AdwCleaner
Windows: Even the most careful among us can sometimes fall prey to crapware, and when that happens, you could spend quite awhile trying to uninstall every last bit of it. AdwCleaner, a simple portable little application makes that process dead simple, by finding all the pieces and deleting them for you.
Many antivirus programs and uninstaller programs can handle browser toolbars and other crapware, but sometimes, even they can’t uninstall all the pieces. Heck, sometimes you aren’t even sure what you’re looking for. AdwCleaner is a portable program that finds every last bit of crapware on your system for you, with just one click.
AdwCleaner is a free removal tool for :
- Adware (ads softwares)
- PUP/LPI (Potentially Undesirable Program)
- Toolbars
- Hijacker (Hijack of the browser’s homepage)
By using AdwCleaner you can easily remove many of these types of programs for a better user experience on your computer and while browsing the web.
The types of programs that AdwCleaner targets are typically bundled with free programs that you download from the web.
In many cases when you download and install a program, the install will state that these programs will be installed along with the program you downloaded. Unless you perform a Custom install, these unwanted programs will automatically be installed on your computer leaving you with extra browser toolbars, adware, and other unwanted programs.
AdwCleaner is designed to search for and remove these types of programs. It works with a Search and Clean mode. It can be easily uninstalled using the mode “Uninstall”. It’s compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 in 32 & 64 bits.
How to use it?
- Download AdwCleaner (from the link provided) to your desktop.
- Double click on AdwCleaner.exe to run the tool (Run As Administrator).
- Click on the Search button to scan your system.
- It’ll display you a log with everything it thinks is left over from crapware
- You can then click the “Clean” button to remove it all at once.
- Your desktop icons will be disappear, this is normal so don’t be worry about that.
- Press OK when asked to close all programs and follow the onscreen prompts.
- Press OK again to allow AdwCleaner to restart the computer and complete the removal process.
- AdwCleaner will reboot your computer and remove the files and registry entries associated with the various adware or other junkware that you are removing.
- On reboot, AdwCleaner will display a log showing the files, folders, and registry entries that were removed, this log will be also saved on your systemdrive as well.
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