@cocochepeau: As I said in a previous comment, I haven't used Hotspot Shield in years. I was just discussing the experience I had with the software years ago with Me1.
@anonsubmitter Hotspot Shield seems to be whitelisted since several days now. Can you confirm it?
@Me1: I haven't used YTD Video Downloader in years, so I can't say anything about that. If I remember correctly Hotspot Shield had at least one banner that appeared when the user had the software running and disappeared when the user closed the software. What I meant is that it could be the bundleware / adware part of the installers and the banner ad in Hotspot Shield that is triggering the heuristic in AdwCleaner. I agree with you though, these softwares should be whitelisted.
Is developer going to do something about false positives ?
Right now,this tool is dangerous and could leave users with broken apps and addons.
Hola tengo infectado el ordenador con un nuevo virus, y no tengo forma de eliminarlo con ningun antivirus, a ver si podeis ayudarme por favor, se ha instalado en los navegadores, cuando abro el browser me sale esta pagina http://search.noticiastime.org/ , buscando por google esta misma pagina, ni si quiera la encuentra, espero que puedan ayudar, saludos y gracias por el programa.
Hi I have infected your computer with a new virus, and I have no way to remove it with any antivirus, see if you can help me please, is installed in browsers, when I open the browser I get this ad http: //search.noticiastime .org /, searching by google this same page, not even find it, hope you can help, greetings and thanks for the program.
@anonsubmitter, yes you are right. But, most free software downloaded on the Web come bundled up with useless crapware anyway. The YTD downloader box, if you don't want the app, can easily be unchecked while installing your main program. Unckeck all boxes for programs unrelated to the main program. If you need YTD or Hotspot Shield, they have a website where you can get them. No need to be bundled up to anything. They are already very popular. They both can be uninstalled very easily from Programs & Features, so they should not be removed by AdwCleaner. Removing Hotspot Shield this way messes up the Internet connection.
For those who don't usually pay attention while installing software, a program like Unchecky could be very useful. That way, you won't be flooding the malware removal forums all over the Web.
http://unchecky.com/
@Yotony: The second and third link error'd somehow. Here are the ones I were trying to post:
https://www.consumeraffairs.com/computers/norton.html
https://www.avast.com/
@Yotony: Norton thinks that everything is a virus. I wouldn't give that detection one shred of credibility.
