Damn it. I am not sure if posting these kind of threads is allowed here. If not, my apologies. And feel free to move this topic to the security section if applicable.
Hello eL_PuSHeR - Thank you for providing us with his little gem. For months now I've been having problems with I.E. 11 randomly freezing and/or crashing, and the usual fixes haven't solved anything. During that time, I was running regular scans with Avast, Malwarebytes, and Trend Micro Housecall. Each of them reported no problems with regard to viruses or malware being present on the system. The first time I ran ZHP Cleaner, it reported a browser hijacker had been installed to the Windows registry and quarantined it. Since then, no more problems with I.E. 11. Thanks again. - Derek
The first time I ran ZHP Cleaner, it reported a browser hijacker had been installed to the Windows registry and quarantined it.
IE can seem delicate/touchy to things being added into it. For instance some legit and clean download managers can add their context menu to IE causing problems with the browser, i.e.; crashing, freezing, etc.
A word of caution for everyone using this software. Check carefully what you are about to remove. This software has got its share of false positives too.
A word of caution for everyone using this software. Check carefully what you are about to remove. This software has got its share of false positives too.
Noticed that, it offered to remove a few things which are not malicious:
FOUND file: C:\Users\Rob\Downloads\Lollipop Sounds.zip (Adware.Lollipop) [D008263BFE514B4419C2ABE61FC8EC96] - zip file of system sounds from Android Lollipop
FOUND key: [X64] HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Steam App 283000 [Wastelands Interactive] (Adware.AdRoar) - Strategic War in Europe (steam game)
FOUND key: [X64] HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Steam App 283020 [Wastelands Interactive] (Adware.AdRoar) - The Campaign Series: Fall Weiss (steam game)
FOUND key: [X64] HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Steam App 302320 [Wastelands Interactive] (Adware.AdRoar) - Storm over the Pacific (steam game)
FOUND key: [X64] HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Steam App 305390 [Wastelands Interactive] (Adware.AdRoar) - World War 2: Time of Wrath (steam game)
That's curious. I have several Steam games too but I don't get any registry values to clean here.
Those are very few out of very many I have installed, and of those 5 games, 4 are published and developed by the same firm, so maybe it's just an issue with their installers or some such.
I am a student at geekstogo Malware school and none of my teachers have heard of this program. The exe is flaged as Malware when uploaded to virus total. A flag does not always indicate a posative infection how ever if it's not disgust at geekstogo/bleepingcomputer then i think you would be silly to run the program.
Another point is it instals itself in a common malware location. APPData is where data lives. Not executables.