Hotspot Shield 8.5.2

A way to uninstall Hotspot Shield 8.5.2 from your system

This web page contains complete information on how to uninstall Hotspot Shield 8.5.2 for Windows. It is written by AnchorFree Inc.. More info about AnchorFree Inc. can be found here. Usually the Hotspot Shield 8.5.2 application is to be found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield folder, depending on the user's option during setup. The full command line for removing Hotspot Shield 8.5.2 is msiexec.exe /x {AF599C42-A2E5-4251-B7EE-4925D177CF8C} /L*V C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\HSS-8.5.2-install-plain-773-plain.exe.log. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might receive a notification for administrator rights. The application's main executable file occupies 116.38 KB (119168 bytes) on disk and is named hsscp.exe.

The following executable files are incorporated in Hotspot Shield 8.5.2. They occupy 3.05 MB (3195504 bytes) on disk.

• cmw_srv.exe (145.88 KB)
• Hss.TrayNtf.exe (22.38 KB)
• hsscp.exe (116.38 KB)
• hydra.exe (1.41 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 8.5.2 of Hotspot Shield 8.5.2. After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Some of these are shown below.

Directories left on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\CrashRpt\UnsentCrashReports\Hotspot Shield_5.3.2.9652
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield

Files remaining:

• 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.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.Common.Tracking.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Foundation.Extensions.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.NativeCrashReport.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.Update.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Foundation.Vpn.Common.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\Foundation.Vpn.Cooldown.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.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\KaitaiStruct.Runtime.CSharp.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\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.Buffers.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\System.Collections.Immutable.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\System.Memory.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\TimeZoneConverter.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\tr\Hss.Client.UI.View.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\x64\49F631DB-450A-4108-8F5C-434AF3FEE6DC.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\49F631DB-450A-4108-8F5C-434AF3FEE6DC.DLL
• 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\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:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\Hotspot_Shield_VPN_v8.5.2.exe.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Hotspot Shield_bin_HSSCP_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Hotspot Shield_Uninstall_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\HssFinishPage.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\HSSSlideShow.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\HSSSlideShowStep1.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\HSSSlideShowStep2.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\HSSSlideShowStep3.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\HSSSlideShowStep4.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\HssWelcomePage.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\img\HSSLogo.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\img\logo_grey.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\lang\Arabic.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\lang\English.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot Shield\html\lang\French.js

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\24C995FA5E2A15247BEE94521D77FCC8
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Hotspot_Shield_VPN_v8_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Hotspot_Shield_VPN_v8_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\HotspotShield

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following values:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\24C995FA5E2A15247BEE94521D77FCC8\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\hshld\ImagePath

How to remove Hotspot Shield 8.5.2 from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Hotspot Shield 8.5.2 is a program by AnchorFree Inc.. Sometimes, users decide to uninstall it. Sometimes this is efortful because performing this by hand requires some skill regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK solution to uninstall Hotspot Shield 8.5.2 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 PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your PC.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Hotspot Shield 8.5.2 or simply click the Search feature and type in "Hotspot Shield 8.5.2". The Hotspot Shield 8.5.2 app will be found automatically. Notice that when you select Hotspot Shield 8.5.2 in the list of apps, some information regarding the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding Hotspot Shield 8.5.2, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Hotspot Shield 8.5.2.


8. After removing Hotspot Shield 8.5.2, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Hotspot Shield 8.5.2 that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Hotspot Shield 8.5.2 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Hotspot Shield 8.5.2 by AnchorFree Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that Hotspot Shield 8.5.2 by AnchorFree Inc. is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Hotspot Shield 8.5.2 in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.