So if it is removing something you really don’t want removed, that would be the users fault for leaving it checked. Nothing is perfect and there are times it will find false positives, just like anything else, you just have to exercise common sense. I have just downloaded the Malwarebytes version, and just as I thought, you have to check mark or not check what you want and don’t want removed. I have been using it quite a while, long before Malwarebytes purchased it, now as far as I know, I haven’t used the Malwarebytes version yet, but the version(s) by Xplode would not delete or remove anything unless you gave it confirmation by placing check marks next to what you wanted removed. The strong suggestion here is that you use and abuse them,Įveryone is talking like this is brand new software, it has been around quite a while, Malwarebytes just bought it from Xplode and re-branded it with their name. Thank heaven for System Restore and backups. I didn’t have to hit the Clean button to find this out since it was in the original list of “bad things”. Hmmm… it’s probably not something I would have known about had it not been for AdwCleaner, so there are positive sides to this. I still have to look into that mysterious Thunder Network thing, though. And I want to know before I click the damn “Clean” button, for sure! If you are going to delete programs on my computer, I want to know all the “whys” and “what-fors”. It’s worth it… really! At my age, every click counts! Final ThoughtsĪdwCleaner seems like it means well but hasn’t matured yet. Look at it this way– if you save yourself 10,000 clicks over a period of 10 years, you will have that much more time for beer and/or women and the other wonderful things in life. A simple thing really, but anything that saves me an additional click makes me happy. Since I use images a lot, it saves me a bunch of mouse-clicks. I really like Imagus.įor those of you who may be interested, Imagus enlarges images by simply hovering over them with the mouse. Now, why is that? Perhaps it doesn’t have the sophistication to edit the Firefox preferences file? Maybe it is written to have the common sense not to do so? I don’t know, but I’m happy it didn’t tamper with it. Incidentally, this entry was in the first run of the utility and wasn’t removed– even after a re-boot. That is the problem– I don’t know why AdwCleaner doesn’t like this Add-on.
Imagus is a Firefox Add-on that AdwCleaner didn’t like for some reason. There was one little thing left that bothered me and I still don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing. I want to know what and why! And I most certainly want to know about it before it happens! And have the option to change my mind! C’mon, MBAM– you’re better than this! The Niggling Firefox Issue Honestly, shouldn’t a quality utility warn me before it deletes programs/utilities I happen to use? I don’t want to hear about a removal process after the fact. It deleted the Auslogics Defrag program,.You don’t really need to see that because I’m going to tell you using three short bullets:
ADWARE CLEANER BY XPLODE WINDOWS
Upon my return to the Windows environment, an on-screen report ended up being a text file showing me what it had done. I restarted my computer by clicking the overpowering, irresistible OK button. AdwCleaner took a little time doing its thing, then I got a results window: OK, I got brave and hit the Clean button. I’m brave that way– it has to do with backups and such, and that whimsical, youthful sense of invincibility which I’ve never quite lost.
They are useful, nevertheless, and I’d re-install them if ever needed again. (I always thought they were suspect anyways, so no big deal if I lose them. Take note of the FreeRIP and FreeMake entries. (I’ll have to check into that little nightmare later.)
The Thunder Network is an ominous-sounding thing and a complete mystery, and I don’t know how it got on my computer nor what it is. I don’t really need it anymore because, with one exception, my drives are all Solid State. I have an Auslogics defrag program installed on the system. You’ll notice in the above image that Auslogics is mentioned several times.
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