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
233167bf802bba25684523d4aae9c897
EXE
f98036ad545e80606b3f597816e0b26e
DLL
6b0290313600568195ee16adfe6bbcbd
DLL
38b53a4127e7bba9ee295c8ee2dd03f9
DLL
9e5229c080b889e0fe6ae3c829c64f4c
EXE
d382e0330bea38551325c1be2864d150
DLL
e118996455a41bdcc31c0d95ba804beb
DLL
89d468e4e1fada080ef1ccbe1ac71fcc
DLL
a0ce689756c30d13b5c392eea0f2ff14
EXE
de3a98f799e028a03ad626e5485946d4