Hotspot Shield 9.8.1

How to uninstall Hotspot Shield 9.8.1 from your system

Hotspot Shield 9.8.1 is a software application. This page holds details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows release was created by Pango Inc.. More info about Pango Inc. can be found here. Hotspot Shield 9.8.1 is normally installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1 directory, subject to the user's option. The full uninstall command line for Hotspot Shield 9.8.1 is msiexec.exe /x {AF599C42-A2E5-4251-B7EE-4925E1A7C052} /L*V C:\Users\rog\AppData\Local\Temp\HSS-9.8.1-install-plain-773-plain.exe.log. tap-windows-9.21.2.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 250.23 KB (256240 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are installed alongside Hotspot Shield 9.8.1. They occupy about 3.84 MB (4025352 bytes) on disk.

• cmw_srv.exe (206.63 KB)
• Hss.TrayNtf.exe (100.63 KB)
• hsscp.exe (94.13 KB)
• hydra.exe (1.43 MB)
• hydra.exe (1.13 MB)
• tap-windows-9.21.2.exe (250.23 KB)
• tap-windows-9.24.2-I601-Win10.exe (574.15 KB)
• nfregdrv.exe (90.50 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 9.8.1 of Hotspot Shield 9.8.1. If you're planning to uninstall Hotspot Shield 9.8.1 you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Hotspot Shield 9.8.1:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1

The files below remain on your disk by Hotspot Shield 9.8.1's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\afvpn.tlb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\ar\Hss.Client.UI.View.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\AutoMapper.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Castle.Core.AsyncInterceptor.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Castle.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\cmw_srv.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\CommonServiceLocator.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\de\Hss.Client.UI.View.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\es\Hss.Client.UI.View.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Foundation.Analytics.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Foundation.Common.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Foundation.Common.Networking.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Foundation.Common.NotificationChannel.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Foundation.Common.Rpc.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Foundation.Common.Tracking.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Foundation.Extensions.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Foundation.ExtProc.Hydra.ComTypes.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Foundation.ExtProc.Hydra.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Foundation.Interop.Memory.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Foundation.Interop.Wfp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Foundation.NativeCrashReport.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Foundation.NetFilterSdk.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Foundation.Premium.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Foundation.UnifiedApi.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Foundation.Update.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Foundation.Vpn.BandwidthLimit.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Foundation.Vpn.Common.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Foundation.Vpn.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Foundation.Vpn.Ipsec.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Foundation.Vpn.Sdk.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\fr\Hss.Client.UI.View.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Google.Protobuf.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Hardcodet.Wpf.TaskbarNotification.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Hss.Client.Application.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Hss.Client.Common.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Hss.Client.Framework.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Hss.Client.Management.Contract.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Hss.Client.Management.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Hss.Client.Services.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Hss.Client.UI.Auxiliary.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Hss.Client.UI.View.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Hss.Client.UI.ViewModel.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Hss.Common.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Hss.Common.Rpc.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Hss.Common.Support.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Hss.Common.Wcf.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Hss.Service.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Hss.TrayNtf.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\hsscp.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Interop.NETWORKLIST.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\ja\Hss.Client.UI.View.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\KaitaiStruct.Runtime.CSharp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\ko\Hss.Client.UI.View.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\LiveCharts.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\LiveCharts.Wpf.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Microsoft.Expression.Interactions.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Ninject.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Ninject.Extensions.Factory.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\NLog.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Polly.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Prism.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\Prism.Wpf.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\pt\Hss.Client.UI.View.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\ru\Hss.Client.UI.View.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\SimpleInjector.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\stdole.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\System.Buffers.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\System.Collections.Immutable.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\System.Memory.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\System.Net.IPNetwork.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\System.ValueTuple.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\System.Windows.Interactivity.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\TimeZoneConverter.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\tr\Hss.Client.UI.View.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\x64\49F631DB-450A-4108-8F5C-434AF3FEE6DC.DLL
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\x64\afvpn.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\x64\hydra.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\x86\49F631DB-450A-4108-8F5C-434AF3FEE6DC.DLL
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\x86\afvpn.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\x86\hydra.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\XamlAnimatedGif.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\bin\ZendeskApi_v2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\driver\openvpn-sha1.cer
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\driver\openvpn-sha256-22.cer
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\driver\pango_netfilter2\nfapi.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\driver\pango_netfilter2\nfregdrv.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\driver\pango_netfilter2\pango_netfilter2.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\driver\tap-windows-9.21.2.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\driver\tap-windows-9.24.2-I601-Win10.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\hss.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\9.8.1\license.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Hotspot Shield_9_8_1_bin_hsscp_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot_Shield_9.6.3_20200406161903.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot_Shield_9.6.3_20200406161903_000_HotspotShieldPackageId.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotspot_Shield_9.8.1_20200406163519.log

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\24C995FA5E2A15247BEE94521E7A0C25
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\HotspotShield

Open regedit.exe to remove the values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\24C995FA5E2A15247BEE94521E7A0C25\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\hshld_9.8.1\ImagePath

A way to delete Hotspot Shield 9.8.1 from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Hotspot Shield 9.8.1 is an application by Pango Inc.. Frequently, computer users choose to erase it. Sometimes this can be difficult because performing this manually takes some knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK way to erase Hotspot Shield 9.8.1 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 system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your Windows computer.

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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 get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the programs installed on the computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Hotspot Shield 9.8.1 or simply click the Search feature and type in "Hotspot Shield 9.8.1". The Hotspot Shield 9.8.1 app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click Hotspot Shield 9.8.1 in the list of programs, the following information regarding the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding Hotspot Shield 9.8.1, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Hotspot Shield 9.8.1.


8. After removing Hotspot Shield 9.8.1, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Hotspot Shield 9.8.1 which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Hotspot Shield 9.8.1 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Hotspot Shield 9.8.1 by Pango Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that Hotspot Shield 9.8.1 by Pango Inc. is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Hotspot Shield 9.8.1 in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.