Hotspot Shield 5.4.3

A guide to uninstall Hotspot Shield 5.4.3 from your system

Hotspot Shield 5.4.3 is a Windows program. Read more about how to uninstall it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by AnchorFree Inc.. You can find out more on AnchorFree Inc. or check for application updates here. The program is usually placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield folder. Take into account that this location can vary being determined by the user's choice. C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\Uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to remove Hotspot Shield 5.4.3. The program's main executable file has a size of 3.09 MB (3237504 bytes) on disk and is labeled HSSCP.exe.

The executable files below are installed alongside Hotspot Shield 5.4.3. They occupy about 11.23 MB (11776464 bytes) on disk.

• Uninstall.exe (576.77 KB)
• cfghlp_cmd64.exe (508.63 KB)
• cmw_srv.exe (2.62 MB)
• CrashSender1403.exe (915.13 KB)
• FBW.exe (1.16 MB)
• FBWMgr.exe (580.63 KB)
• HSSCP.exe (3.09 MB)
• hssfixme.exe (97.92 KB)
• HssInstaller.exe (459.13 KB)
• HSSTrayService.exe (100.76 KB)
• hydra.exe (437.13 KB)
• Launcher.exe (25.13 KB)
• openvpn.exe (678.14 KB)
• tapinstall.exe (85.74 KB)

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This data is about Hotspot Shield 5.4.3 version 5.4.3 alone. Hotspot Shield 5.4.3 has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders that were left behind:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\CrashRpt\UnsentCrashReports\Hotspot Shield_5.4.3.9703
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield

The files below were left behind on your disk by Hotspot Shield 5.4.3's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\afvpn.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\cfghlp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\cfghlp_cmd64.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\cmw_srv.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\concrt140.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\cpau.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\crashrpt_lang.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\CrashRpt1403.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\CrashSender1403.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\FBW.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\FBWMgr.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\HSSCP.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\hssfixme.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\HssInstaller.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\HssRep.5.4.3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\HSSTrayService.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\hydra.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\lang\gui-ara.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\lang\gui-bur.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\lang\gui-chi.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\lang\gui-eng.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\lang\gui-fre.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\lang\gui-ger.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\lang\gui-ind.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\lang\gui-jpn.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\lang\gui-kor.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\lang\gui-per.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\lang\gui-por.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\lang\gui-rus.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\lang\gui-spa.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\lang\gui-tur.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\lang\gui-vie.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Launcher.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\libeay32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\libidn-11.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\libpkcs11-helper-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\libssl32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\msvcp140.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\NetworkRep.5.4.3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\openvpn.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\tapinstall.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\TrafMgr32.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\TrafMgr64.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\ucrtbase.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\vccorlib140.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\vcruntime140.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\vistahlp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\wddll.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\config\config.hvpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\config\hydra_hssst.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\config\icooff.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\config\openvpn_hssst.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\config\ovpnerr.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\config\proxy.hvpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\config\proxy_hssst.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\config\sd-info-direct.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\config\sd-info-failed.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\config\sd-info-main.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\config\upd_dat.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\driver\af.cer

Frequently the following registry keys will not be removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\24C995FA5E2A15247BEE94521A768DA0
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\HotspotShield

Supplementary registry values that are not cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\24C995FA5E2A15247BEE94521A768DA0\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\hshld\ImagePath

How to uninstall Hotspot Shield 5.4.3 from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Hotspot Shield 5.4.3 is an application marketed by AnchorFree Inc.. Frequently, people decide to remove it. Sometimes this is troublesome because removing this by hand requires some skill regarding PCs. The best QUICK procedure to remove Hotspot Shield 5.4.3 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your Windows computer.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Hotspot Shield 5.4.3 or simply click the Search field and type in "Hotspot Shield 5.4.3". The Hotspot Shield 5.4.3 app will be found automatically. Notice that when you click Hotspot Shield 5.4.3 in the list , some data regarding the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding Hotspot Shield 5.4.3, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Hotspot Shield 5.4.3.


8. After uninstalling Hotspot Shield 5.4.3, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Hotspot Shield 5.4.3 which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Hotspot Shield 5.4.3 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Hotspot Shield 5.4.3 by AnchorFree Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that Hotspot Shield 5.4.3 by AnchorFree Inc. is not a good application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Hotspot Shield 5.4.3 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.