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...

AdwCleaner deletes acestream but it reappears after Windows start-up

on Désinfection by ****

Hello,

After I installed then uninstalled Ace Stream and its Firefox plugin, I ran a scan on my PC with AdwCleaner and found the following entry to delete :

C:/Users/MyName/AppData/Roaming/.acestream

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 nothing to deleted, so I thought the probl...

Re: Ads by Provider not getting removed

Hi,

I couldnt find how to attach file here. There are more than 20 log files in that folder. Will add the content of latest 2:

# AdwCleaner v5.112 - Logfile created 17/04/2016 at 22:57:08
# Updated 17/04/2016 by Xplode
# Database : 2016-04-17.1 [Server]
# Operating system : Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (X64)
# Username : skaranth - IND-LWSRIHARI
# Running from : C:\Users\skaranth\Do...

Re: Ads by Provider not getting removed

on ADS by fr33tux

Hello,

Can you provide us the logfile showing the deletion ? (From C:\AdwCleaner\)

Regards,

Ads by Provider not getting removed

"Ads by Provider" malware is not getting removed with Adaware. It removes temprorily but the malware comes back after a while. Kindly provide a fix. Thanks for providing the great software for free!

Re: Google Chrome

Hello,

The documentation is also available here : https://toolslib.net/forum/viewthread/182-en-adwcleaner-documentation/

It's currently being updated to reflect the latests modifications, but you'll find all the available options and explanations to use the software.

Best regards,

Re: Google Chrome

Hello,

Information regarding modification throughout new versions are written in the changelog which can be consulted on AdwCleaner's download page. 

This option is now disabled by default.

Regards,

Re: Google Chrome

on AdwCleaner by ****

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...

Signature problem

There's a problem with the signature of the new adwcleaner 5.111 ("Unknown Publisher"). Downloaded from toolslib.net site itself. You guys should fix this. Not running a (potentially hacked?) tool like this.

Re: smartnewtab.com

Hi,

You are right, we could have invest about what was creating those pop-ups. In fact a search on the registry with the url of the pop-ups could have worked since a great part of the IE configuration is set under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer.

We will do that next time !

 

Some recommendations, as Internet Explorer is not really consider as the safer web browser, I...