AdwCleaner deletes some file but it reappears after Windows start-up

Hi there,

In some case i almost run AdwCleaner to scan my PC for more security but a few days that it finds suspicious registry keys.

Called:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{10921475-03CE-4E04-90CE-E2E7EF20C814}

I asked AdwCleaner to delete it, and it was indeed deleted after rebooting and the report said it was deleted. I ran a second scan and AdwCleaner found not...

Adwcleaner 5.112 and Google Chrome 50.0.2661.75 m (latest version)

As i do everyday, today I scanned my computer with Adwcleaner after updating the 5.111 version to the 5.112 version, as the sftware advised me to do.

When the scan was finished (telling me no malicious software had been found on my computer), I was shocked to find out there no longer was a Chrome thumbsmark and therefore presumably my Google Chrome browser hadn't be scanned. It happens to be m...

Re: Google Chrome

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Hello,

This is not a bug. Since v5.111, AdwCleaner has a new option called "Reset Chrome preferences" which effectively reset all chrome preferences. You can deactivate this option by unchecking it under "Options" menu.

Regards,


Xplode, 2016-04-15 16:58:32 (UTC)

This is stupid since most people have chrome customized to their preferences and don't want to do it all over again just because...

Re: Google Chrome

Hello,

This is not a bug. Since v5.111, AdwCleaner has a new option called "Reset Chrome preferences" which effectively reset all chrome preferences. You can deactivate this option by unchecking it under "Options" menu.

Regards,

Re: smartnewtab.com

Hello Chapi !

Celebrated to early - smartnewtab.com still opens occansionally in IE :-(

I ran a scan an hour ago with the newest versions of ZHPDiag and ZHPCleaner, both could only find the false positives which they also discovered the last days, logs are available if they are helpful for you.

Thank you again, Klaus

Re: SQLite3.dll

on AdwCleaner by ****

Hello,

The error may be normal with previous releases (before 5.107). If you got it while running the v5.110, it's related to an old sqlite3.dll in your %temp% folder.

Nothing to worry about.

Best regards,


fr33tux, 2016-04-12 17:02:45 (UTC)

Actually I believe I got it while running 5.109.  Below are five logfiles, with the first two from being before the error, the third being at the tim...

False Positive? C:\ProgramData\mntemp

AdwCleaner has found the following:

***** [ Folders ] *****

Folder Found : C:\ProgramData\mntemp

Folder Found : C:\ProgramData\Application Data\mntemp

-These appear during the startup of a program called Breakaway Audio Enhancer. I'm not sure if this is a FP or not. I've used Breakaway for a few years with no previous detections by AdwCleaner, but they have updated it for Windows 10 compati...

Re: smartnewtab.com

Hi :)

I do a cleanup of the installed software frequently, there should be not to much unknown.

Most of the programs you listed are installed since a while and known to me (some are quite famous like Corel or Paragon), only DocMgr is quite questionable - it isn't listed in the installed programs, and I can find it listed in the start menu.

I ran cCleaner to see if there are invalid registry...

Re: smartnewtab.com

Hi !

What a quick reply and perfect support :-)

I do a cleanup of the installed software frequently, there should be not to much unknown.

Most of the programs you listed are installed since a while and known to me (some are quite famous like Corel or Paragon), only DocMgr is quite questionable - it isn't listed in the installed programs, and I can find it listed in the start menu.

I ran cCl...

smartnewtab.com

Hi !

Unfortunately I got trapped by some malware, AdwCleaner removed nearly all of it. But somewhere there's still something hidden where at least IE11 is still responding to.

Sometimes when clicking in an empty area of a websites page (where no links are visible), a new tab opens, showing that the URL hxxp://www.smartnewtab.com is opened, leading to an other website with crap.

AdwCleaner in...