Potential false positives?

dans AdwCleaner par gamefan

Hi

I'm running the latest version of ADW cleaner and got this back as my report.

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

No malicious services found.

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

PUP.Optional.CrossRider, C:/Users\Gamefan\AppData\Roaming\app

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

No malicious files found.

***** [ DLL ] *****

No malicious DLLs found.

***** [ WMI ] *****

No malicious WMI found.

***** [ Shortcuts ] *****

...

Re: Can I remove these folders/keys safely with adware cleaner?

dans AdwCleaner par fr33tux

Hello,

Yes, you can remove these elements.

What exactly does this mean, and is this a real threat?

Yes, those elements have been detected with the heuristics detections (hence the family name).

Re: V7 tools/options changes not sticking in both Win 7 and Win 10

dans AdwCleaner par fr33tux

Hello,

Wth Win 7 the tools/options window which opens does not have an Okay or reset button

Can you share a screenshot showing this?

Re: vers 7.0

dans AdwCleaner par fr33tux

Hello,

1) so which is the correct shape of the c\adwcleaner\quarantine folder for v7?

AdwCleaner\Quarantine\FS
AdwCleaner\Quarantine\REG
AdwCleaner\Quarantine\Quarantine.info

2)having dl the latest v7 i expected to have all its folders in the correct way...

You have, and it's not the issue here. Both v6 and v7 can run on the same machine.

3)in the past yr tool let us CHOOSE if an ele...

Re: AdwCleaner signature

dans AdwCleaner par cEdLy

Hello,

Microsoft Edge is the web browser I used to try to download AdwCleaner multiple times.

I do not actually know how to attach screenshots here, unfortunately.

I've also tried to download it in Google Chrome, but it says that "This app has been blocked for your protection."

 

 

PUP.Legacy.Optional - 3 Threats Identified

dans AdwCleaner par cjankow

Hello,

I run Windows10 Chrome -- got a malware popup when on tunein radio. Along with the following popup, a voice came on and said "your pc is infected with Malware, do not ignore this, etc:

** Zeus Virus Detected  - Your Computer Has Been Blocked **

Error: Trojan Backdoor Hijack #365838d7f8a4fa5

______________

I ran adwcleaner after no success with windows defender, norton, malwarebytes,...

Re: vers 7.0

Greetings,

are only due to the young age of the update vers 7..??


p060477, 2017-07-18 13:59:13 (UTC)

Yes.

Can you please share the logfiles? Thanks.

 

Regards.

Re: 19 may last update..??..:(

dans AdwCleaner par fr33tux

Hello,

Once again, no software update doesn't mean no update at all:

Today's #AdwCleaner database update brings a lot of new detections!

The database is updated daily with a lot of new detections each day, and today was even more bigger.

Today is also the 4th of July which is a federal holiday, but I'm working on the v7.

I know that the development goes slower than what you would like, b...

Re: A bug in Delfix

dans DelFix par regist

Do you have an alternative?


YisroelTech, 2017-06-20 02:37:35 (UTC)

Yes, you have to think by yourself and not to use some strange tools. There are not too many tools used in curing that have a special option to clean itself. So in most cases its enough to simply delete its folder and there'll be no described here problems. Some of tools have its own unistaller like AdwCleaner (thou in last...

Re: A bug in Delfix

dans DelFix par YisroelTech

I've often seen false positives in this utility, so I advise not to use it at all.


regist, 2017-04-26 09:00:22 (UTC)

Do you have an alternative?