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Long time user with no previous problems.  Windows 10 Pro ver 1703-15063-483.  Standard HP Lappy w/ i5 and 6gb RAM.

Goes along fine almost completing then crashes during "posting " (didn't get the rest of the message.  I don't see any logfiles in the \ADWCLEANER folder it created...maybe it crashed b4 creating them.  There are windows dump files e.g.-"adwcleaner_7.0.0.0.exe.2852.dmp" if that'l...

Thanks for the feedback. The first time browser reset to duck was after identifying and removing 2 unwanted objectes (PUP.LEGACY.OPTIONAL). The second time it happened, however, was after the next safe mode scan in which no unwanted objects were detected. 

Agreed. One strange result after running AdwClnr v7 safe mode scan -- first time used search engine noticed it had been switched to duckduckgo -- figured it's a browser hijack of some sort so chgd search engine setting bk to google and removed duck from list.

I then searched for add ons and related software and found none. Ran v7 safe mode scan again next day. No unwanted objects found, but ag...

Just 1 entry this time after updating.

# AdwCleaner 7.0.0.0 - Logfile created on Fri Jul 21 15:44:03 2017 # Updated on 2017/17/07 by Malwarebytes # Database: 07-21-2017.1 # 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 ]...

supprimer DUckDuckgo

Looks like safe with nw did the trick. Same two elements were identified, but this time the removal process included a step "cleaning chrome", which definitely wasn't in any of the other scans. When I restarted in regular mode and ran another scan with v7, there were "no unwanted objects found". Super psyched!!

Below are two log files -- first is the one generated after removal of two unwanted...

Ran v7. This time only found two elements -- same file "PUP.LEGACY.OPTIONAL". Computer restarted after I clicked clean/remove option. When I ran scan again, same two objects were found. If you can think of any options, please advise. If think running scans in safe mode w/networking is best option, I'll give that a shot.

Thanks again for all the help. 

Thanks. 10 reg keys are still detected.

***** [ Registry ] *****

PUP.Optional.GameVance, [Key] - HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX Compatibility\{02F0243C-2E71-4A1A-A790-6C30888119D0} PUP.Optional.GameVance, [Key] - HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX Compatibility\{AEB04B5E-C981-47A9-B847-33EE4C92F6B9} PUP.Optional.Legacy, [Value] - HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windo...

as i've described above when the tool discover up to 160 objects..and you admit it was a bug due to its young age..,i have only the possibility to -delete-...after it at the restart i opened yr tool gui and in the tab tools-quarantine- ther window that opened was totally blank..empty without any object of the 162 deleted...

but if i go to the -quarantine- folder in the directory of yr prog  i ...

Hello,

Thanks! These detections will be fixed in a few minutes with the upcoming database update. Also, please ignore "DisableAddonLoadTimePerformanceNotifications" in your case.

Thanks,