Windows 10: AdwCleaner Version Update

So does this means we don't need to download AdwCleaner tool because AdwCleaner signature already implemented into Malwarebytes Anti Malware or we still need AdwCleaner tool?

 

You still need to download it, as it is a separate tool.

If you read the link in the original post:

They jus acquired it, so....*Wink

 

You da man my man!

 

Now that you asked, some of the PC news sites have finally gotten on the bandwagon:
Security startup Malwarebytes acquires AdwCleaner to nip adware in the bud | TechCrunch

Malwarebytes snaps up PC scrubber AdwCleaner | ZDNet

 

Malwarebytes product page has now been update and includes AdwCleaner under "For technicians": Antivirus, Anti-Spyware, & Anti-Malware Software

 

New Version of AdwCleaner out
Version: v6.040 - 02/12/16
See first post for changelog

 

Just yesterday I combed thru with 6.030 and it came out clean. This morning I run 6.040 and it found 4 funny registry entries which it cleaned up.
Now short history I had with 6.030, it kept on finding 6 ghost entries in registry even after it "Successfully" cleaned them. Had to revert to 5.201 in offline mode to get rid of them.
Oh, another thing, while I was running Adwcleaner, WD also detected those entries but after running scan with WD they were not found any more.

 

New Version of AdwCleaner out
Version: v6.041 - 16/12/16
See first post for changelog

 

Thanks Cliff, just got it *Smile

 

You're welcome*Smile

 

Cliff, I know this is your announcement thread, please pardon, but I just DL'd the new one and ran. Analyzed only because what it found (other than the normal aol and ask garbage), looked suspect to me. It's now flagging Auslogics? And what appears to be part of Patch Tuesday (because of date) or that last Cumulative last week? Have not deleted anything, yet. Need some opinions, please. TC

 

For Auslogics I found: AdwCleaner FP with Auslogics Disk Defrag - Malwarebytes AdwCleaner - Malwarebytes Forums

 

Thanks, Cliff. MB3 started doing a PUP on it, so I guess it follows ADW would, too. Seems some of the criteria for PUPs is 2nd and 3rd party "requests". Not all PUPs are PUPs, hence the word "potentially".

 

Well. I have found latest Auslogics disk defrag (free) tries to install a lot of PUPs if you aren't selecting custom installation and looking at all options with a magnifier.

 

Just run a scan with it and it found C: /Program files/Windows Security folder and flagged 13 Registry entries associated with it.
Folder has 2 files:
BrowserCore.exe
manifest.json
Quick search thru registry showed it was associated with some children oriented site that was accessed few month ago by some friend's kids visiting few month ago. Earlier versions didn't flag it.
Internet search showed "manifest.json" to be part of FF up to version 48.0.
Cleaned successfully.