Re: Adwcleaner deleted legitimate programs!!!!!

Hello,

Please share the whole scan logfile usually located in C:\AdwCleaner\AdwCleaner[Sxx].txt.

Thanks,

Re: Adwcleaner deleted legitimate programs!!!!!

This is getting worse and serious!!!!

Today I was scanning a computer that had a folder clled "ppt" on the desktop, which contained a lot of the user's powerpoint files and adwcleaner wanted to delete it!!!!! Fortunately I catched it on time!

WHY ON EARTH would adwcleaner delete user's files???????

 

Re: Adwcleaner deleted legitimate programs!!!!!

Hello,

You can read more about our criterias here. Also, feel free to fill a complain at the same adress if you think the detection is abusive.

Best regards,

Re: Adwcleaner deleted legitimate programs!!!!!

Auslogics disk defrag and wise disk cleaner ARE NOT PUPs!!!!!!

They are 100% LEGITIMATE utilites! and VERY USEFUL, I might add. They may install additional software, but that can be easily unchecked during installation. SOMEONE PLEASE FIX THIS!!!!!!!

Re: Adwcleaner deleted legitimate programs!!!!!

Hi,

Now it will delete programs such as Auslogics disk defrag and Wise disk cleaner. THIS ARE 100% LEGITIMATE, CLEAN and useful programs.

AdwCleaner is part of MBAM-family and thus gets tougher on PUPs:

https://blog.malwarebytes.com/malwarebytes-news/2016/10/malwarebytes-gets-tougher-on-pups/

https://www.malwarebytes.com/pup/

 

I've seen such programs bundled with other software itself. ...

Adwcleaner deleted legitimate programs!!!!!

Hi!

 

This has been bothering me for a while. Adwcleaner has been deleting legitimate programs for quite some time now. But it got worse with the latest version. Now it will delete programs such as Auslogics disk defrag and Wise disk cleaner. THIS ARE 100% LEGITIMATE, CLEAN and useful programs. Yes they try to install some crap upon installation, but you can easily opt-out and end up with a C...

Re: Is it save to remove these registry keys / this file

HI

Reimage is now has a new drivers updater programs and others craps software’s out there so not sure if adwcleaner detected them or not .

Re: Browser threats detection by Adwcleaner

As I said I don't download files, and yes they appear almost every time I run this program, even though they were deleted earlier. I have even ran other malware programs but they do not find any signs of f.ex. Softonic.

I have even tried two scans but the second scan doesn't show them, but after sometime I run it they come back in the result.

Re: False positive?

Thanks,

yes, when i install wise registry cleaner, it recommended to install spyhunter, and i deny it. so, wise registry cleaner in my system is clean, no ads, no additional programs. 

Something like, when i watch a video, it pops up ads, I hate it, but I don't remove video, just close ads, because I want to watch the video. So, if adwcleaner can just warn user,  not default remove it , i thi...

Adwcleaner Puis-je supprimer tout sans danger?

# AdwCleaner v6.030 - Rapport créé le 01/12/2016 à 22:15:14 # Mis à jour le 19/10/2016 par Malwarebytes # Base de données : 2016-12-01.1 [Serveur] # Système d'exploitation : Windows 10 Home  (X64) # Nom d'utilisateur : client - MARIETTE # Exécuté depuis : C:\Users\client\Downloads\adwcleaner_6.030.exe # Mode: Scan # Support : https://www.malwarebytes.com/support



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