SpyHunter 5

How to uninstall SpyHunter 5 from your system

SpyHunter 5 is a Windows program. Read below about how to remove it from your computer. It was created for Windows by EnigmaSoft Limited. Further information on EnigmaSoft Limited can be seen here. The application is often found in the C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter folder. Keep in mind that this location can differ depending on the user's preference. SpyHunter 5's complete uninstall command line is C:\ProgramData\EnigmaSoft Limited\sh5_installer.exe -r sh5 -lng RU. SpyHunter 5's main file takes around 19.60 MB (20556832 bytes) and is named SpyHunter5.exe.

SpyHunter 5 contains of the executables below. They take 41.84 MB (43868832 bytes) on disk.

• Native.exe (66.53 KB)
• ShKernel.exe (17.07 MB)
• ShMonitor.exe (2.42 MB)
• SpyHunter5.exe (19.60 MB)
• WebSecurityNative.exe (2.67 MB)

The current web page applies to SpyHunter 5 version 5.18.10.348 alone. You can find below info on other versions of SpyHunter 5:

• 5.13.12.78
• 5.3.2.99
• 5.19.2.351
• 5.9.29.210
• 5.11.8.246
• 5.10.4.217
• 5.7.16.143
• 5.13.15.81
• 5.12.23.275
• 5.0.29.49
• 5.20.5.357
• 5.11.5.243
• 5.15.5.309
• 5.5.8.116
• 5.12.26.281
• 5.7.17.144
• 5.9.15.197
• 5.15.9.313
• 5.18.8.345
• 5.6.1.119
• 5.17.6.335
• 5.10.7.226
• 5.10.9.232
• 5.8.10.170
• 5.12.21.272
• 5.1.18.84
• 5.7.24.155
• 5.13.21.293
• 5.8.7.163
• 5.9.23.203
• 5.7.22.151
• 5.14.1.295
• 5.0.27.45
• 5.9.11.194
• 5.15.11.315
• 5.2.5.92
• 5.4.2.101
• 5.11.7.245
• 5.10.10.233
• 5.12.28.283
• 5.12.27.282
• 5.14.2.296
• 5.12.22.273
• 5.11.4.241
• 5.13.18.289
• 5.0.30.51
• 5.7.19.147
• 5.12.15.264
• 5.18.6.342
• 5.15.13.318
• 5.17.5.333
• 5.16.6.327
• 5.12.19.269
• 5.20.7.361
• 5.13.14.80
• 5.5.6.114
• 5.5.10.118

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When you're planning to uninstall SpyHunter 5 you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders left behind when you uninstall SpyHunter 5:

• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall SpyHunter 5:

• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\7z.dll
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\acpdata.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\acpwl.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\CompactOsStats.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\CrCache.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\DomainNameSystem.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\Hosts.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\IttDataStore.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\Notifications.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\Proxy.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\s3cfg
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\ScanHistory.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\ScannerStats.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\ScEvCache.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\SgBlockedMlw.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\SgUnkExecUserChoice.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\SgUnkUploadCache.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\SystemFile_1.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\SystemFile_2.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\SystemFile_3.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\TrIgnore.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\data\TrStIgnoreKrn.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Defs\2025012103_pk.def
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Defs\Opt\Full.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Albanian.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Bulgarian.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Chinese (Simplified).lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Chinese (Traditional).lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Croatian.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Czech.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Danish.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Dutch.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\English.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Finnish.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\French.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\German.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Greek.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Hungarian.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Indonesian.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Italian.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Japanese.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Korean.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Lithuanian.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Norwegian.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Polish.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Portuguese (Brazil).lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Portuguese (Portugal).lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Romanian.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Russian.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Serbian.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Slovene.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Spanish.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Swedish.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Turkish.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Languages\Ukrainian.lng
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\license.txt
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20250117_071204.sh5.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20250117_211546.sh5.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20250117_223821.sh5.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20250118_123709.krn.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20250118_123718.sh5.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20250118_154553.krn.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20250118_164343.krn.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20250118_164623.sh5.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20250120_090422.krn.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20250120_120521.sh5.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20250120_145448.krn.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20250120_145508.krn.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20250120_145642.sh5.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20250120_153323.krn.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20250120_153328.sh5.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20250120_223317.krn.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20250120_223323.sh5.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20250121_173306.krn.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20250121_173341.sh5.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20250121_184203.krn.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\20250121_184217.sh5.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Logs\ShMonitor.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\Native.exe
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\purl.dat
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\scanlog.log
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\ShKernel.exe
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\ShMonitor.exe
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\ShShellExt.dll
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\SpyHunter5.exe
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\WebSecurity\com.enigmasoftware.websecurity.chrome.json
• C:\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\WebSecurityNative.exe

Many times the following registry data will not be removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SpyHunter5

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\SpyHunter-5.17-103-12123-Installer.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\SpyHunter-5.17-103-12123-Installer.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2430844768-3510328793-577529318-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\EnigmaSoft\SpyHunter\SpyHunter5.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EnigmaFileMonDriver\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EsgShKernel\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EsgShKernel\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EsgShKernel\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ShMonitor\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ShMonitor\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ShMonitor\ImagePath

A way to remove SpyHunter 5 from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

SpyHunter 5 is a program marketed by the software company EnigmaSoft Limited. Sometimes, people decide to erase this application. This can be hard because performing this manually takes some skill regarding PCs. One of the best SIMPLE action to erase SpyHunter 5 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 system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your Windows system.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications existing on your computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate SpyHunter 5 or simply click the Search field and type in "SpyHunter 5". If it is installed on your PC the SpyHunter 5 app will be found automatically. Notice that after you select SpyHunter 5 in the list of apps, some data regarding the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding SpyHunter 5, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall SpyHunter 5.


8. After removing SpyHunter 5, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of SpyHunter 5 which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing SpyHunter 5 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall SpyHunter 5 by EnigmaSoft Limited from your PC, nor are we saying that SpyHunter 5 by EnigmaSoft Limited is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall SpyHunter 5 in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.