Ad-Aware

A way to uninstall Ad-Aware from your computer

This page contains complete information on how to remove Ad-Aware for Windows. It was created for Windows by Lavasoft. Further information on Lavasoft can be found here. The program is frequently placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware folder (same installation drive as Windows). The full command line for uninstalling Ad-Aware is C:\ProgramData\{CFBD8779-FAAB-4357-84F2-1EC8619FADA6}\Ad-AwareInstallation.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may receive a notification for administrator rights. Ad-Aware's primary file takes about 1.57 MB (1643272 bytes) and is named Ad-Aware.exe.

The executables below are part of Ad-Aware. They occupy about 14.03 MB (14707488 bytes) on disk.

• AAWService.exe (1.13 MB)
• AAWTray.exe (770.89 KB)
• AAWWSC.exe (691.12 KB)
• Ad-Aware.exe (1.57 MB)
• Ad-AwareAdmin.exe (804.62 KB)
• Ad-AwareCommand.exe (797.64 KB)
• AutoLaunch.exe (726.16 KB)
• Download Guard for Internet Explorer.exe (1.73 MB)
• lsdelete.exe (15.51 KB)
• threatwork.exe (841.84 KB)
• AAWDriverTool.exe (147.35 KB)
• AAWDriverTool.exe (385.85 KB)
• AutoStart Manager.exe (432.84 KB)
• HostFileEditor.exe (2.17 MB)
• ProcessWatch.exe (1.95 MB)

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The current web page applies to Ad-Aware version 8.1.0 alone. For other Ad-Aware versions please click below:

• 9.0
• 9.0.0
• 8.3.5
• 8.2
• 11.7.485.8398
• Unknown
• 8.0.7
• 8.2.0
• 8.1
• 8.0.0
• 7.1.0.7
• 9.0.1
• 8.3
• 8.3.0
• 7.1.0.10
• 8.1.1

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A way to delete Ad-Aware from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Ad-Aware is an application by Lavasoft. Sometimes, computer users want to remove it. This can be difficult because performing this by hand takes some knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. The best EASY action to remove Ad-Aware is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general utility to clean your system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Ad-Aware or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Ad-Aware". The Ad-Aware program will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Ad-Aware in the list of apps, some information regarding the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding Ad-Aware, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Ad-Aware.


8. After uninstalling Ad-Aware, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Ad-Aware that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Ad-Aware using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Ad-Aware by Lavasoft from your computer, we are not saying that Ad-Aware by Lavasoft is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Ad-Aware supposing you want to. 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.