Hotspot Shield 8.0.2

A guide to uninstall Hotspot Shield 8.0.2 from your computer

This web page contains thorough information on how to uninstall Hotspot Shield 8.0.2 for Windows. It is written by AnchorFree Inc.. Go over here for more details on AnchorFree Inc.. Hotspot Shield 8.0.2 is typically set up in the C:\Program Files\Hotspot Shield folder, but this location can vary a lot depending on the user's option when installing the program. Hotspot Shield 8.0.2's full uninstall command line is msiexec.exe /x {AF599C42-A2E5-4251-B7EE-4925D127CEE6} /L*V C:\Users\NOVINP~1\AppData\Local\Temp\HSS-8.0.2-install-AnchorFree-1.exe.log. hsscp.exe is the Hotspot Shield 8.0.2's main executable file and it takes close to 116.38 KB (119168 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are installed together with Hotspot Shield 8.0.2. They take about 3.90 MB (4090424 bytes) on disk.

• cmw_srv.exe (131.88 KB)
• Hss.TrayNtf.exe (22.38 KB)
• hsscp.exe (116.38 KB)
• hssfixme.exe (97.92 KB)
• HSSTrayService.exe (100.76 KB)
• Launcher.exe (25.13 KB)
• openvpn.exe (678.14 KB)
• hydra.exe (1.40 MB)
• hydra.exe (1.11 MB)
• tap-windows-9.21.2.exe (250.23 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 8.0.2 of Hotspot Shield 8.0.2. After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Hotspot Shield

The files below remain on your disk by Hotspot Shield 8.0.2's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\afvpn.tlb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\ar\Hss.Client.UI.View.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\AutoMapper.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Castle.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\cmw_srv.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\CommonServiceLocator.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\de\Hss.Client.UI.View.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\es\Hss.Client.UI.View.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Foundation.Common.Cooldown.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Foundation.Common.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Foundation.Common.Networking.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Foundation.Common.NotificationChannel.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Foundation.Common.Rpc.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Foundation.ExtProc.Hydra.ComTypes.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Foundation.ExtProc.Hydra.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Foundation.Interop.Memory.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Foundation.Interop.Wfp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Foundation.Premium.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Foundation.UnifiedApi.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Foundation.Vpn.Common.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Foundation.Vpn.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Foundation.Vpn.Sdk.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\fr\Hss.Client.UI.View.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Google.Protobuf.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Hardcodet.Wpf.TaskbarNotification.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Hss.Client.Application.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Hss.Client.Common.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Hss.Client.Framework.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Hss.Client.Management.Contract.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Hss.Client.Management.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Hss.Client.Services.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Hss.Client.UI.Auxiliary.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Hss.Client.UI.View.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Hss.Client.UI.ViewModel.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Hss.Common.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Hss.Common.Rpc.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Hss.Common.Support.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Hss.Common.Wcf.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Hss.Service.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Hss.Service.Update.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Hss.TrayNtf.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\hsscp.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\HtmlToXamlConverter.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Interop.NETWORKLIST.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\ja\Hss.Client.UI.View.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\ko\Hss.Client.UI.View.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Microsoft.Expression.Interactions.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Mixpanel.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Ninject.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Ninject.Extensions.Factory.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\NLog.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Polly.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Prism.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Prism.Wpf.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\ProcessExtensions.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\pt\Hss.Client.UI.View.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\ru\Hss.Client.UI.View.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\SimpleInjector.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\speed.gif
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\System.Collections.Immutable.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\System.ValueTuple.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\System.Windows.Interactivity.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\tr\Hss.Client.UI.View.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\x64\afvpn.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\x64\hydra.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\x86\afvpn.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\x86\hydra.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\ZendeskApi_v2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\config\hydra_hssst.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\config\sd-info-saved.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\config\upd_dat.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\driver\openvpn-sha1.cer
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\driver\openvpn-sha256.cer
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\driver\tap-windows-9.21.2.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\hss.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\license.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\update\hss-update.upd
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot_Shield_7.12.1_20190121185048.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot_Shield_7.12.1_20190121185048_000_HotspotShieldPackageId.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot_Shield_7.12.1_20190212183315.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot_Shield_7.12.1_20190212183315_000_HotspotShieldPackageId.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot_Shield_7.12.1_20190225203728.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot_Shield_7.12.1_20190225203728_000_HotspotShieldPackageId.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot_Shield_7.12.1_20190315081818.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot_Shield_7.12.1_20190315081818_000_HotspotShieldPackageId.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot_Shield_7.6.4_20190121185343.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot_Shield_7.6.4_20190121185344.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot_Shield_7.6.4_20190121185344_000_HotspotShieldPackageId.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot_Shield_7.6.4_20190212183614.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot_Shield_7.6.4_20190212183614_000_HotspotShieldPackageId.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot_Shield_7.6.4_20190217151949.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot_Shield_7.6.4_20190217151949_000_HotspotShieldPackageId.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot_Shield_7.6.4_20190217152044.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot_Shield_7.6.4_20190217152044_000_HotspotShieldPackageId.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot_Shield_7.6.4_20190225203821.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot_Shield_7.6.4_20190225203821_000_HotspotShieldPackageId.log

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\24C995FA5E2A15247BEE94521D72EC6E

Additional values that you should clean:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\24C995FA5E2A15247BEE94521D72EC6E\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AFTrafMgr1.4\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\hshld\ImagePath

A way to uninstall Hotspot Shield 8.0.2 from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Hotspot Shield 8.0.2 is an application released by the software company AnchorFree Inc.. Sometimes, users want to erase this application. This is difficult because performing this manually takes some advanced knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best EASY solution to erase Hotspot Shield 8.0.2 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 all around utility to clean your Windows PC.

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

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

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications existing on your PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find Hotspot Shield 8.0.2 or simply activate the Search field and type in "Hotspot Shield 8.0.2". The Hotspot Shield 8.0.2 app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select Hotspot Shield 8.0.2 in the list of apps, the following information about the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about Hotspot Shield 8.0.2, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Hotspot Shield 8.0.2.


8. After uninstalling Hotspot Shield 8.0.2, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Hotspot Shield 8.0.2 which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Hotspot Shield 8.0.2 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Hotspot Shield 8.0.2 by AnchorFree Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that Hotspot Shield 8.0.2 by AnchorFree Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove Hotspot Shield 8.0.2 in case 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 stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.