Web Companion

A guide to uninstall Web Companion from your system

This info is about Web Companion for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows version was developed by Lavasoft. Take a look here for more details on Lavasoft. More data about the application Web Companion can be found at http://www.lavasoft.com. Web Companion is normally set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application directory, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's option when installing the application. You can remove Web Companion by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionInstaller.exe --uninstall. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for administrator rights. WebCompanion.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 8.83 MB (9255120 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are installed together with Web Companion. They occupy about 10.57 MB (11078816 bytes) on disk.

• 7za.exe (457.21 KB)
• Ad-Aware Web Companion.exe (625.21 KB)
• Lavasoft.Search.exe (168.20 KB)
• Lavasoft.WCAssistant.WinService.exe (27.21 KB)
• WcCommunication.exe (27.71 KB)
• WebCompanion.exe (8.83 MB)
• WebCompanion.Loader.exe (19.20 KB)
• WebCompanionInstaller.exe (456.20 KB)

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The current page applies to Web Companion version 8.9.0.735 alone. You can find below a few links to other Web Companion versions:

• 4.4.1950.3825
• 10.1.2.518
• 2.3.1470.2856
• 4.9.2146.4004
• 4.0.1777.3330
• 2.2.1337.2613
• 4.3.1930.3764
• 4.8.2034.3918
• 3.1.1602.3093
• 3.2.1725.3256
• 2.2.1307.2573
• 7.0.2341.4172
• 4.8.2094.3963
• 11.8.5.907
• 11.907.0.807
• 12.901.7.1066
• 2.0.1025.2130
• 3.2.1639.3162
• 2.2.1323.2594
• 8.6.1.332
• 7.0.2334.4166
• 2.1.1095.2272
• 4.7.1993.3887
• 5.0.1003.1015
• 4.9.2200.4056
• 2.1.1065.2233
• 1.0.702.1343
• 7.0.2367.4198
• 4.1.1815.3380
• 1.0
• 4.6.1969.3857
• 4.10.2233.4088
• 4.10.2240.4096
• 4.3.1934.3766
• 8.6.0.323
• 3.2.1708.3237
• 2.3.1411.2698
• 7.0.2354.4185
• 3.1.1596.3084
• 2.0.1032.2141
• 2.3.1514.2916
• 2.3.1499.2879
• 1.0.0.0
• 2.3.1461.2844
• 4.2.1824.3425
• 4.10.2223.4081
• 2.3.1439.2793
• 6.1.2318.4151
• 2.1.1197.2439
• 6.1.2327.4159
• 7.0.2383.4214
• 12.1.5.1061
• 4.1.1813.3374
• 2.1.1072.2246
• 7.1.2424.4255
• 2.3.1456.2839
• 1.0.748.1434
• 7.0.2346.4177
• 2.1.1222.2486
• 0.9.636.1149
• 4.3.1915.3724
• 7.0.2433.168
• 2.3.1528.2969
• 4.8.2125.3981
• 2.3.1460.2843
• 2.3.1475.2862
• 4.0.1750.3297
• 4.8.2012.3902
• 4.10.2251.4106
• 4.10.2254.4111
• 2.1.1079.2249
• 7.0.2360.4191
• 2.1.1082.2254
• 5.1.1033.1045
• 2.1.1203.2459
• 6.0.2313.4146
• 1.0.757.1446
• 4.10.2243.4098
• 2.3.1500.2879
• 6.0.2285.4135
• 7.1.2369.4200
• 7.0.2355.4186
• 9.902.0.415
• 7.0.2415.4246
• 12.901.4.1003
• 3.2.1705.3235
• 2.1.1147.2361
• 5.0.1025.1037
• 2.4.1556.3000
• 3.2.1706.3235
• 2.1.1055.2206
• 4.3.1947.3816
• 2.0.1016.2098
• 12.1.2.982
• 1.0.692.1318
• 5.0.1001.1009
• 4.0.1780.3335
• 2.3.1410.2697
• 4.3.1926.3756
• 2.1.1153.2375

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Web Companion has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Directories left on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lavasoft\Web Companion

The files below are left behind on your disk by Web Companion when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\7za.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\acs17.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Ad-Aware Web Companion.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\BCUEngineS.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\BCUSDK.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\de-DE\WebCompanion.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\de-DE\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\DotNetZip.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\en-US\WebCompanion.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\en-US\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Esent.Interop.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\es-ES\WebCompanion.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\es-ES\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Extension\@wcextensionff.xpi
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\fr-CA\WebCompanion.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\fr-CA\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Interop.IWshRuntimeLibrary.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Interop.LavasoftTcpServiceLib.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Interop.SHDocVw.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Interop.Shell32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Interop.WUApiLib.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Ionic.Zip.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\it-IT\WebCompanion.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\it-IT\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ja-JP\WebCompanion.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ja-JP\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.adblocker.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.AppCore.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Automation.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Compression.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.CSharp.Utilities.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Events.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Extension.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.IEController.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Omni.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Search.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.SearchProtect.Business.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.SearchProtect.Repositories.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Settings.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.SysInfo.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Utils.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.Utils.SqlLite.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.WCAssistant.Service.Logger.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.WCAssistant.WcfService.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.WCAssistant.WinService.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\liblz4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\log4net.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\LZ4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Microsoft.mshtml.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\MozCompressor.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\NCalc.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\pt-BR\WebCompanion.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\pt-BR\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ru-RU\WebCompanion.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ru-RU\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\System.Data.SQLite.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\tr-TR\WebCompanion.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\tr-TR\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\ucrtbased.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\vcruntime140d.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WcCommunication.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebcompaionReimageIcon.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanion.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanion.Loader.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionExtensionIE.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionIcon.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionIcon_Pro.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionInstaller.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionInstaller.pdb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\x64\SQLite.Interop.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\x86\SQLite.Interop.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\zh-CHS\WebCompanionInstaller.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\zh-Hans\WebCompanion.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Service\Win32\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll

Many times the following registry keys will not be removed:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Lavasoft\Web Companion
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Lavasoft\Web Companion

Additional values that you should remove:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WCAssistantService\ImagePath

How to erase Web Companion from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Web Companion is a program offered by Lavasoft. Some users want to erase this program. Sometimes this is difficult because uninstalling this manually requires some know-how regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK solution to erase Web Companion 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 good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of 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. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the applications installed on your PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Web Companion or simply click the Search feature and type in "Web Companion". If it exists on your system the Web Companion program will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Web Companion in the list of apps, the following data regarding the application is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding Web Companion, 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.

For instance you can see that for Web Companion:

• The publisher is: http://www.lavasoft.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionInstaller.exe --uninstall

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Web Companion.


8. After uninstalling Web Companion, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Web Companion which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Web Companion using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Web Companion by Lavasoft from your PC, nor are we saying that Web Companion by Lavasoft is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Web Companion in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.