Spybot - Search & Destroy

How to uninstall Spybot - Search & Destroy from your PC

You can find below detailed information on how to remove Spybot - Search & Destroy for Windows. It was created for Windows by Safer-Networking Ltd.. Check out here where you can read more on Safer-Networking Ltd.. You can read more about on Spybot - Search & Destroy at http://www.safer-networking.org/. Usually the Spybot - Search & Destroy program is installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Spybot - Search & Destroy 2 directory, depending on the user's option during setup. C:\Program Files (x86)\Spybot - Search & Destroy 2\unins000.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall Spybot - Search & Destroy. The program's main executable file has a size of 5.21 MB (5461184 bytes) on disk and is called SDWelcome.exe.

Spybot - Search & Destroy contains of the executables below. They take 176.32 MB (184883656 bytes) on disk.

• blindman.exe (209.05 KB)
• SDScan.exe (5.90 MB)
• SDBootCD.exe (3.92 MB)
• SDCleaner.exe (7.05 MB)
• SDDelFile.exe (5.53 MB)
• SDFiles.exe (5.84 MB)
• SDFileScanHelper.exe (900.64 KB)
• SDFSSvc.exe (2.62 MB)
• SDHelp.exe (6.52 MB)
• SDHookHelper.exe (135.05 KB)
• SDHookInst32.exe (257.41 KB)
• SDHookInst64.exe (325.85 KB)
• SDImmunize.exe (5.46 MB)
• SDLicense.exe (4.49 MB)
• SDLogReport.exe (6.29 MB)
• SDOnAccess.exe (3.18 MB)
• SDPESetup.exe (1.60 MB)
• SDPEStart.exe (5.85 MB)
• SDPhoneScan.exe (6.77 MB)
• SDPRE.exe (5.52 MB)
• SDPrepPos.exe (6.06 MB)
• SDQuarantine.exe (6.70 MB)
• SDRootAlyzer.exe (4.94 MB)
• SDSBIEdit.exe (5.80 MB)
• SDScript.exe (5.28 MB)
• SDSettings.exe (6.30 MB)
• SDShell.exe (6.15 MB)
• SDShred.exe (3.91 MB)
• SDSpybotLab.exe (3.00 MB)
• SDSysRepair.exe (4.25 MB)
• SDTools.exe (5.22 MB)
• SDTray.exe (6.47 MB)
• SDUpdate.exe (6.84 MB)
• SDUpdSvc.exe (4.37 MB)
• SDUpgrade.exe (649.62 KB)
• SDWelcome.exe (5.21 MB)
• SDWSCSvc.exe (918.92 KB)
• Spybot3.LicenseInstaller.exe (221.28 KB)
• Spybot3ELAMSetupConsole.exe (406.45 KB)
• spybotsd2-install-bdcore-update-2020a.exe (2.98 MB)
• spybotsd2-install-license-installer.exe (600.98 KB)
• spybotsd2-SDLicense-websitev5.exe (3.24 MB)
• unins000.exe (2.53 MB)
• xcacls.exe (89.50 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 2.8.68.0 of Spybot - Search & Destroy. Click on the links below for other Spybot - Search & Destroy versions:

• 2.3.37
• 2.4.40
• 2.0.11
• 2.5.43
• 2.2.25
• 2.8.69.0
• 2.6.46
• 2.1.19
• 2.1.20
• 2.0.8
• 2.1.17
• 2.8.67.0
• 2.9.85.5
• 2.3.39
• 2.7.64.0
• 2.0.10
• 2.0.9
• 2.1.21
• 2.0.12
• 2.9.82.0

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Numerous files, folders and Windows registry entries will not be removed when you are trying to remove Spybot - Search & Destroy from your PC.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Spybot - Search & Destroy 2

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall Spybot - Search & Destroy:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Spybot - Search & Destroy 2\av\avxdisk.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Spybot - Search & Destroy 2\av\bdardrv.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Spybot - Search & Destroy 2\av\bdarw.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Spybot - Search & Destroy 2\av\bdcore.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Spybot - Search & Destroy 2\av\bdquar.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Spybot - Search & Destroy 2\av\bdsmartdb.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Spybot - Search & Destroy 2\av\BDUpdateServiceCom.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Spybot - Search & Destroy 2\av\scan.dll

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

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Safer Networking Limited\Spybot - Search & Destroy 2
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{B4092C6D-E886-4CB2-BA68-FE5A99D31DE7}_is1
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Safer Networking Limited\Spybot - Search & Destroy 2

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SDScannerService\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SDUpdateService\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SDWSCService\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\E:\Program Files DO NOT DELETE\Program Files (x86)\Spybot - Search & Destroy 2\SDFSSvc.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\E:\Program Files DO NOT DELETE\Program Files (x86)\Spybot - Search & Destroy 2\SDTray.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\E:\Program Files DO NOT DELETE\Program Files (x86)\Spybot - Search & Destroy 2\SDUpdate.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\E:\Program Files DO NOT DELETE\Program Files (x86)\Spybot - Search & Destroy 2\SDUpdSvc.exe

How to remove Spybot - Search & Destroy using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Spybot - Search & Destroy is an application marketed by Safer-Networking Ltd.. Frequently, users choose to erase this application. Sometimes this is hard because uninstalling this manually takes some know-how regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best QUICK action to erase Spybot - Search & Destroy is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





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2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

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4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs existing on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Spybot - Search & Destroy or simply click the Search field and type in "Spybot - Search & Destroy". The Spybot - Search & Destroy program will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click Spybot - Search & Destroy in the list of programs, some data regarding the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding Spybot - Search & Destroy, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Spybot - Search & Destroy:

• The publisher is: http://www.safer-networking.org/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Spybot - Search & Destroy 2\unins000.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Spybot - Search & Destroy.


8. After uninstalling Spybot - Search & Destroy, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Spybot - Search & Destroy which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Spybot - Search & Destroy with 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 serve you properly.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Spybot - Search & Destroy by Safer-Networking Ltd. from your PC, nor are we saying that Spybot - Search & Destroy by Safer-Networking Ltd. is not a good application. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Spybot - Search & Destroy in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.