AdwCleaner updates and discussion thread

as written in camp-firefox user Zitronella did a fp-report and it seems that it has been fixed for now
http://www.camp-firefox.de/forum/viewtopic.php?p=983357#p983357

thx

 

Xplode released AdwCleaner v5.014 on 18-October-2015.

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VT: 2/55

 

Xplode released AdwCleaner v5.015 on 26-October-2015.

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VT: 1/55

 

Xplode released AdwCleaner v5.016 on 01-November-2015.

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VT: 1/55

 

Xplode released AdwCleaner v5.017 on 03-November-2015.

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VT: 1/55

 

Xplode released AdwCleaner v5.018 on 05-November-2015.

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VT: 2/54

 

Xplode released AdwCleaner v5.019 on 08-November-2015.

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VT: 1/54 Unsigned

 

Xplode released AdwCleaner v5.020 on 13-November-2015.

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VT: 1/54 Unsigned

 

Xplode released AdwCleaner v5.021 on 14-November-2015.

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VT: 2/54 Unsigned

 

I just ran a scan with v5.021 and was not impressed. It detected a few services and drivers from Tencent PC Manager and also wanted to remove the Tencent folder in Program Files (x86). Doing so would have removed the sub folder for PC Manager.

It's not a good situtation when software wants to remove your antivirus.

 

Flagging Tencent PC-Manager as PUP is not new.
I don't remember, when I first noticed it, but it was at least several weeks ago.

Maybe there is something going on, between Xplode and Tencent...

 

@Hiltihome I guess this was first time I've run AdwCleaner since installing PC Manager. At first I thought maybe it was targeting some other Tencent product, but, it wants to remove drivers uses by the real time portection of PC Manager.

 

That was my first thought too, judging from the names of some of the flagged files.
Maybe there are some components in PC-Manager (active, or not) that lead to flagging.
Maybe Tencent has a bad reputation, for some other software they publish.

My impression is, that PC-Manager is an easy to use AV for the average Joe, with a decent protection, only a few false positives and only a few questions asked.

I'will have a look when I have more time and a customer computer with PC-Manager installed.
So far none of the machines came back to service.
So I guess PC-Manager does a good job.

 

in case of doubt copy&paste the logfile here and ask - never do blind action without knowledge.

detection and conclusion, sorry, its german
https://www.av-test.org/de/antivirus/privat-windows/hersteller/tencent-pc/

 

Xplode released AdwCleaner v5.022 on 22-November-2015.

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VT: 1/55 Digitally Unsigned/Unverified

 

Xplode released AdwCleaner v5.023 on 30-November-2015.

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VT: 2/55 Digitally Unsigned/Unverified

 

Xplode released AdwCleaner v5.024 on 07-Decemberr-2015.

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VT: 3/55 Digitally Unsigned/Unverified

 

Xplode released AdwCleaner v5.025 on 13-December-2015.

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VT: 1/55 Digitally Unsigned

 

New version v5.026 is up
https://toolslib.net/downloads/viewdownload/1-adwcleaner/

 

New version v5.027 is up
https://toolslib.net/downloads/viewdownload/1-adwcleaner/

 

New version v5.028 is up
https://toolslib.net/downloads/viewdownload/1-adwcleaner/

 

I like the fact that there are frequent updates for AdwCleaner,
but why no auto-update, like HitmanPro, or Zemana-Antimalware?

Both HMP and ZAM auto-update there portable versions, when ran from USB-drive.

 

Hello Hiltihome:

If you launch a recent, but previous, version (such as 5.027) an "Outdated version" window should appear giving you the opportunity to update or deny an update:

Cheers.

 

Nope

It just leads to the download site and let's me manually download a new version.

That's not what I call auto-update.

 

I just had a really bad experience with AdwCleaner - thanks to its badly designed user interface. I did a scan, and as usual it detected many items that I wanted to keep. I went through and deselected anything I wanted to keep (or so I thought). It was a time consuming task, since every item detected has to be deslected individually. Unfrotunately I forgot to deselect the items I wanted to keep in the folders tab. This was a big mistake. After rebooting, the log file showed that a numer of programs I use had been deleted. Fortunately, a quick Google search revealed that AdwCleaner does have a quarantine, which meant that I was able to launch AdwCleaner and restore 13 programs that had been deleted.

Anyway, I've emailed Xplode (the author) with the suggestions, and I'll post back here if he takes the time to reply. AdwCleaner does very well at detecting unwanted software and adware, but is let down by a very limited UI.