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Please zip the folder C:\AdwCleaner, host it on https://up2sha.re and share the generated link here.

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1. Download FRST 
2. Download fixlist.txt file and save it to the Desktop.

NOTE. It's important that both files, FRST/FRST64 and fixlist.txt are in the same location or the fix will not work.

NOTICE: This script was written specifically for this user, for use on that particular machine. Running this on another machine may cause damage to your operating system.

Run FRST/FRST64 and press the...

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Yes, you can remove these elements.

What exactly does this mean, and is this a real threat?

Yes, those elements have been detected with the heuristics detections (hence the family name).

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Wth Win 7 the tools/options window which opens does not have an Okay or reset button

Can you share a screenshot showing this?

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As you can see in the logfile, the database is not up-to-date:

# Database: 07-16-2017.1

So it means that AdwCleaner was not able to retrieve the latest database version online. That's why fr33tux is asking about the proxy.

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Please try with the following version and let me know if it's still not working: https://toolslib.net/downloads/viewdownload/1-adwcleaner/files/1015/

Regards.

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It's not a browser hijack, it's the search-engine setting that AdwCleaner set after removing a malicious one. This will be back to google.com by default, with a dropdown in the Options UI to choose between seevral search engines.

Just to be sure, you say that Duckduckgo has been set even if you didn't get any Chrome or Firefox detections?

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1) so which is the correct shape of the c\adwcleaner\quarantine folder for v7?

AdwCleaner\Quarantine\FS
AdwCleaner\Quarantine\REG
AdwCleaner\Quarantine\Quarantine.info

2)having dl the latest v7 i expected to have all its folders in the correct way...

You have, and it's not the issue here. Both v6 and v7 can run on the same machine.

3)in the past yr tool let us CHOOSE if an ele...

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Please use this version instead.

Thanks!

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A screenshot for the record:

JoshRoss: You're right and it's a bit tricky to correctly handle, but we'll try for the next release.

Best regards,