False positives can happen from time to time, nothing new there. If the application is interacting at a system level and is not known, it will flag that it as a potential issue. AdwCleaner getting bought by Malwarebytes did nothing but good, so I am not sure. You can report the file or software that is causing the pop-up.
Hello, never experienced problems with ADWcleaner, what happend since you are Malwarebytes? New CEO? The beta version tells me: PUP.Optional.DriverBooster But i have bought this registered program and installed for years and is not a PUP. Maybe for someone but nut for me. iTunes for me is a PUP but i need it for my bloody iPad.
After the logs, do you have any other anti-virus or active anti-malware software that could be interfering?Have you tried restarting PC, running RKill to kill potentially malicious software and scan with AdwCleaner? What about Windows safe mode? does that work?
If it would be a false positive, you would be safe, I am not sure it is. Have you tried doing a full scan with your anti-virus software and Malwarebytes? Did they pop up a false positive as well? It is always best to check with multiple anti-malware software before jumping conclusions.
I've used AdwCleaner 7.0.2.0 BETA2 on my PC (Windows 10 Pro x64) and I've encountered no problem with (except the alert box about outdated (beta) version you've just to cancel and "Quarantine bug").
Are you sure of integrity of binary file you've downloaded? MD5 checksum correct value for v7.0.2.0 beta2 must be: ce116e89dfb4b0df2a4128b0f8470e36
If the downloaded file is good, perhaps AdwClean...
After the posted logs, can you try launching the application in "Safe Mode" see if it works then? If it does, try to do a scan with both software.
# AdwCleaner 7.0.1.0 - Logfile created on Fri Aug 04 17:28:24 2017 # Updated on 2017/05/08 by Malwarebytes # Database: 07-31-2017.1 # Running on Windows 7 Ultimate (X64) # Mode: scan # Support: https://www.malwarebytes.com/support
***** [ Services ] *****
No malicious services found.
***** [ Folders ] *****
PUP.Adware.Heuristic, C:\ProgramData\{057DC76A-EA02-4CB2-AD10-10F4D94320D6} PUP.Adwa...
I have a Dell laptop running Windows 7. I picked up something (I suspect a Firefox update). Now Malwarebytes will not open. I uninstalled it, then downloaded and installed it again as well as Adwcleaner. Neither one will open. Malwarebytes shows in the tray but that is it. All executables show no errors. They just will not start. All of this started this morning (8/3/2017). I have noti...
