Qihoo 360 Essentials Flagged Adwcleaner ver 5.0.1.5 With Warning

[marg]

I downloaded Adwcleaner 5.0.1.5 yesterday & later in the day I ran TSE quick scan & received a Warning from Quihu TSE. It might be a false positive though. Any thoughts on this? Thanks!

 

[Ink]

Can you post a screenshot warning from 360 TSE and the site you downloaded from?

Remember to use trusted sites like BleepingComputer, or MajorGeeks (Download AdwCleaner - MajorGeeks) - v5.0.1.5

1 FP from Bkav (Antivirus scan for f517beec61a29cfaf4a4e0c70be448c93bc527de1add6ddc1b3f22230ea7ca1e at 2015-10-28 16:27:43 UTC - VirusTotal) - VirusTotal Scan Results

An over-reaction isn't required unless you have downloaded from an unknown site, warez or other nefarious site. You can ignore the FP from Qihoo 360 TSE, or download a new copy from above.

 

[marg]

I downloaded from Softpedia as its usually a good site for downloads for me. Bleepingcomputer does not have the new version up yet. Sorry, I can't do a screenshot as I uninstalled ver 5.0.1.5 of Adwcleaner to be on the safe side.

 

[Moose]

Nine times out of ten times this will happen. It make you wonder? Just uninstall!

 

[Andytay70]

Softpedia like to add all sorts of bundleware with their downloads so i guess it was flagged accordingly?

 

[marg]

God Bless You.! I won't use Softpedia any more.!! I just downloaded from Majorgeeks & all seems well for now.!

 

[Andytay70]

you're welcome miss

 

[NekoJonez]

Kinda unrelated... But lately, AdwCleaner itself has some FP's. It picked up the browser security of Avira.
I think that the main issue is that the latest releases weren't digitally signed.

 

[Oxygen]

Softpedia like to add all sorts of bundleware with their downloads.

Could you provide some evidence for that claim? I have never had any issues with the site.

Just because a antivirus flagged it as unsafe doesn't mean it actually is.

 

[Andytay70]

Could you provide some evidence for that claim? I have never had any issues with the site.

Just because a antivirus flagged it as unsafe doesn't mean it actually is.

Here you go
Yes, Every Freeware Download Site is Serving Crapware (Here’s the Proof)

 

[Oxygen]

Here you go
Yes, Every Freeware Download Site is Serving Crapware (Here’s the Proof)

Softpedia only has select software that is Ad-Supported (and it tells you if it is.)

They also state that all the files they host is not modified in any way.

Spoiler: Softpedia Ad-Supported Explanation

 

[jamescv7]

Well it can be an FP if the signature name threat is not related to Adware type but even the possibility of ad supported then you cannot be infected if its a legitimate source.

So its a sensitive level of an AV which needs a report.

 

[marg]

I started to run Adwcleaner this A.M. I received a warning that Adwcleaner was out of date. I went to Major Geeks & Tool Lib & Quihu Quarantined all two downloads as a Trojan. It was the latest version 5.0.1.7 so I went back to Bleepingcomputer & redownloaded version 5.0.1.6 & no problem with Trojan alerts. A FP maybe.??

 

[Evgeny]

Just click "trust this file" - problem solved.

 

[Andytay70]

false positive

 

[SloppyMcFloppy]

Today Qihoo 360 Total Security Essential suddenly flag AdwCleaner as heuristic malware. I Sent the false positive to them, and they replied they had took proper action for it. But then i try to run AdwCleaner again today, it still detect as heuristic malware.