Re: Pop up saying database corrupt

Hello,

Did you try to clear your temp folder ?

Then, please download AdwCleaner again. Tell me if it helped.

Regards,

Re: ADWCleaner deleted a folder it shouldn't

Not sure about file restore function, but if you are desperate to recover files I have found this tool to be effective (I am not affiliated with them.) www.stellarinfo.com/partition-recovery-software.php

Re: Probably FP

Hi,

These FP have been removed from the database.

Regards,

Pop up saying database corrupt

on AdwCleaner by ****

I have downloaded the adwcleaner.exe from this website, but after I install the .exe and try to click scan,

I get the pop up saying the database files are corrupt and to uninstall and download again.  I have tried

this 3 times and I keep getting the same thing?  What can I do?

Re: ADWCleaner deleted a folder it shouldn't

on AdwCleaner by ****

I would highly recommend a few improvements that would have prevented or minimized the difficulties I experienced.

1. Display the Log File after the Scan is done, so that it's more obvious what was found before Cleaning starts. My Scan didn't find any "Services" to clean so my GUI didn't change. Even if a display had appeared to indicate I should check all tabs before Cleaning, I might have av...

Re: ADWCleaner deleted a folder it shouldn't

Hello,

Can you please provide us with AdwCleaner's logfile so that we will be able to remove it from the database or update our detections ?

You can write a script to restore many files at once. Just put one line per file to restore ( you can extract the lines from Quarantine.log file ) and use "Script" option in Quarantine manager. Put only the original location of each file in your script.

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Re: CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED

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I download adwcleaner from bleepingcomputer and run the file. adwcleaner the opens. I activate debug mode. I do scan and it finds all sorts of bad stuff. I do cleanup. popup comes "all programs will be closed to proceed......." I click ok. Moments later it goes to a blue sceen like this http://www.reviversoft.com/blog/2013/04/critical-process-died/ . It then takes awhile for the machine to boot...

Re: Adwcleaner White listing

Hi,

UVK_en.exe belongs to UltraVirusKiller.

The developer of UltraVirusKiller has stolen the databases from JRT and AdwCleaner.

I would never use a software where the developer steals the databases of other softwares in order to improve this own tool.

So why should the process from such a fake tool be whitelisted?

 

[FR] - Documentation AdwCleaner

Documentation d'AdwCleaner v6.

Valide pour la version 6.043

Interface d'AdwCleaner

Description

AdwCleaner est un outil visant à supprimer adware (programmes publicitaires), PUP/LPIs (programmes potentiellement indésirables), toolbar (barres d'outils greffées au navigateur), hijacker (détournement de la page de démarrage du navigateur)... Cette documentation a pour but de détailler les différentes possibilités d'...

[EN] - AdwCleaner documentation

AdwCleaner v6 documentation.

Valid only for AdwCleaner v6.x

AdwCleaner interface

 

Description

AdwCleaner is a tool aiming to remove adware (ads software), PUP/LPIs (Potentially Undesirable Program), toolbar, hijacker (hijack of the browser's homepage), ...

It's compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, each of them in both 32 & 64 bits.

This documentation aims to details how to use the software.

 ...