AdwCleaner won't DELETE files. PLEASE HELP!!

I need your help everyone. Please. I ran a program a few days ago and It caused me a few problems. I downloaded pretty much every antimalware or virus program and ran full scans. They all come empty. Even malware bytes. But when I run adwcleaner I get 258 threats detected. I click "clean" and restart my computer, and when I scan again, the SAME files are there! They are registry files that are ...

Re: AdwCleaner crashes my laptop running Windows 10

dans AdwCleaner par fr33tux

Hello,

Seems strange, but we'll need to have a look to the logfile to confirm that it's indeed AdwCleaner the cause of your issue, but it's very unlikely.

I think it is due to the removal of a map "Windows/sources" but I am not a specialist. 

Can you give me more details on that? When and where did you see "Windows/sources"?

Can you reboot with this liveCD: https://toolslib.net/downloads/...

Re: s768.exe detection

dans AdwCleaner par Sil3nt

Hello,

Thanks for the feedback!

Can you share the remaining folders containing the .xpi?

Best regards,


fr33tux, 2016-11-15 19:00:21 (UTC)

Hello, i copy here the log file. You can see the folders address. AdwCleaner say "deleted", but after the system restart, still remain in system. Anyway, i write and repeat here for whom read this post: AdwCleaner makes it's job, isolate and quarantine...

Re: s768.exe detection

dans AdwCleaner par fr33tux

Hello,

Thanks for the feedback!

Can you share the remaining folders containing the .xpi?

Best regards,

s768.exe detection

dans AdwCleaner par Sil3nt

Hi folks, after install K-Lite Mega Pack I just did a scan and AdwCleaner found this s768.exe and relative folders. This executable file comes with the related .xpi file that is a doubt Firefox extention in this specific case boundled in the K-Lite installer (there was no windows choice about this during installation).

AdwCleaner makes is job as well putting the .exe in quarantine, btw some fo...

Re: False Positive?

dans AdwCleaner par fr33tux

Hello,

Can you send me a zip of the folder Geckofx?

Thanks,

False Positive?

dans AdwCleaner par reactor
# AdwCleaner v6.030 - Logfile created 14/11/2016 at 13:12:25 # Updated on 19/10/2016 by Malwarebytes # Database : 2016-11-14.1 [Server] # Operating System : Windows 7 Home Basic  (X64) # Username : Martial # Running from : C:\Users\Martial1\Desktop\adwcleaner_6.030.exe # Mode: Scan # Support : https://www.malwarebytes.com/support

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

No malicious services found.

***** [...

Re: adwcleaner "Not Responding" when cleaning

dans AdwCleaner par fr33tux

Hello,

Before launching the cleaning process, can you unselect the following element from the "Folder" result tab?

C:\Users\Master User\AppData\LocalLow\{D2020D47-707D-4E26-B4D9-739C4F4C2E9A}

Then, tell me if it's better.

Thanks,

Re: ADWCleaner deleted a folder it shouldn't

Greetings,

@terryberi78 Nice to see that AdwCleaner is working great. :)

Regards.

ADW freezes during cleaning

Hi there, I have run the scan couple times, the last time with the box "debug mode" ticked and here is what came up. Can you please help me solve this where the problem might be?  

2016-11-11 11:50:11 :     <INFO>    [main] - Saving current options to the configuration file 2016-11-11 11:50:13 :     <INFO>    [main.gui] - Scan requested 2016-11-11 11:50:14 :     <INFO>    [scan] - Running fro...