Seeking help from the tech community! 

Computer background:

Windows 10 Home

First Virus Protector: McAfee (full) - Nothing found Currently uninstalled

Second Protector - AdwCleaner - Cleaned up items, but they return upon reboot 

Third Virus Protector: Ad-aware (full) - Cleaned up some stuff, but did not identify AdwCleaner items Currently Installed

Fourth Protector - HitmanPro (free) - Cleaned up lots of cookies, but did not find items in AdwCleaner  Currently Installed

 

Based on the results below, the following Registry items do not go away upon cleaning of the AdwCleaner program, and return each visit. Please advise, will post additional information as requested! 

 

Thanks! 

 

# AdwCleaner v6.021 - Logfile created 07/10/2016 at 00:50:46 # Updated on 06/10/2016 by ToolsLib # Database : 2016-10-07.1 [Server] # Operating System : Windows 10 Home  (X64) # Username : acer - ACER-PC # Running from : C:\Users\acer\Downloads\adwcleaner_6.021.exe # Mode: Clean # Support : https://toolslib.net/forum


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[-] Key deleted: HKU\S-1-5-21-1941430803-2221831742-4192214078-1001\Software\AppDataLow\Software\adawarebp [#] Key deleted on reboot: HKCU\Software\AppDataLow\Software\adawarebp [#] Key deleted on reboot: [x64] HKCU\Software\AppDataLow\Software\adawarebp

***** [ Web browsers ] *****

[-] [C:\Users\acer\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default] [startup_urls] Deleted: hxxp://homepage-web.com/?s=acer&m=start [-] [C:\Users\acer\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default] [startup_urls] Deleted: hxxps://us.search.yahoo.com/yhs/web?hspart=omr&hsimp=yhs-001&type=86311406&param1=y6bdVFVIsvuYsgEClQfz8HyFH9tZCHsOZFHNP%2BYwJC0B0A2vLn65oIXyajePIKZYS34PatRIYSt8g7fG%2Fk7lBFr8iHT1TddbFY3ls61zwMq%2BlVlI38xKqUzezciJoNaCaTfFVNK20%2BCci6n10i%2BQPjVN1OT%2BIv316AlRH%2B1MsROIVFOZCn62hoBH8kDXoRFmHuhgWTXqnT2AehgX7nNzwDQ2FwUHasgB%2FsHvaNNmqJY%3D

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:: "Tracing" keys deleted :: Winsock settings cleared

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C:\AdwCleaner\AdwCleaner[C0].txt - [8783 Bytes] - [03/10/2016 09:00:31] C:\AdwCleaner\AdwCleaner[C2].txt - [1934 Bytes] - [03/10/2016 09:18:25] C:\AdwCleaner\AdwCleaner[C3].txt - [2063 Bytes] - [05/10/2016 14:31:31] C:\AdwCleaner\AdwCleaner[C4].txt - [2209 Bytes] - [06/10/2016 12:17:17] C:\AdwCleaner\AdwCleaner[C5].txt - [2583 Bytes] - [06/10/2016 22:05:53] C:\AdwCleaner\AdwCleaner[C6].txt - [2507 Bytes] - [06/10/2016 22:22:22] C:\AdwCleaner\AdwCleaner[C7].txt - [1986 Bytes] - [07/10/2016 00:50:46] C:\AdwCleaner\AdwCleaner[S0].txt - [8296 Bytes] - [03/10/2016 08:58:50] C:\AdwCleaner\AdwCleaner[S1].txt - [1800 Bytes] - [03/10/2016 09:17:13] C:\AdwCleaner\AdwCleaner[S2].txt - [1915 Bytes] - [05/10/2016 14:31:06] C:\AdwCleaner\AdwCleaner[S3].txt - [2061 Bytes] - [06/10/2016 12:16:16] C:\AdwCleaner\AdwCleaner[S4].txt - [2417 Bytes] - [06/10/2016 22:05:11] C:\AdwCleaner\AdwCleaner[S5].txt - [2359 Bytes] - [06/10/2016 22:21:40] C:\AdwCleaner\AdwCleaner[S6].txt - [2188 Bytes] - [06/10/2016 22:24:19] C:\AdwCleaner\AdwCleaner[S7].txt - [2578 Bytes] - [07/10/2016 00:14:36] C:\AdwCleaner\AdwCleaner[S8].txt - [2651 Bytes] - [07/10/2016 00:50:10]

########## EOF - C:\AdwCleaner\AdwCleaner[C7].txt - [2716 Bytes] ##########

 

Re: New *October 2016 * Adwcleaner "Cleans" identified issues, and they return upon reboot

Greetings,

First of all, sorry for the late answer. Thanks for letting us know.

Only the registry elements keep coming back or is it also the same case for startup URLs?

 

Regards.