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Friday, August 31, 2012

AdwCleaner

Posted on 11:03 AM by Unknown
AdwCleaner is freeware by French developer, Xplode. As Donna indicated, it can detect and remove
  • Adware
  • PUP
  • Toolbars
  • Hijackers

AdwCleaner supports Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Opera and works on Windows XP, Vista, 7 versions both 32 & 64 bit.

Changelog (In French): http://sd-1.archive-host.com/membres...AdwCleaner.txt
Elements Removed: http://sd-1.archive-host.com/membres...AdwCleaner.txt

It is important to note that everything that is found by AdwCleaner will be removed, with no options to "skip" any of the findings. Thus, for example, browser homepage settings will be reset, Firefox prefs.js will be removed.

Search:

Download AdwCleaner by Xplode to your Desktop.



  • Double-click AdwCleaner.exe to run the tool, approving the UAC prompt.
  • Click Search.
  • A logfile will automatically open after the scan has finished.
  • Please post the contents of that logfile with your next answer.
Note: The log can also be found at C:\AdwCleaner[XX].txt where XX denotes the number of times the application has been run, i.e., R1

Delete:

Download AdwCleaner by Xplode to your Desktop.



  • Double-click AdwCleaner.exe to run the tool, approving the UAC prompt.
  • Click Delete.
  • Everything that was found will be deleted.
  • Save and open files and approve the reboot.  A text file will open after the restart.



  • Please post the contents of that logfile with your next reply.
Note: The log can also be found at C:\AdwCleaner[XX].txt where XX denotes the number of times the application has been run, i.e., S1

AdwCleaner Help:
















UNINSTALL

Please do the following to uninstall AdwCleaner.

  • Double-click on AdwCleaner.exe to run the tool.
  • Click on Uninstall
  • Confirm with yes



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