Malwarebytes, maker of the popular Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, Anti-Exploit, Anti-Ransomware and other security tools, announced that it has acquired AdwCleaner, a Windows application designed to clean systems from adware.
As an adware we define any unwanted software, setting or file that is not considered malicious.
Έτσι, όλα αυτά τα πιθανώς ανεπιθύμητα προγράμματα (PUP) που συνήθως βρίσκονται κατά την εγκατάσταση άλλη “δωρεάν” λογισμικού διαθέτουν adware, που για παράδειγμα, πραγματοποιεί αλλαγές στην αρχική σελίδα του browser you adding another machine search or additional services in Windows, popups ads, or the cookies that track users.
Malwarebytes plans to enhance the company's applications by adding detection for potentially unwanted programs. So she figured getting an extra tool would go a long way toward her goal.
Please note that AdwCleaner will remain available as a free stand-alone program. This means that users who are already using the app will still be able to use it as they were.
Malwarebytes plans to integrate AdwCleaner technology into its Anti-Malware products.
According to the company, AdwCleaner downloads more than 200.000 times every day, and has been installed a total of "about" 200 million times.
