Web Companion

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:
  • Lavasoft.SearchProtect.WinService.exe runs as a service named 'IE Search Set' (SearchProtectionService).
Scheduled tasks:
  • 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:
  • WebCompanion.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 1.
Registry entries:
  • 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:
Files installed by Web Companion
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
c40ebac4346522a0f69af12b00e2dd6f
DLL
9345dcdf5a761687c43aac8e19b852ef
DLL
a1cf38887197dfd97f004c836c8e945e
DLL
435f5990a4548dbc0126c23e6081aa8d
EXE
d37c3678f65d34a9bf960ce45a3076c1
DLL
ed5487431ecb191de4b4adbd2c396cae
DLL
aeb29b82785eccb73c70aea2985b8ff8
DLL
3639940fb8637568d710b104b34661d3
DLL
ed80f405be257b3db9b0f135a603264b
EXE
59660f3081c3cf7299b1122ecd716aad