

adaware antivirus is an application released by adaware. Some users want to remove it. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because uninstalling this manually takes some skill regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE approach to remove adaware antivirus 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 already installed on your Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general utility to optimize your Windows PC.

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set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

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

4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs

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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate adaware antivirus or simply click the Search feature and type in "adaware antivirus". If it is installed on your PC the adaware antivirus app will be found automatically. Notice that after you click adaware antivirus in the list of programs, some information regarding the program is made available to you:

Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding adaware antivirus, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
Details regarding the program you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for adaware antivirus:

The web site of the program is: http://www.adaware.com
The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\adaware\adaware antivirus\adaware antivirus\12.10.142.0\AdAwareWebInstaller.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall adaware antivirus.

8. After removing adaware antivirus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong adaware antivirus that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing adaware antivirus using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall adaware antivirus by adaware from your PC, nor are we saying that adaware antivirus by adaware is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall adaware antivirus in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2021-04-27 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2021-04-27 03:52:27.367

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