Yo Amigo, Well, I deleted everything in the folder not knowing the items in the Quarantine folder could be restored! What steps did you use to restore items from the Quarantine folder? I haven't gotten myself very familiar with this program yet &, following some steps would sure help the next time I run it or, before running it on another computer. I also can't retrieve the deleted items from the Recycle Bin since I cleaned that out as well. All help would surely be appreciated by not only myself but, to many others that are giving this program a try. Thank you mooy moocho! Take care. Mike This email was sent from my, iBarstool.
----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Justice To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 6:59 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Regarding Adwcleaner Hi Mike, It appeared to me that the files outside of the quarantine folder are just reports, and I deleted mine. If you leave the Quarantine folder alone, you can restore a program from within the ADWCleaner program interface. I too found that it removed the Sendspace Wizard, as well as the Mozilla Firefox folder. I did restore them, and all is well. HTH, Rick Justice Tomorrow's another day, another way! and if tomorrow never comes, problem solved! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike B." <mb69ma...@charter.net> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 8:52 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Regarding Adwcleaner Hi Steve & Mauricio, If you use the Send Space Wizard make sure to uncheck it! LOL LOL I left it checked just to see what would happen & yes, I had to reinstall it. LOL However, the AdwCleaner creates a folder on the root of the C drive &, is it safe to delete it's contents? The contents seem to tell you what has been removed I assume, am I correct / safe in my assumption? I do like the ease in which the program can be navigated with Jaws. Thank you very much for letting the list know about it. Take care. Mike This email was sent from my, iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 5:26 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Regarding Adwcleaner Mauricio, It might be safe to proceed with all items checked. But, it is a good idea to try to look over the list. Periodically, some programs are incorrectly identified as malware that aren't; I remember a while ago, the System Access screen reader had some components that were identified by Malware Bytes version 2 as malware. Obviously, if that happens, you could have some issues. So, to the extent you can, it is a good practice to look over the list. Obviously, you probably won't be able to know what the alphanumeric strings are that it might find in registry keys, but you can see what files, processes, browser help objects and toolbars it finds, and you can use a search engine to see if they are regarded as harmful. My experience with this program as been good on the five computers I've run it on so far. But, it isn't all-inclusive and I can't guarantee that it wouldn't hose something you might use. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: Mauricio Molina To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 12:22 AM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Regarding Adwcleaner Hi Steve, The fact that this program is accessible using JAWS has me very interested. However, in your instructions for using Adwcleaner, you mention having to check items we would like to have purged from our computers: What I would like to know is how will we know which items are necessary to remove and which should remain? Can the casual computer user cause harm if they choose to check all items without actually knowing what each item refers to, or is every item found by Adwcleaner fair game? For instance, CCleaner, which I recognize is not used for removing malware, seldom, if ever, is so invasive that critical components are recommended for removal. Thanks for any additional information you can provide. Mauricio -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Steve Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2014 8:27 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] AdwCleaner: was Malware bytes Thanks, Bob. Yeah, I did forget the best part--the price! I'm glad it seemed to work for you. I know my client has had several people trying to get rid of the crap on her computer. When I ran across that program, since a lot of other sites recommended either running in safe mode or some program where you had to make a purchase for it to supposedly clean the computer, I wass so excited when I ran it on her PC and it cleaned almost everything out. I only had to go back in and delete one process that was scheduoled to run again in four hours. After ten days, her computer still appears clean, and the program couldn't be more accessible. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob W To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2014 3:08 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] AdwCleaner: was Malware bytes Hi Steeve. I'm always on the lookout for a good computer purger. I decided to try Adwcleaner based on your recommendations. First, since neither your message nor the Adwcleaner website mentioned the price, I was glad to find it was free. Second, your tutorial told me exactly what to expect. Third, my results showed me some registry entries I had never noticed so I decided it wouldn't hurt to go ahead and clean them. Finally, my computer is still working fine. So I think this is a keeper. Thanks for your recommendation. Bob -----Original Message----- From: LeDon Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2014 1:55 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] AdwCleaner: was Malware bytes Thanks Steve. I think that I will take a look at this software. LeDon. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Steve Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2014 11:41 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] AdwCleaner: was Malware bytes I am having issues posting to the Jaws list, apparently it may not like HTML posts. I previously posted this, but it may not have gone through. So, I modified the subject line so as not to hijack the thread. I use a different piece of software than Malware Bytes which is much more effective. It as AdwCleaner and it is totally accessible with Jaws, as well as with other screen readers. I do some tech support, and it cleaned up a client's computer that was seriously infected with spyware including browser hijacks. My wife also tried it on her computer that seemed to freeze occasionally, and it resolved those issues. This is one of the recommended programs for attacking some forms of spyware and malware on BleepingComputer.com. Here is my brief tutorial on its usage: I thought I'd submit a post about an outstanding malware removal program that is extremely accessible. It is called Adwcleaner. I used version 4.106. I tried it about ten days ago on my computer and found a couple things. My wife had an issue with her computer freezing when doing downloads, and she used this program this morning and it corrected the issue. I have a client who had issues with several pieces of spyware such as global updater, groovorio, roboot, and many more that could not be nuked with MalwareBytes or a couple different anti-virus programs. This person had over sixty browser helper objects in Firefox, and these same programs that ran in Internet Explorer were listed in various places in the registry, under program folders and scheduled tasks. It identified over 155 different registry keys, and over thirty folders with malware. Adwcleaner opens with a simple screen layout. Under the actions menu, you first hit the Scan button. It will take a few minutes to scan. On the results screen, there are several tabs. These are tabs for each browser (firefox, Internet explorer, google chrome if you have it), plus tabs for files, folders, registry, scheduled tasks etc. Under each tab, you can tab into the list of items it has identified. If you don't want to clean an item, just uncheck it as you arrow down through the culprits. Once you've reviewed everything, go back to the actions area and hit the Clean button. It will warn you to make sure you've saved data from your other applications as it will close all programs. When it says it will close all programs--believe it! It means it! It closes everything, including your screen-reader. Suggestion: Make sure you have a shortcut installed so you can bring your screen reader back up about ten seconds after it closes. When you bring your screen reader up again, it will tell you it needs to reboot to finish the process. When it reboots, you will be in a notepad log file showing what it was able to remove. The log file will also be saved, along with the quarantine folder, under your root directory. You can download AdwCleaner at https://toolslib.net/downloads/finish/1/ Steve Lansing, MI For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
