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How to get rid of Adware and PUPs?

by cocochepeau

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.

Certificate renewal and other TLS improvements

by fr33tux

The new certificate for https://toolslib.net is now online. It is valid from 15/04/2016 to 11/05/2018. We've also published several improvement regarding TLS support on ToolsLib.

ToolsLib switches to Minio for scale and performance

by cocochepeau

ToolsLib recently switched to a brand new dashboard. However, behind the scenes, there was another switch happening. We used block based filesystem for underlying storage. However, as we grew, the filesystem was proving difficult to scale.
So, we were looking to move from block based storage to an object store system, when we found Minio. After initial analysis, Minio looked perfect for our requirements and we switched to Minio.

Welcome to the new dashboard!

by cocochepeau

As the number of hosted software is increasing a more advanced management system was needed. During the past year we've studied the usage that are made not only on ToolsLib but on several other platforms, and following our conclusions we have published our new branded dashboard.

Goodbye 2016, welcome 2017

by fr33tux

2016 has seen a lot of underlying changes on ToolsLib. Most of them were improvements to the current services, but we've also prepared the path towards all the new features that will appear in 2017.

AdwCleaner joins Malwarebytes

by fr33tux

As some of you may have seen during the last hours, we're proud to announce that AdwCleaner is now part of the Malwarebytes family.
Following Malwarebytes initative to be more agressive on PUP (potentially unwanted programs) , it feels natural for AdwCleaner to associates with Malwarebytes in order to reach this goal and actively fight these unwanted software.

AdwCleaner rejoint Malwarebytes

by cocochepeau

Comme certain d'entre vous l'auront peut-être déjà remarqué depuis quelques heures, nous sommes fiers d'annoncer qu'AdwCleaner fait désormais partie de la famille Malwarebytes.

AdwCleaner v6.021

by fr33tux

AdwCleaner v6.021 has been published a few minutes ago. With the development of the CLI release in parallel, this release is considered as a maintenance release, with mostly bugfixes, small detections improvements and new translations. Also, we are making good progresses on the CLI release, if you're interested see more at the bottom of this article !

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.

A quick look at a Russian AdwCleaner fake website

by fr33tux

I have been warned about a potentially malicious website which was distributing AdwCleaner in a archive, along with other software. I was quite intrigued so I decided to take a look.