In hopes of making my two computers as safe as can be I went ahead and removed the various files that AdwCleaner detected in a scan. However, because I had issues with my computer's hardrive becoming corrupt recently, I'm worried that some of the registry files that were deleted might in fact be necessary ones. Can someone please let me know if this is the case? I've posted the content of the l...
Got 2 viruses and the AdwCleaner freezes @20% during removal. Microsoft Security Essential and Malwarebytes does not detect these viruses.
No1: PUP.Optional.YahooChrome. Registry[HKLM] SOFTWARE\Yahoo\SS
No2: PUP.Adware.Heuristic C:\programData\{D19C2D22-6043-47E7-B400-83A351841204}
Haw, can I remove it?
ActiveX is used for Microsoft services. I am fairly certain that this is a false positive. There have been a number of threads about the ActiveX issue, still waiting for confirmation from representatives.
Herewith registry log:
***** [ Registry ] *****
PUP.Optional.SavepathDeals, [Key] - HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX Compatibility\{F66C7EC4-63CC-4452-A8C9-5A2E898F8EFF} PUP.Optional.SavepathDeals, [Key] - HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX Compatibility\{F8698E62-9284-432A-9C62-C1293A2B1DD3} Adware.BrowseFox, [Key] - HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\A...
# AdwCleaner 7.0.1.0 - Logfile created on Thu Aug 24 18:42:33 2017
# Updated on 2017/05/08 by Malwarebytes # Database: 08-22-2017.4 # Running on Windows 7 Professional (X64) # Mode: scan # Support: https://www.malwarebytes.com/support
***** [ Services ] *****
No malicious services found.
***** [ Folders ] *****
No malicious folders found.
***** [ Files ] *****
No malicious files found.
...Still that same single result...
***** [ Registry ] *****
PUP.Optional.Legacy, [Data] - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main | ImageStoreRandomFolder [mv9xu40]
Hello,
The beta version tells me: PUP.Optional.DriverBooster
snabbeltax, 2017-08-07 10:15:05 (UTC)
Can you share a logfile showing this?
fr33tux, 2017-08-23 00:30:14 (UTC)
# AdwCleaner 7.0.2.0 - Logfile created on Mon Aug 07 10:03:39 2017 # Updated on 2017/29/08 by Malwarebytes # Database: 08-06-2017.2 # Running on Windows 10 Pro (X64) # Mode: scan # Support: https://www.malwarebytes....
Hello. Sure.
# AdwCleaner 7.0.2.0 - Logfile created on Wed Aug 23 17:39:18 2017 # Updated on 2017/29/08 by Malwarebytes # Database: 08-22-2017.2 # Running on Windows 7 Ultimate (X64) # Mode: scan # Support: https://www.malwarebytes.com/support
***** [ Services ] *****
No malicious services found.
***** [ Folders ] *****
No malicious folders found.
***** [ Files ] *****
No malicious files...
Cheeky monkey :P I paid for this thanks lol.
Yes you're right :) Better to save up and buy! best way.
The beta doesn't show the false positives any more
the only thing it shows now are the immunization entries
and they are
PUP.Optional.Legacy, [Key] - HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX Compatibility\{B9507101-E464-4B3B-A4CB-291AAEDD94F2} PUP.Optional.Legacy, [Key] - HKLM\SOF...
I've tried 7.0.2.0 and 7.0.2.0 with same results. Here are details.
Problem Event Name: BEX Application Name: adwcleaner_7.0.1.0 (3).exe Application Version: 7.0.1.0 Application Timestamp: 597f6aa5 Fault Module Name: StackHash_2c68 Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0 Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000 Exception Offset: 00740039 Exception Code: c0000005 Exce...
