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
EXE
ffcc3ab6fadd27908b6497c3a7790b40
DLL
18bdc508f4b406c17344c704cb894ad4
DLL
90e1eec458dec24b8b46b251f22146a2
DLL
7dea1633748041cc78b3561a806e3e34
DLL
b767635a1408759964a2251c92f42d96
DLL
cb43b7def463ca160f27102b9ac3fe92
EXE
e9060c5aafe75a1029b388ae80c9572c
EXE
c2f15f3126001e359d085010501d5034
DLL
f58034a858d1c71b3ca5223c93cfdbff
DLL
7f0714f2a8e41f6a1bf47a7e4f4aaf63