Ad-Aware Security Add-on

A guide to uninstall Ad-Aware Security Add-on from your computer

Ad-Aware Security Add-on is a Windows application. Read below about how to uninstall it from your PC. It is developed by Lavasoft. More info about Lavasoft can be found here. Ad-Aware Security Add-on is commonly set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\adawaretb directory, but this location may vary a lot depending on the user's option while installing the program. You can remove Ad-Aware Security Add-on by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\adawaretb\uninstall.exe. Note that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. Ad-Aware Security Add-on's primary file takes around 294.40 KB (301464 bytes) and its name is dtUser.exe.

Ad-Aware Security Add-on installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 646.49 KB (662008 bytes) on disk.

• dtUser.exe (294.40 KB)
• ffHelper.exe (99.66 KB)
• ieUtils.exe (100.39 KB)
• uninstall.exe (152.04 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 2.2.0.11 of Ad-Aware Security Add-on. You can find below info on other versions of Ad-Aware Security Add-on:

• 3.2.0.4
• 3.8.0.0
• 3.8.0.11
• 2.2.0.18
• 2.5.0.6
• 3.4.0.1
• 3.5.0.3
• 2.2.0.17
• 3.8.0.10
• 3.0.0.6
• 3.8.0.2
• 3.7.0.0
• 3.4.0.3
• 3.5.0.2
• 3.1.0.2
• 3.6.0.3

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Some of these are listed below.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files\adawaretb

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall Ad-Aware Security Add-on:

• C:\Program Files\adawaretb\adawaretb.dll
• C:\Program Files\adawaretb\adawaretb.xml
• C:\Program Files\adawaretb\chrome\content\custom.js
• C:\Program Files\adawaretb\chrome\content\lib\about.xml

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be removed; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\adawaretb

Additional registry values that you should delete:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\adawaretb\DisplayIcon
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\adawaretb\InstallLocation
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\adawaretb\UninstallString
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\C:\Program Files\adawaretb\dtUser.exe

A way to remove Ad-Aware Security Add-on from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Ad-Aware Security Add-on is an application by Lavasoft. Sometimes, computer users want to erase this program. Sometimes this is hard because performing this manually takes some advanced knowledge regarding PCs. The best SIMPLE action to erase Ad-Aware Security Add-on 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 PC, 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 clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and number 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 programs existing on your computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Ad-Aware Security Add-on or simply click the Search feature and type in "Ad-Aware Security Add-on". The Ad-Aware Security Add-on app will be found automatically. When you select Ad-Aware Security Add-on in the list , the following information regarding the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding Ad-Aware Security Add-on, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Ad-Aware Security Add-on.


8. After uninstalling Ad-Aware Security Add-on, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Ad-Aware Security Add-on that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Ad-Aware Security Add-on with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Ad-Aware Security Add-on by Lavasoft from your computer, we are not saying that Ad-Aware Security Add-on by Lavasoft is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Ad-Aware Security Add-on supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.