Web Companion
by Lavasoft
What is Web Companion?
Web Companion is software application developed by Lavasoft. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 10 with nearly 58.57% of installations running this operating system. Web Companion's installer is typically 11.00 MB in size and installs around 71 files. The most common release is 4.2.1846.3481 with 3.89% of all installations currently using this version.
Web Companion is most popular in the United States with 52.89% of installations residing in this country.
Web Companion adds 3 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.
Software Behaviors
- Services:
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- Lavasoft.SearchProtect.WinService.exe runs as a service named 'IE Search Set' (SearchProtectionService).
- Scheduled tasks:
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- Ad-Aware Web Companion.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{0195D08A-282E-4316-AC5C-0C9D5C2FC7E8}' (runs on registration).
- WebCompanion.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B9B2559A-1F16-4795-A5CF-40B0060553DF}' (runs on registration).
- WebCompanionInstaller.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{189A2292-4923-48D4-AC13-9E62F04C0CE1}' (runs on registration).
Startup Entries
- Startup tasks:
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- WebCompanion.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 1.
- Registry entries:
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- WebCompanion.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Web Companion' and executes as C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanion.exe --minimize.
- AASearchCompanion.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Ad-Aware Search Companion' and executes as C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\AASearchCompanion.exe.
Software Details
- URL:
- https://www.lavasoft.com
- Support:
- –
- Installation path:
- C:\Program Files\lavasoft\web companion\application
- Uninstaller:
- "C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Installer.exe" --uninstall
- Size:
- 11.00 MB
- Language:
- English
Web Companion Executable Details
- Primary executable:
- Lavasoft.AdAware.dll
- Name:
- Web Companion
- Path:
- C:\Program Files\lavasoft\web companion\application\Lavasoft.AdAware.dll
- MD5:
- f281730523257aa26a31506b145ce3c5
- SHA-1:
- –
- SHA-256:
- –
| File Type | Filename | MD5 |
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DLL
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0900b6c72905788aca613f89fe739bd3 | |
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DLL
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c9e4535e974956437897a33118c3a567 | |
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DLL
|
cd87b718ec6e1a11b9699624e21ac550 | |
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DLL
|
a896fde6085aedb3610b34e49229d087 | |
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DLL
|
6c8342176971bf64bdbfcb66cf3defe2 | |
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DLL
|
9e03ad35a231126fb1c3ee5679da15a6 | |
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EXE
|
4e439c1c93bb2e474e5fbd392f2c23ca | |
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DLL
|
65bab25e5bbd9bbe7f1e957e776858f6 | |
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DLL
|
4fd20600ad27a7cb96786ef7b9dc7868 | |
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DLL
|
1210a5c6facd11bc898a03da6656c250 |