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False Positives V7

on AdwCleaner by SWBUser

Since V7 I've been getting false positives on all my machines - often ones reported by others. I suspect they are down to using SypwareBlaster. This is an old but quite safe program which puts kill bits in the registry to prevent undesireable stuff running. I think it would be worth installing SpywareBlaster then "enabling all protection", then see what ADWCleaner makes of it. Thanks.

My First Post: Are These Internet Explorer\ActiveX Compatibility Entries False Positives

on AdwCleaner by twbartender

# AdwCleaner 7.0.1.0 - Logfile created on Thu Aug 24 18:42:33 2017

# Updated on 2017/05/08 by Malwarebytes # Database: 08-22-2017.4 # Running on Windows 7 Professional (X64) # Mode: scan # Support: https://www.malwarebytes.com/support

***** [ Services ] *****

No malicious services found.

***** [ Folders ] *****

No malicious folders found.

***** [ Files ] *****

No malicious files found.

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Adware 7.0.2.0 Beta 3 Still crashing Win 7

on AdwCleaner by LakeGirl

After download & install, I checked debug. Upon launch, a message said this was outdated version, and asked if I wanted a newer version. I said OK. Still crashed.

Thank I returned and downloaded the "updated" version, which was the same, but this time said no to a newer version. It will not go beyond heuristics analysis. Here's the error message.

Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BE...

Re: More false positives

on AdwCleaner by snabbeltax

You know that, i know that, but a schoolstudent does not. As a servicedeskmanager i have been promoting adwcleaner for years on our schools but now it's causing confusion among collegues and other cliënts when adwcleaner is stating that there might be a problem or maybe something is a PUP while there isnt anything wrong. I understand there's a behavior pattern wich puts it in a categorie for ma...