Ad-Aware Antivirus

How to uninstall Ad-Aware Antivirus from your computer

This web page is about Ad-Aware Antivirus for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. It was coded for Windows by Lavasoft. You can find out more on Lavasoft or check for application updates here. Please follow http://www.Lavasoft.com if you want to read more on Ad-Aware Antivirus on Lavasoft's page. Ad-Aware Antivirus is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535 directory, but this location can vary a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the application. C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\AdAwareUpdater.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall Ad-Aware Antivirus. The program's main executable file has a size of 5.48 MB (5746608 bytes) on disk and is called AdAwareUpdater.exe.

Ad-Aware Antivirus is composed of the following executables which take 7.40 MB (7761568 bytes) on disk:

• AdAwareUpdater.exe (5.48 MB)
• AdAwareWebInstaller.exe (1.92 MB)

The information on this page is only about version 11.8.586.8535 of Ad-Aware Antivirus. You can find below info on other versions of Ad-Aware Antivirus:

• 10.3.45.3935
• 11.14.1023.10544
• 11.15.1046.10613
• 11.7.485.8398
• 11.0.4530.0
• 11.9.662.8718
• 11.12.945.9202
• 11.1.5152.0
• 11.3.6321.0
• 11.0.4516.0
• 10.4.49.4168
• 11.0.4527.0
• 11.10.767.8917
• 10.5.2.4379
• 11.6.272.7865
• 11.6.306.7947
• 10.5.1.4369
• 11.11.898.9090
• 11.1.5354.0
• 11.9.696.8769
• 11.4.6792.0
• 11.0.4555.0
• 11.2.5952.0
• 11.5.198.7293
• 10.4.43.4155
• 10.5.0.4339
• 11.5.202.7299
• 10.5.3.4405
• 10.4.47.4163

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Quite a few files, folders and registry data will be left behind when you want to remove Ad-Aware Antivirus from your computer.

Folders that were left behind:

• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall Ad-Aware Antivirus:

• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\AdAwareCrashHandler.dll
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\AdAwareIncompatibles.dll
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\AdAwareThreatWorkAlliance.dll
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\AdAwareUpdater.exe
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\AdAwareUpdaterDefaultSkin.dll
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\AdAwareUpdaterKernel.dll
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\AdAwareWebInstaller.exe
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\boost_chrono-vc120-mt-1_57.dll
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\boost_date_time-vc120-mt-1_57.dll
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\boost_filesystem-vc120-mt-1_57.dll
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\boost_locale-vc120-mt-1_57.dll
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\boost_program_options-vc120-mt-1_57.dll
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\boost_regex-vc120-mt-1_57.dll
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\boost_system-vc120-mt-1_57.dll
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\boost_thread-vc120-mt-1_57.dll
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\boost_timer-vc120-mt-1_57.dll
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\detection.xml
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\DllStorage.dll
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\htmlayout.dll
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\HtmlFramework.dll
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\Localization.dll
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\msvcp120.dll
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\msvcr120.dll
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\OEMUninstall.dll
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\RCF.dll
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\Statistics.dll
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\vccorlib120.dll
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\WindowsSystemSecurity.dll

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{18A24EC3-2BA0-4438-AA5C-A3CF81194D22}_AdAwareUpdater
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus

Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\

How to remove Ad-Aware Antivirus from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Ad-Aware Antivirus is an application released by the software company Lavasoft. Sometimes, computer users decide to remove this program. Sometimes this can be hard because performing this manually takes some knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best QUICK practice to remove Ad-Aware Antivirus 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 PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows system.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Ad-Aware Antivirus or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Ad-Aware Antivirus". If it exists on your system the Ad-Aware Antivirus application will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Ad-Aware Antivirus in the list , some information regarding the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding Ad-Aware Antivirus, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Ad-Aware Antivirus:

• The web site of the program is: http://www.Lavasoft.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware Antivirus\Ad-Aware Antivirus Updater\11.8.586.8535\AdAwareUpdater.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Ad-Aware Antivirus.


8. After uninstalling Ad-Aware Antivirus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Ad-Aware Antivirus that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Ad-Aware Antivirus with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Ad-Aware Antivirus by Lavasoft from your computer, we are not saying that Ad-Aware Antivirus by Lavasoft is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove Ad-Aware Antivirus supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.