AdwCleaner bad VirusTotal result 4/55

AdwCleaner has been recommended from several quarters.

I have downloaded "adwcleaner_3.308.exe" from the author ...
https://toolslib.net/downloads/viewd.../1-adwcleaner/

But scans by VirusTotal and Metascan return negative results

VirusTotal
- fresh scan 31-Aug-2014
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/f...80b1/analysis/
- found FOUR threats
- 55 scan engines
1. CMC | Trojan.Win32.Generic!O
2. Cyren | W32/GenBl.9DED4724!Olympus
3. Kingsoft | VIRUS_UNKNOWN
4. Symantec | Trojan.Gen.SMH

Metascan
- historical scan 28-Aug-2014
https://www.metascan-online.com/en/s...22572979e4b875
- found ONE threat
- 40 scan engines
1. Filseclab | Trojan.Pirminay.aakt.xzed

I find it so frustrating to find a recommendation (even on sevenforums.com) only to be confronted with added crapware.

What gets me going is AdwCleaner is full of the crap that it boasts about detecting and removing

OpenCandy is not alone as sneakware. Babylon(fs) does not like being uninstalled.

Any ideas where I might find a clean adware detector and removal tool. Malwarebytes does not view "OpenCandy" as malware.

Thank you

Hi:

To add to DavidW7ncus's excellent advice about MBAM...

I suspect that the problem is not with AdwCleaner, but with the AV vendors who for many reasons (marketing/financial/etc) choose not to recognize many legitimate malware-removal tools from other sources. Essentially, the detection at VT would be considered a "False Positive".

AdwCleaner is used thousands of times a day at many computer disinfection forums.
And it is hosted at bleepingcomputer.com, which AFAIK, only hosts downloads that are "malware-free":
AdwCleaner Download

It sounds to me as if you might already be infected -- at least with PUPs/adware/junkware?
You might want to get some free, expert cleanup help, either here or at another computer disinfection forum?

<just a thought>

Cheers,

A tip: Always check on herdProtect too because they say they're good at detecting false positives!

Clean 0/68
A number of engines detected this file but were erroneous detections (false positives).
Malware scan of adwcleaner_3.308.exe 2b9afd04d0325d2cbaa3e3bf16a59b63e2ee35e1 - herdProtect

The site
AdwCleaner Download
(CAUTION)
has been given as a download site previously.
and Norton quarantines it reporting Trojan "Trojan.Gen.SMH"

so I'd agree with GrayGhost2 and don't think it should be recommended at this stage.

Yes Norton does consider the site secure. I could imagine it is possible to be false positives (by a number of anti virus software). Still, there is a dilemma in deciding to use it given that it is just an additional safety check.
Check a risk with a risk?

It not a dilemma to me.

I use the Bleeping Computer site because I trust them.

I just downloaded it and scanned it with Malwarebytes, Super Anti Spyware, and Microsoft Security Essentials.
No problems found.

I do not use the authors site.
I can't read that site and the last time I ended up with a bunch of trash.

I have used Eset online scanner several times in the past when AdwCleaner was installed and it never flagged it.

Like many sites have reported about fake anti virus, and Malwarebytes programs their is a good chance that their are fake AdwCleaner also.

Seem like when a product works and becomes popular someone makes a fake.