See a demonstration of AdwCleaner at our February PC club meeting. After it finishes scanning click the Clean button. After scanning you may see some entries in the various Results categories such as Services, Files, Folders, etc. Start AdwCleaner by clicking the Scan button and allow it to proceed. After any of the previous programs are downloaded, you should find them in your Downloads folder. Only one Anti-Virus may be installed on a computer. Remember to uninstall any other Anti-Virus program such as Norton, McAfee, etc. My three free security recommendations therefore are Malwarebytes, Bitdfender Anti-Virus and AdwCleaner. This program works well as a stand alone or better yet in conjunction with Malwarebytes. I recommend that when Malwarebytes detects an infection and it’s quarantined, you follow up with a scan using AdwCleaner. It can be very frustrating when you get infected but having the right tools at your disposal can minimize the pain.Īs good as Malwarebytes is, it’s not perfect. Unfortunately these PUPS can also infect your computer simply by visiting a web site without clicking on anything. You seldom need a license for a free program or a trial of a program. I have seen selections of PUPS embedded in fake license information. READ very carefully each installation window to see if additional software may be installed by other means. ALWAYS remove check marks next to selections for unneeded programs other than the one you want. Often these potentially unwanted programs (PUPS) come bundled with a program that you may have chosen to download. It will remove browser hijackers, toolbars, and other unwanted programs.

No two will produce the same detection and removal results.ĪDW Cleaner detects and removes the same type of malware that Malwarebytes does. Each anti-malware company uses its proprietary detection and removal methods and the results will differ.

However, I have seen several cases and have been told by another user that AdwCleaner removed some malware that Malwarebytes did not detect. Of course if you have previously installed my recommendation of Malwarebytes, you may not need AdwCleaner. AdwCleaner is another free malware cleanup program that can be utilized should your computer become infected.

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