Malwarebytes AdwCleaner is a utility designed to scan and remove adware and preinstalled software from your Windows computer. Adware, coined from advertising software, can display advertisements on your computer, affecting your experience using your computer or browsers. Adware and preinstalled software is often downloaded with other software, which can cause you to unintentionally install Potentially Unwanted […]
The Exclusions tab is a subsection of the Malwarebytes AdwCleaner’s Settings screen. Exclusions allows you to exclude, or allow, items that you do not want AdwCleaner to scan. This article provides an overview of Exclusions, and how to exclude items from AdwCleaner scans. Add or remove items from AdwCleaner Exclusions The Exclusions tab allows you to exclude items from […]
When Malwarebytes AdwCleaner executes a scan, some programs, files, folders, or services may be detected as adware. Upon detection, they are removed from the disk location where they were stored, placed in Quarantine and modified to make them inactive. In AdwCleaner, click Quarantine in the Menu pane to view the Items and Preinstalled software sub tabs. After a scan, quarantined items […]
The Settings tab allows the user to change all AdwCleaner operational settings. When you select Settings from the side menu pane, the center status pane shows three sub tabs. These tabs are: Application: Settings that affect AdwCleaner and how the program interacts with Windows. Exclusions: Items you can add to exclude, or allow, from future AdwCleaner scans. […]
The About tab is a subsection of the Settings tab in Malwarebytes AdwCleaner. It displays program version and other information. About tab overview The About tab tells you more about AdwCleaner, such as the current version number of the program, as well as the version release date. There are also links available to the Malwarebytes End User License Agreement and other […]
You can use a command line interface (CLI) to run Malwarebytes AdwCleaner functions. Open your command line interface. Change your directory to the location of the (full name) .exe file. Run the command /eula to agree to the end user license agreement. Run a command from the table below. When you run a command, the output files are saved […]
This article lists minimum system requirements for your Windows device to run Malwarebytes AdwCleaner. These requirements do not factor other functions your Windows device is responsible for. System requirements Operating system: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, or Windows 7. Windows XP and Vista are not supported. For more information, see Windows XP and Vista compatibility […]
Malwarebytes AdwCleaner scans and removes adware and preinstalled software in your device. Follow the steps to download and launch AdwCleaner on your Windows device. Download the latest version of Malwarebytes AdwCleaner. Double-click adwcleaner_x.x.x.exe. In the User Account Control pop-up window, click Yes. After reading the End User License Agreement, click I AGREE to consent. The .exe file is located in the Downloads folder by default. […]
Improvements Upgraded from Malwarebytes Browser Extension to Malwarebytes Browser Guard in the Chrome Store. Improvements in Detection. New User Interface: New Dashboard with blocked items list New Statistics page with historical blocked records by category. Improved allow list interface. Stability/ issues fixed Miscellaneous bug fixes. Source : Official Malwarebytes Brand Editor by : BEST Antivirus […]
Improvements Added UFS support. Switched to IDMS Production environment. Fixed 119 > 201 migration bug. Other stability and performance improvements. Changes Updated User Guide link. Source : Official Malwarebytes Brand Editor by : BEST Antivirus KBS Team