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False positives can happen from time to time, nothing new there. If the application is interacting at a system level and is not known, it will flag that it as a potential issue. AdwCleaner getting bought by Malwarebytes did nothing but good, so I am not sure. You can report the file or software that is causing the pop-up.

After the logs, do you have any other anti-virus or active anti-malware software that could be interfering?Have you tried restarting PC, running RKill to kill potentially malicious software and scan with AdwCleaner? What about Windows safe mode? does that work?

If it would be a false positive, you would be safe, I am not sure it is. Have you tried doing a full scan with your anti-virus software and Malwarebytes? Did they pop up a false positive as well? It is always best to check with multiple anti-malware software before jumping conclusions. 

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PUP.Adware.Heuristic, \Downloaded Installers\{90160000-0011-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}_Office16.PROPLUS_{E296D50E-EFEB-48F5-9CBE-5A335AE2D49F} PUP.Adware.Heuristic, \Installer\{90160000-0011-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}_Office16.PROPLUS_{E296D50E-EFEB-48F5-9CBE-5A335AE2D49F}

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PUP.Adware.Heuristic, [Key] - HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low...

After the posted logs, can you try launching the application in "Safe Mode" see if it works then? If it does, try to do a scan with both software.

@ fr33tux

I tried AdwCleaner on 2 different PCs, first one is mine running on Windows 10 x64 and the second that of a friend with Windows 7 32bits. On my PC, many previous versions of AdwCleaner had already been launched. On my friend's PC, it was the first use I believe (but it's not sure).

On my friend PC to disinfect, MiPony was installed and obviously AdwCleaner try to remove all traces o...

# AdwCleaner 7.0.1.0 - Logfile created on Fri Aug 04 17:28:24 2017 # Updated on 2017/05/08 by Malwarebytes # Database: 07-31-2017.1 # Running on Windows 7 Ultimate (X64) # Mode: scan # Support: https://www.malwarebytes.com/support

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No malicious services found.

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PUP.Adware.Heuristic, C:\ProgramData\{057DC76A-EA02-4CB2-AD10-10F4D94320D6} PUP.Adwa...

I've discovered same "Quarantine bug" when I want to recover few files deleted and placed in quarantine. Deleted files are in C:\AdwCleaner\Quarantine subfolders but aren't shown in Quarantine dialogbox tab in AdwCleaner 7.0.1.0.

I moved manually to their original place the files I want to recover, but it's more easy when Quarantine restoring works in AdwCleaner just with few mouse clicks.

Th...

Could you define the nature of the pop-up? Is it in the browser? On the desktop? through certain applications? When did the issue start happening? (Please answer these before continuing the read)

Since I am not certain about how it manifests, I can only offer a general thorough PC clean-up. The following steps should help you remove the issues, but make sure to post MBAM and ADW logs after sca...