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Malwarebytes AdwCleaner 8.4.1.0 has been released to General Availability. (29-January-2024)

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SHA-256 = 58e6ad768d5df89dd9deb8755a0b64d631543716a7175228b23a6bdb91fa31cb

Hello,

After a long period without receiving public facing updates, I'm very happy to share a new release for AdwCleaner, 8.4.1. This is a maintenance version to fix a security vulnerability and update the bundled definitions.

Many of you have questions and are curious regarding what's next for AdwCleaner, and I hope to be able to share more about that soon. Regardless, we should now be back on track to release more regular and valuable updates!

Please share your feature requests and any suggestions you would like to see implemented!

Thanks to everyone who submits vulnerability reports, we love to receive them!

As usual, see the changelog below:

## v8.4.1 [29/01/2024]

### Changes

* Update bundled definitions to 2024.01.29.1

### Bugfixes

* Fix Privilege Escalation when deleting debug logfiles (CVE-2023-28892 - CVE-2023-28892 - Malwarebytes AdwCleaner - Privilege Escalation)
Download here: AdwCleaner 2023 - Free Adware Cleaner & Removal Tool | Malwarebytes
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Malwarebytes AdwCleaner 8.4.2.0 has been released to General Availability (GA). (04-March-2024)

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MD5 · f0cb04ad4c15fba31532eb922fa6de6f
SHA1 · 097d5c12eae63ba6f9e7791aa4d65c6dddb4bce9
SHA256 · 91068efbef44f8ceedbbbdfeea8959633c4ecc9100c3ba08b2603d7c5d59ac22

## v8.4.2 [04/03/2024]

### Changes

* Update bundled definitions to 2024.03.04.1

### Bugfixes

* Fix the updater process verification mechanism failure and migrate from OpenSSL to Wincrypt.
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NOTE: The Malwarebytes Forum Community Manger has authored a real-world user guide: Scan with AdwCleaner

HTH
 
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For BETA testers only. Malwarebytes AdwCleaner v8.5.0.574 BETA has been made available. (23-October-2024)

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MD5 72ecfa9f1e0a69e61867d99e0b8bae9e
SHA-1 dec0ac8c275264d1271f6c6dc5be7f2589402e86
SHA-256 61652dae83b0a793705d48f771fa366b6aa6be6807f75f8b75245d29cb7ab451

Changelog:

## v8.5.0 [17/10/2024]

### Changes

* Major upgrade to Qt 6
* Update bundled definitions to 2024.10.23.2

Download here: https://adwcleaner.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner?channel=beta
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NOTE: The current release is still v8.4.2.0.
 
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Malwarebytes AdwCleaner v8.5.0.595 has been released to General Availability. (07-March-2025)

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Digitally signed/Countersigned. SHA-256: 4d428b3f1846a253fb18ef489eeffe43db25da249a3424066b74d808f2587c81

Hello,

We just shipped the release version of 8.5.0, finally.

It took a while to iron out several network-related bugs, but it looks like we've finally covered them all. Thanks to all of you who helped to test the preliminary releases!

A separate database update will happen early next week.

Features and improvements

Upgraded to Qt6 to keep AdwCleaner up-to-date and improve performance.
Updated bundled definitions to version 2024.10.23.2.

Issues fixed

Improved the handling of network connections to prevent various bugs from occurring.
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It has been determined that due to the requirements needed to keep up with updates to the latest versions of Windows, starting with AdwCleaner version 8.5, Windows 7 is no longer supported.

You can continue to use version 8.4, at this time, it will continue to receive detection updates.

We do recommend updating to Windows 10 or higher, as Microsoft no longer patches any vulnerabilities in later versions of Windows.

Regards,

Malwarebytes Support | support.malwarebytes.com
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For BETA testers only. Malwarebytes AdwCleaner v8.5.1.601 BETA has been made available. (27-March-2025)

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Digitally signed/Countersigned. SHA-256: ee07ba57a62bf06f10658c00d79545b818b4ae627f9c565806dda86d4b322a0d

NOTE: The current release is still v8.5.0.595.

We released 8.5.1 in beta, and we need your help validating our fixes in real-world environments.

As usual, please share your debug logs so that we can look at network related errors around the database.

It's available at https://adwcleaner.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner?channel=beta
 
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Malwarebytes AdwCleaner v8.6.0

Hello all, We are happy to finally release AdwCleaner 8.6.0! This release contains fixes for various issues we've been tackling in the past few versions, mostly related to our update to Qt6 a earlier this year. It also improves the loading time thanks to internal changes with how we deal with jso...
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## v8.6.0 [19/08/2025]

### Changes

* Improve json-parsing for all internal components (exclusions, settings, etc) to optimize loading times and memory usage.
* Update bundled definitions to 2025.08.19.1

### Bugfixes

* Fully fix network-related issue for TLS connections. OpenSSL detections was not working well in the past few versions, which led to connection failures.
 

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AdwCleaner 8.7.0.619
Changelog:
  • Make the json parser faster and more robust.
  • Update bundled definitions to 2025.12.16.1
  • Fix: CVE-2025-67905 (Privilege Escalation)
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AdwCleaner: Free Adware Removal & Cleaner Tool

Download Malwarebytes AdwCleaner for free to remove adware, bloatware, unwanted toolbars, and other potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) from your Windows PC. AdwCleaner destroys adware and restores your PC's performance.
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Malwarebytes AdwCleaner v8.8.0.633 has been made available. (05-May-2026)

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Digitally signed/Countersigned. SHA-256: a7a74b84f33e284690bd01de77ede3b41c56d1e6c9a2cb3d91d2ae74c18e9c5d

### Changes

* Exclude the Set Me screen control application from being closed during cleans.
* Update bundled definitions to 2026.04.29.1

### Bugfixes

* Improve the way oplocks are handled to avoid locking scans or cleans.
* Improve json parsing.
 
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