Ad-Aware

A guide to uninstall Ad-Aware from your PC

Ad-Aware is a Windows application. Read more about how to uninstall it from your computer. It was coded for Windows by Lavasoft. More data about Lavasoft can be read here. The program is often found in the C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware directory (same installation drive as Windows). Ad-Aware's entire uninstall command line is C:\ProgramData\{ECC164E0-3133-4C70-A831-F08DB2940F70}\Ad-AwareInstall.exe. The application's main executable file is named Ad-Aware.exe and it has a size of 1.44 MB (1512968 bytes).

Ad-Aware is composed of the following executables which take 14.14 MB (14822424 bytes) on disk:

• AAWService.exe (1.29 MB)
• AAWTray.exe (844.36 KB)
• AAWWSC.exe (737.40 KB)
• Ad-Aware.exe (1.44 MB)
• Ad-AwareAdmin.exe (891.63 KB)
• Ad-AwareCommand.exe (887.66 KB)
• AutoLaunch.exe (244.87 KB)
• Download Guard for Internet Explorer.exe (1.77 MB)
• LavasoftGCHelper.exe (144.00 KB)
• lsdelete.exe (15.51 KB)
• threatwork.exe (891.12 KB)
• AAWDriverTool.exe (147.35 KB)
• AAWDriverTool.exe (385.85 KB)
• AutoStart Manager.exe (462.13 KB)
• HostFileEditor.exe (2.17 MB)
• ProcessWatch.exe (1.94 MB)

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This data is about Ad-Aware version 8.3.0 only. Click on the links below for other Ad-Aware versions:

• 9.0
• 9.0.0
• 8.3.5
• 8.2
• 11.7.485.8398
• Unknown
• 8.0.7
• 8.2.0
• 8.1
• 8.1.0
• 8.0.0
• 7.1.0.7
• 9.0.1
• 8.3
• 7.1.0.10
• 8.1.1

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Some files and registry entries are regularly left behind when you uninstall Ad-Aware.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Ad-Aware from your PC:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware

Usually, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware\Ad-Aware.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware\Ad-AwareAdmin.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware\kernexplorer64.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware\PrivacyClean.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware\Resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware\threatwork.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Lavasoft_Ad-Aware_Ad-Aware_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Lavasoft_Ad-Aware_Ad-Aware_manual_EN_chm
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Lavasoft_Ad-Aware_Lavasoft Homepage_url
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Lavasoft_Ad-Aware_threatwork_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Lavasoft_Ad-Aware_ToolBox_AutoStart Manager_AutoStart Manager_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Lavasoft_Ad-Aware_ToolBox_LT_HostFileEditor_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Lavasoft_Ad-Aware_ToolBox_LT_ProcessWatch_exe

Additional values that are not removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-18\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware\Ad-AwareAdmin.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3416871576-3425200757-1949230607-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware\Ad-Aware.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3416871576-3425200757-1949230607-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware\Ad-AwareAdmin.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3416871576-3425200757-1949230607-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware\AutoLaunch.exe

A way to remove Ad-Aware with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Ad-Aware is a program by the software company Lavasoft. Frequently, people choose to uninstall it. This is efortful because removing this manually requires some advanced knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best SIMPLE approach to uninstall Ad-Aware is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general utility to optimize your Windows PC.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs existing on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Ad-Aware or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Ad-Aware". If it is installed on your PC the Ad-Aware app will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Ad-Aware in the list , some data about the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about Ad-Aware, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Ad-Aware.


8. After removing Ad-Aware, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Ad-Aware that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Ad-Aware with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Ad-Aware by Lavasoft from your computer, nor are we saying that Ad-Aware by Lavasoft is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove Ad-Aware in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.