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Quickly remove toolbars, adware and browser hijackers from your PC with AdwCleaner

Posted on June 20, 2018

Have you noticed that your computer has been running slower, displaying pop-up ads or exhibiting other strange behavior of late?

If so, the reason could be “junkware” such as toolbars, adware, browser hijackers and/or other malware items have infected your PC with their digital crud.

While most high-quality anti-malware programs will detect and remove some of the most common junkware programs, they typically won’t catch them all.

But an awesome free tool called AdwCleaner (from the folks at Malwarebytes) will find and remove virtually all of the junkware that’s currently out there with just a couple of clicks!  [Read more…]

Scam Alert: Beware the insidious fake AdwCleaner look-alike that’s going around (it’s actually malware)

Posted on February 23, 2015

scamA few months ago I wrote about an awesome anti-malware program called AdwCleaner.

This free utility will quickly scan for and remove virtually every type of unwanted toolbar, adware and browser hijacker that’s out there from your computer.

As I explained in the post, AdwCleaner works great, and since it’s free I highly recommend that everyone download it and run it on occasion.

Well, now the scammers have turned the tables on AdwCleaner by creating a fake look-alike program that claims to be the real AdwCleaner, but is actually malware.

This is how the scam works:  [Read more…]






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