Adware cleaner 20146/27/2023 ![]() 5. BitDefender Free Adware Removal Tool.Top 10 Best Free Adware Removal Tools for Windows.I'm going to run it again and see if I can figure out how to avoid auto remediation other than using the "Cancel" button. If you leave the "Repair" button/ window alone and click on "Report" you see what was found:įOUND file: C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Roaming\SwiftSearch.exe =>įOUND file: C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Roaming\SwiftSearch.exe =>Adware.SuspectįOUND file: C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Roaming\SwiftSearch.exe =>Adware.GenericTaskįOUND file: C:\Users\Chris\Desktop\N penCandy.bat =>įOUND file: C:\Users\Chris\Desktop\SwiftSearch.lnk =>.Superfluous.SwiftSearchįOUND file: C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Roaming\SwiftSearch.exe =>.Superfluous.SwiftSearchįOUND folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\MSECACHE Win Installer Cleanup\WICU3 =>įOUND folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\MSECACHE Win Installer Cleanup =>įOUND folder: C:\ProgramData\WildBit Viewer =>.Superfluous.PrivoxyįOUND file: C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Roaming\WildBit Viewer\Viewer.ini =>.Superfluous.PrivoxyįOUND file: C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Roaming\WildBit Viewer\ViewerMRU.cfg =>.Superfluous.PrivoxyįOUND file: C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Roaming\WildBit Viewer\ViewerToolBarSettings.cfg =>.Superfluous.PrivoxyįOUND file: C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Roaming\WildBit Viewer\ViewerWindowColumnStates.ini =>.Superfluous.PrivoxyįOUND folder: C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Roaming\WildBit Viewer =>.Superfluous.PrivoxyįOUND folder: C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Local\SlimWare Utilities Inc\SlimCleaner =>.Superfluous.SlimWareUtilitiesįOUND folder: C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Local\SlimWare Utilities Inc\SlimDrivers =>.Superfluous.SlimWareUtilitiesįOUND folder: C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Local\SlimWare Utilities Inc =>.Superfluous.SlimWareUtilitiesįOUND folder: C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Local\WildBit Viewer =>.Superfluous.Privoxy Leaving these items checked and closing the "Repair" window results in auto remediation but it can be cancelled if you are quick. It does crash if you have a large hosts file: However I just restored the deleted items by comparing quarantined items with a system image backup. So, at least you can actually see what a threat a seemingly random registry key belongs to.Ĭlick to expand.Well I just ran it again and this time it did in fact delete everything. Unlike AdwCleaner it actually lists the threat next to every file and registry key. There is one positive thing I can say about it. Fortunately, it's only two nights since I last did a full system backup, so I was able to restore my system from the image and get everything back. There is a cancel button which is supposed to restore everything from quarantine, but in my case at least, it did nothing. Not all of the programs ZHPCleaner tried to delete were gone, but they wouldn't run as the needed registry entries for them had been deleted. It's not something that would be an issue, if you always delete everything found, but for the rest of us it's not good. ![]() I have no idea why the devleoper thought having the close button work the same as the repair button, or that you actually need to click on Validate to get it remember what you've unchecked. ![]() It turns out that the close button works the same as clicking on Repair, and there is a Validate button you need to click on after making any changes to save the change, or ZHPCleaner will not take note of anything you've unchecked. As soon the repair window closed, ZHPCleaner deleted everything it had detected. However, I decided not to worry about it for now, so I just clicked on the close button. With nothing selected, I was going to go back and review the results in each categorty and select the few files and registry keys that I did want to be removed. I clicked on the tab for each category, and clicked on Uncheck to unchceck everything in the category. The results are divided into a number of categories, as you can see in the above screenshot. A number of files and registry keys were detected, but I wanted to keep almost all of these, as they belong to PUPs that I installed myself and want to keep. I ran a scan and then clicked on the Repair button to review what had been found. So it should be used with extreme caution.Īt least I know now how to use it properly and get it to keep anything you don't want to be deleted. I ran it tonight, and it deleted everything it found, even though I wanted nothing to be deleted. ZHPCleaner is a tool for removing adware and PUPs, which is simliar to ADWCleaner.
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