AdwCleaner updates and discussion thread

After a long, Long, LONG-awaited firmware update to my Samsung 980 Pro drive that actually works this time, this is the scan time:

Spoiler: zippity do-dah

Yes, I know, multi-threading and all. But still have that little question back there: is it too fast to pick up anything?

 

Malwarebytes AdwCleaner v8.3.0.0 has been released.

Download, checksums and changes: https://toolslib.net/downloads/viewdownload/1-adwcleaner/files/2547/ (Developer's site)

 

AdwCleaner 8.3.1 has been released:

https://toolslib.net/downloads/viewdownload/1-adwcleaner/history/

 

Malwarebytes AdwCleaner v8.3.2.0 has been released.

Announcement/Changelog: https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/285699-release-adwcleaner-832/

Download: https://www.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner Note: Moved to Malwarebytes' server.

 

thanks for the headsup!

 

Malwarebytes AdwCleaner v8.4.0.0 has been released. (16-September-2022)

Announcement/Changelog: https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/289443-release-adwcleaner-84/

Download: https://www.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner

 

Malwarebytes AdwCleaner 8.4.1.0 has been released to General Availability. (29-January-2024)

Announcement | Download | Forum | Support | FAQ | Guide | Release History & News |

SHA-256 = 58e6ad768d5df89dd9deb8755a0b64d631543716a7175228b23a6bdb91fa31cb

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Hello,

After a long period without receiving public facing updates, I'm very happy to share a new release for AdwCleaner, 8.4.1. This is a maintenance version to fix a security vulnerability and update the bundled definitions.

Many of you have questions and are curious regarding what's next for AdwCleaner, and I hope to be able to share more about that soon. Regardless, we should now be back on track to release more regular and valuable updates!

Please share your feature requests and any suggestions you would like to see implemented!

Thanks to everyone who submits vulnerability reports, we love to receive them!

As usual, see the changelog below:

## v8.4.1 [29/01/2024]

### Changes

* Update bundled definitions to 2024.01.29.1

### Bugfixes

* Fix Privilege Escalation when deleting debug logfiles (CVE-2023-28892 - https://www.malwarebytes.com/secure/cves/cve-2023-28892)
Download here: https://malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner

 

Malwarebytes AdwCleaner 8.4.2.0 has been released to General Availability. (04-March-2024)

Announcement | Autoupdate or Download | Forum | Support | FAQ | Guide | Release History & News |

MD5 · f0cb04ad4c15fba31532eb922fa6de6f
SHA1 · 097d5c12eae63ba6f9e7791aa4d65c6dddb4bce9
SHA256 · 91068efbef44f8ceedbbbdfeea8959633c4ecc9100c3ba08b2603d7c5d59ac22

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## v8.4.2 [04/03/2024]

### Changes

* Update bundled definitions to 2024.03.04.1

### Bugfixes

* Fix the updater process verification mechanism failure and migrate from OpenSSL to Wincrypt.

 

For BETA testers only. Malwarebytes AdwCleaner v8.5.0.574 BETA has been made available. (23-October-2024)

Announcement/Attribution | Download | Forum | Support | FAQ | Guide | Release History & News |

MD5 72ecfa9f1e0a69e61867d99e0b8bae9e
SHA-1 dec0ac8c275264d1271f6c6dc5be7f2589402e86
SHA-256 61652dae83b0a793705d48f771fa366b6aa6be6807f75f8b75245d29cb7ab451

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Changelog:

## v8.5.0 [17/10/2024]

### Changes

* Major upgrade to Qt6
* Update bundled definitions to 2024.10.23.2

Download here: https://adwcleaner.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner?channel=beta

NOTE: The current release is still v8.4.2.0.