How to get rid of Adware and PUPs?

Adware, also known as potentially unwanted programs (PUPs), can be frustrating to deal with as they can clutter your computer with unwanted advertisements and pop-ups. Fortunately, there are several ways to get rid of adware or PUPs. Here are some steps you can take.

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AdwCleaner CLI - Development update

by fr33tux
We are making good progresses on the command-line release for AdwCleaner, and we think they are interesting enough to share them.

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AdwCleaner v6.020

by fr33tux
AdwCleaner v6.020 has been published a few minutes ago. It brings a few interesting changes, optimizations bugfixes and detections.

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AdwCleaner v6.010

by fr33tux
AdwCleaner v6.010 has been published a few minutes ago. It's mostly a maintenance release, with a lot of improvements in stability and translations since the v6.000.

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AdwCleaner 6.000

by fr33tux
Hello there, its been a while since our last blog post about AdwCleaner. The reason is simple: the new release of AdwCleaner, v6.000, is now available for everyone on the official download page!
Thanks to the new code base, it’s considered as a major release which brings countless improvements, bug fixes, and new features. Here are a few important ones:

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AdwCleaner v5.036 - GUI improvements

by Xplode
Some GUi improvements in AdwCleaner's v5.036

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AdwCleaner : Patch du fichier dnsapi.dll

by fr33tux
Depuis quelques semaines, une nouvelle vague d'infection apparaît. Elle cause les troubles habituels pour un adware : la navigation web est polluée de redirections et de publicités intrusives.
Elle se distingue néanmoins par son mode d'action qui la rend délicate à supprimer : elle modifie un fichier système (utilisé par Microsoft Windows pour la résolution de noms de domaines) afin d'en perturber son fonctionnement et dans le cas présent, de mentir sur les résolutions DNS.
AdwCleaner prend en charge ce type d'infection depuis la version 5.010 publiée le 4 Octobre 2015.

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AdwCleaner v5.000

by Xplode
AdwCleaner v5.000 - CLI and debug module

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