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
d8c7f414b23e480343e346ae2874e3e9
DLL
f281730523257aa26a31506b145ce3c5
DLL
9b8a3d14dad30c09d2665a551985ebdd
DLL
3d75c0a9df4ca01d570fc76710dae11f
DLL
8e5f9d7f421f210fa0ad1fb595e771fb
DLL
558165588a80165c22bb17ca72094bf3
DLL
80dc0749bf684c46a100d44d9c40fd69
DLL
968c520f6c3d6d9ef0d5c9130908488a
EXE
e3b41b1eaced9cb457bed1776feecbad
DLL
8842e52e678b02ef388c765b01506ee4