I created new firefox profile using Profile Manager, then I copied all files fromt the old profile to the new one. AdwCleaner did not detect any suspicious files in that new profile folder, so I guess I'm good?
I created new firefox profile using Profile Manager, then I copied all files fromt the old profile to the new one. AdwCleaner did not detect any suspicious files in that new profile folder, so I guess I'm good?
Hello,
Thanks M-K-D-B, sorry for misunderstanding.
@Simplex: Can you zip me the folder "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\41A66E7E5EE1" and your profile: "4ui6vnjc.Simplex" ? I'll merge the two so that you'll find a clean profile, and you will be able to clean with AdwCleaner the malicious one.
Thanks,
You're right, nice catch! But that really is my main firefox profile. Did malware hacked its name, or what?
I searech for this profile ID and found in int he following places:
c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\41a66e7e5ee1
c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\41a66e7e5ee1
I am certain that when I told adwcleaner to delete this folder, my firefox pro...
This element seems to be a FP caused by a generic detection.
Sorry, but I don't think so.
There are - only at the german TB forum - at least 50 topics with this ff profilename "41A66E7E5EE1".
Usually, every ff profilename is almost unique, 41A66E7E5EE1 isn't unique.
It is related to Yondoo browser hijacker, I've seen multiple topics with this variant.
my suggestion:
Check profiles.i...
Hello,
hi
i want report that adwcleaner tool had a hard going to removal a Chinese software’s just like "UCGuard" and a lot of Chinese softwares out there
gamezertruth, 2016-10-27 11:42:17 (UTC)
Can you share some examples of that?
Thanks,
fr33tux, 2016-10-28 16:16:07 (UTC)
sure !
UC browser one of the list! https://toolslib.net/forum/viewthread/8371-adware-removal-problem-adware-...
Hello,
hi
i want report that adwcleaner tool had a hard going to removal a Chinese software’s just like "UCGuard" and a lot of Chinese softwares out there
gamezertruth, 2016-10-27 11:42:17 (UTC)
Can you share some examples of that?
Thanks,
fr33tux, 2016-10-28 16:16:07 (UTC)
sure !
UC browser one of the list! https://toolslib.net/forum/viewthread/8371-adware-removal-problem-adware-c...
Hello,
Sorry I was unclear. You can deselect the element "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\41A66E7E5EE1" from the "Folders", and do a clean.
This element seems to be a FP caused by a generic detection.
Best regards,
Hello,
Sorry for the delay. It's now fixed in the last database update, 2016-10-28.2.
Best regards,
You mean this?
Thse issuses are in the log every time I do a scan. Either AdwCleaner does not remove them, or I still have some residual malware which puts it back.
Hello,
hi
i want report that adwcleaner tool had a hard going to removal a Chinese software’s just like "UCGuard" and a lot of Chinese softwares out there
gamezertruth, 2016-10-27 11:42:17 (UTC)
Can you share some examples of that?
Thanks,