Significant changes made by the installer:įile system details ( Selection ) - Adds the folder C : \Program Files ( x86 ) \Ashampoo\Ashampoo WinOptimizer FREEĪdds the file ash_inet2. KG -> ) C : \Program Files ( x86 ) \Ashampoo\Ashampoo WinOptimizer FREE\WO17. It would have warned you before the application could install itself, giving you a chance to stop it before it became too late. We hope our application and this guide have helped you eradicate this system optimizer.Īs you can see below the full version of Malwarebytes would have protected you against the WinOptimizer installer. How would the full version of Malwarebytes help protect me? If you have allowed the notifications you can read here how to disable them. No, Malwarebytes removes WinOptimizer completely. Is there anything else I need to do to get rid of WinOptimizer? Reboot the system if prompted to complete the removal process. When the scan is finished click Quarantine to remove the found threats. When your Malwarebytes for Windows installation completes, the program opens to the Welcome to Malwarebytes screen. Please download Malwarebytes for Windows to your desktop.ĭouble-click MBSetup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program. Our program Malwarebytes can detect and remove this potentially unwanted application. This particular one was downloaded from their website: These so-called system optimizers use different methods of getting installed.
You may see this entry in your list of installed programs: You will find these icons in your taskbar, your startmenu, and on your desktop:Īnd this type of screens during "operations": This is how the main screen of the system optimizer looks:
How do I know if I am infected with WinOptimizer? This one also uses web push notifications: More information can be found on our Malwarebytes Labs blog. Then they try to sell you their software, claiming it will remove these problems. These so-called "system optimizers" use intentional false positives to convince users that their systems have problems. The Malwarebytes research team has determined that WinOptimizer is a "system optimizer".
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