Adwcleaner deleted legitimate programs!!!!!

Hi,

Now it will delete programs such as Auslogics disk defrag and Wise disk cleaner. THIS ARE 100% LEGITIMATE, CLEAN and useful programs.

AdwCleaner is part of MBAM-family and thus gets tougher on PUPs:

https://blog.malwarebytes.com/malwarebytes-news/2016/10/malwarebytes-gets-tougher-on-pups/

https://www.malwarebytes.com/pup/

I've seen such programs bundled with other software itself. Moreover, most of such software is unwanted by a lot of users. Some variants can't be uninstalled correctly as well. So calling those software as "Potentially Unwanted Programs" is fair.

But if you want to keep them, you can "ignore" the logfiles from AdwCleaner/MBAM where Auslogiscs and WiseDisk are detected.

If AdwCleaner is missing Adware, please feel free to provide specific information that makes it possible to improve the current detection.

Auslogics disk defrag and wise disk cleaner ARE NOT PUPs!!!!!!

They are 100% LEGITIMATE utilites! and VERY USEFUL, I might add. They may install additional software, but that can be easily unchecked during installation. SOMEONE PLEASE FIX THIS!!!!!!!

Hello,

You can read more about our criterias here. Also, feel free to fill a complain at the same adress if you think the detection is abusive.

Best regards,

This is getting worse and serious!!!!

Today I was scanning a computer that had a folder clled "ppt" on the desktop, which contained a lot of the user's powerpoint files and adwcleaner wanted to delete it!!!!! Fortunately I catched it on time!

WHY ON EARTH would adwcleaner delete user's files???????

Hello,

Please share the whole scan logfile usually located in C:\AdwCleaner\AdwCleaner[Sxx].txt.

Thanks,