I have had a virus several times in the past month. AdwCleaner seems to fix it, but then it comes back a week or two later. Today it mutated worse than ever. It deleted all the old versions of AdwCleaner off my hard drive. When I came here to download the latest version, IE would not load the page, it just said Waiting, forever. Opera acted like it downloaded, but nothing happened. I clicked Didn't Work? Click Here, and the same thing would happen, countdown from five, and then nothing. This is a pretty smart virus to delete the old copies and not let you download the new one. Do you know about this virus? What must I do to keep it from coming back again?
Jantest> After running ADWCLEANER, I always reset the browser settings back to defaults. In Chrome, it's at the very bottom of the Settings page ok. Hope that helps you out!
Today all of a sudden Adwcleaner 3.311 is blocked as Trojan by Windows defender and my 360 Internet Security.
What is this??????
I have tried to download this several times with the same result as everyone else, Norton Internet Security is treating this programme as a trojan and deletes it. I have been on the NIS website forums and people there are quoting that the programme is safe to use and providing website links for download, both the BleepingComputer and Xplode links yet is still being blocked by NIS, any ideas if there is another programme available...?
Also cannot download as Norton blocks and removes it. Here is copy of Norton details:
Filename: adwcleaner[1].exe
Threat name: Trojan.Gen.SMH
Full Path: c:\users\admin\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\0xz70k18\adwcleaner[1].exe
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Details
Unknown Community Usage, Unknown Age, Risk High
Origin
Downloaded from
http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/dl/ccc7b1be60ac8b673cbab8cd91aea0c9/5405e713/windows/security/security-utilities/a/adwcleaner/AdwCleaner.exe
Activity
Actions performed: Actions performed: 1
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On computers as of
9/2/2014 at 8:45:45 AM
Last Used
9/2/2014 at 9:49:52 AM
Startup Item
No
Launched
No
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Unknown
It is unknown how many users in the Norton Community have used this file.
Unknown
This file release is currently not known.
High
This file risk is high.
Threat type: Virus. Programs that infect other programs, files, or areas of a computer by inserting themselves or attaching themselves to that medium.
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http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/dl/ccc7b1be60ac8b673cbab8cd91aea0c9/5405e713/windows/security/security-utilities/a/adwcleaner/AdwCleaner.exe
Downloaded File adwcleaner[1].exe Threat name: Trojan.Gen.SMH
from bleepingcomputer.com
Source: External Media
adwcleaner[1].exe
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File Actions
File: c:\Users\ADMIN\AppData\Local\microsoft\Windows\temporary internet files\Content.IE5\0XZ70K18\ adwcleaner[1].exe Removed
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File Thumbprint - SHA:
f303a32ba4a44ae7d25b73f5b6f3f2c3dcf6d9970ebf88de816b399eedce80b1
File Thumbprint - MD5:
Not available
Please, I need your help. After scanning my system with your product, I detected the following (from the report)
# AdwCleaner v3.303 - Report created 08/08/2014 at 10:38:47
# Updated 06/08/2014 by Xplode
# Operating System : Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (64 bits)
# Username : Paulo - PAULO-PC
# Running from : C:\Users\Paulo\Desktop\Clean Up\AdwCleaner.exe
# Option : Scan
***** [ Services ] *****
***** [ Files / Folders ] *****
***** [ Scheduled Tasks ] *****
***** [ Shortcuts ] *****
***** [ Registry ] *****
***** [ Browsers ] *****
-\\ Internet Explorer v0.0.0.0
-\\ Google Chrome v34.0.1847.116
[ File : C:\Users\Paulo\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\preferences ]
Found [Extension] : eofcbnmajmjmplflapaojjnihcjkigck
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AdwCleaner[R99].txt - [715 octets] - [08/08/2014 10:38:47]
########## EOF - C:\AdwCleaner\AdwCleaner[R99].txt - [775 octets] ##########
After the scan, Under Chrome found an Extension unknown.(see above)
Selected "Clean" - Program ran for a little then a message appeared:
Aut2Exe has stopped working.
A problem caused the program to stop working correctly.
Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available.
The faulty chrome Extension was not removed. My system is now unstable and had several dumps (blue screen). Avast, ESET, Malwarebytes and other reported nothing, only AdwCleaner.
Again, my system is now unstable, AdwCleaner is detecting that Chrome Extension but does abort before removing it. Any idea of what the problem is.
Please, contact me at padi5star@gmail.com if you have a solution. I will be away from my computer for 10 days, but I can receive emails.
Thank you.
Re Tom1110: Try NOT to reformat your hard disk so soon unless you absolutely have to -- it's like doing brain surgery for a hangnail -- use this challenge as an exercise to discover, quarantine and delete the culprit -- whatever malware you got is annoying BUT try doing more research online using search terms combined with "Movie Mode" before you resort to reformatting. Combine your troubleshooting techniques with Safe Mode. Do you have a real security program that you've paid for and subscribe to? -- With it you'll be able to get some real professional tech support. Good Luck.
Excelent work, best tool ever against fk pups but u need add more detection against baidu, hao123, yac, psafe, McAfee Security Scan, fk speed tools and other junk from baidu that is spreading wildly.
Bonjour,
adwcleaner v3.211 téléchargée sur mon pc Windows 8.1,64bits et Windows smart screen bloque l'installation, en indiquant un message d'alerte, savez vous comment faire pour passer ce bloquage ?
merci pour vos réponses, et bravo !
