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
Different infections require different tools. There is a reason we ask members to post a Farbar Recovery Scan Tool log before proceeding. The log reports these tools generate allow us to see whats really going on. These tools have non public scripting capabilitys that give us more control then standard users.
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.
No. This software is legit and it's not malware. I know a version from some days ago it even targeted itself as malware (LOL) but it has been corrected now. That's not saying this software not having any flaws.
I just ran the latest ZHP Cleaner here on xp. Ran OK, found the usual suspects, deleted them, all is well. It's not malware, but like any cleanup software it has dangers. You can cut yourself with a butter knife if you try hard enough. <--- Joke, not sarcasm. Joke.
By the way, are you the original ident from a few years back? Big clue: Needs More Cowbell.
No. This software is legit and it's not malware. I know a version from some days ago it even targeted itself as malware (LOL) but it has been corrected now. That's not saying this software not having any flaws.
How do you know unless you are apart of the team? I am not saying this program is good or bad i am saying my opinion that i am trained to do so. My teachers who are the best in the world have not heard of this application. That still does not say it is bad. I personally uploded the latest exe and it reported 52/3 infection ratio which is still not a flag it is bad.
I just ran this application on a fresh VM and it reported 99 infections. Here are some points i think should be made clear.
My teachers have not hard of this application.
The latest exe tested posative.
You are not a malware expert or in any training with any malware school. I do not think you should be offering malware advice.
The school i am in was by a previous admin here who ran the help section in the malware fourm. I am not saying this application is bad. I am saying you do not have any experience in malware removal and are suggesting tools that go agasint other schools rules.
and using the same logic (without any malice) the same can be said for your 'credentials'.
just saying.....
no one has ever heard of anything - until they hear of it, obviously.
ZHP was new to me as well until @eL_PuSHeR posted about it.
so I did as much research as I could, read forums and reviews, checked out their website, all the usual safe stuff when testing a new product, then used it, and as far as I can tell, it seems fine.
I appreciate your concerns because we should tread lightly when using such software. But I haven't got your point yet. I have been using the software, along with a similar one AdwCleaner for a long time and didn't find anything malicious nor dangerous. That is not to say this software isn't without flaws though.
I am not a programmer and I don't have anything to do with it at all.
And yes, this software is french made. That could be a reason isn't so well-known worldwide. You cannot compare it to any other product from some big worldwide AV corporation.
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.
These "malware removal schools" are hardly an authority on information security. An amatuer is not going to become a security expert because a bunch of unqualified technicians have walked them through a few online tutorials.
Unless you've completed a (real) degree in information security, a degree in computer forensics, and can analyze a binary with a hex editor in your sleep; your opinion is no more valid than anyone else's on this forum.
(Worth noting that ZHPCleaner broke Google Chrome on my test machine)
Thought I'd pass along some positive feedback from using ZHPcleaner today.
Had a PC with crap on it, one thing was web pages being redirected.
Ran ZHP, it said something along the lines "did you install this IP address 81.nn.nn.nn?", answered No, and it nicely got rid of it from a Registry IP stack section.