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from Me1, (07 february 2015)

I find many legitimate items flagged by AdwCleaner. Blindly clicking on Clean (now Cleaning???) is asking for trouble.

Hola, Hotspot Shield, YTD YouTube Downloader, AVG LinkScanner, etc. are not adware. They should not be deleted by AdwCleaner.

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from Me1, (06 february 2015)

The following entries are false positives:

C:\Documents and Settings\User\Application Data\ProgSense (included with some software to look for updates - nothing malicious or deceiving)

C:\Documents and Settings\User\Application Data\Simple Adblock (adblocker now known as Adblock Plus knowingly installed by user for Internet Explorer)

C:\Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Application Data\Hola (knowingly installed by user)

HKCU\Software\ProgSense (included with some software to look for updates - nothing malicious or deceiving)

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{459DD0F7-0D55-D3DC-67BC-E6BE37E9D762} (belongs to ZoomBrowser EX, a Canon camera utility)

The following are proxy settings knowingly added by user:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings [ProxyEnable] - 1

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings [ProxyOverride] - *.local

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings [ProxyServer] - socks=localhost:1234

Thanks in advance for correcting the issue.

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from Me1, (03 february 2015)

@cocochepeau

Here are most of the entries I could find. I believe the Hotspot Shield drivers might be the culprit. One user had a driver inside Device Manager. Replacing that driver with one from another working computer seems to have corrected the connection issue.

Folder Deleted : C:\ProgramData\hotspot shield

Folder Deleted : C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\hotspot shield

Folder Deleted : C:\Program Files (x86)\hotspot shield

Folder Deleted : C:\Windows\SysWOW64\hotspot shield

File Deleted : C:\Windows\System32\drivers\taphss6.sys

File Deleted : C:\Windows\System32\drivers\hssdrv6.sys

Key Deleted : HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\hotspotshield

Key Deleted : HKLM\SOFTWARE\hotspotshield

Key Deleted : HKCU\Software\anchorfree

Folder Found : C:\Users\Sid\AppData\Roaming\hotspot shield

Folder Found : C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\hotspot shield

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from cocochepeau, (02 february 2015)

@Me1 We're working on this issue. Can you send us a report showing what has been deleted exactly?

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from Me1, (02 february 2015)

I'm afraid I need to ask again. Seems my concern was overlooked. The problem can be seen on many computer help forums. Original message:

"AdwCleaner removes Hotspot Shield. However, many users have messed up their Internet connections in the process. If you're reading this, please see what you can do to correct the issue. Thanks"

I don't know why it's seeing Hotspot Shiled as adware. It's a legitimate application.

Thank you for fixing the issue, and for this very useful program.

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from Me1, (24 january 2015)

AdwCleaner removes Hotspot Shield. However, many users have messed up their Internet connections in the process. If you're reading this, please see what you can do to correct the issue. Thanks

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from Me1, (09 december 2014)

Enfin, la version 4.104 m'a averti qu'une nouvelle version était disponible, ce qui ne fonctionnait pas avant depuis la création des versions 4x. J'ai maintenant installé la version 4.105.

Merci !

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from Me1, (09 december 2014)

Finally, with version 4.104, I get prompted to download the latest version, which has not been working since versions 4 and up have been released. Now updated to version 4.105.

Thank you. Keep up the good work!

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from Me1, (03 december 2014)

@ThosThos,

I'm using XP, and AdwCleaner has never detected any adware or malware on my computer other than one or two orphan registry entries. How many did AdwCleaner detect on your Windows 7 computer? Oh yeah, 140.... There's a lot more to computing than having the very latest... ;)

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from Me1, (02 december 2014)

@cocochepeau Merci de votre réponse. J'ai bien vérifié les paramètres de mon firewall. Tout est OK. La vérification des mises à jour fonctionne avec la version 3 mais pas avec la version 4 de AdwCleaner.

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