Check the boxes next to any items you want to quarantine and disable, then click Next.
Once a scan completes, you can decide if you want to delete or restore detected items. The supported web browsers are Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.Malwarebytes AdwCleaner is designed to scan and clean adware, PUPs (Potentially Unwanted Programs), and unwanted preinstalled software from your Windows device. The interface is quite simple, made from a single window split into multiple panes for displaying scan results when it comes to services, folders, files, shortcuts and registry entries, along with browser toolbars. Worth mentioning is that it creates a folder in the primary drive which contains the quarantine, backups and reports. Plus, the tool does not modify Windows registry settings, as it typically happens with installers. Portability advantagesĪpart from the fact that its executable file can be run from any location on the hard drive, this also means that AdwCleaner can be saved to a mass storage device and directly run on any infected or suspicious computer without worrying about other installations. NOTE: AdwCleaner was tested on 64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro. It is not wrapped up in a setup kit, nor does it require the installation of other utilities beforehand, like. AdwCleaner is a free and lightweight application designed to identify and remove adware, browser toolbars, hijackers (they automatically change web browser homepages) and PUPs (potentially unwanted programs).
We frequently and unwillingly end up with utilities we don't want or need when installing ad-supported programs, such as toolbars that do nothing else but clutter and slow down web browsers at startup.įor such unpleasant surprises, it is recommended to keep an adware cleaner around, one that is powerful enough to detect such components and remove only the selected ones, in case it identifies toolbars we actually make use of.
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