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Ok, Mbam reported three Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUP). That's not bad, but you probably want to do a thorugh check. Hopefully Mbam took care of them, but others might be lurking.
These things usually come from SW installs where the author or site has bundled the SW with other things to promote their site or generate ad revenue. Most are legit and can be uninstalled through normal channels. Some cannot be uninstalled that way.
The best install advice is to click on custom (instead of auto or express) and pay attention to during and after the install. Remove any check marks from extraneous software offered by the install (sometimes tis isn't offered until you're about to hit finish - the extra software is ticked and you hit the finish button). Everybody does it, I miss it sometimes because the offer is small or situated in a "blind spot" on the window.
Anyway.....
Let's see what other scanners tell you.
AdwCleaner is a two step process. Scan then Clean
Step 1: Download and Scan
Click here to download AdwCleaner (author: Xplode)
>> save the application to your Desktop.
- Double click on AdwCleaner.exe on your Desktop to run the scanner.
Right-click and select Run As Administrator.
AdwCleaner is a standalone executable, there is no install.
- Click on the Scan button.
>> AdwCleaner begins scanning your system. It might take some time to complete, be patient
- When the scan has finished, click on the Report button
>> the AdwCleaner log: AdwCleaner[R#].txt is opened in your default Text editor.
[R#] gets incremented every time you run AdwCleaner - the highest number is the most recent.
- Look through the log for any recognizable entries - don't worry about other details in the log.
i.e. I use Textpad on my system and AdwCleaner flags it as a possilbe threat because I configured Textpad to replace Notepad. AdwCleaner says "Hey, that's not quite right - you should take a look a this - did you make this change"
- Paste the entire AdwCleaner log in your next post.
AdwCleaner logs are located in the C:\AdwCleaner folder if you need to reference them again.