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AdsFix for Windows

  • Free
  • In English
  • V9.10.22.2
  • 4.7
  • (1)

Softonic review

Cleanse infected data

AdsFix is a completely free security and privacy companion that can safeguard your system from potential adware and spyware coming from different download files, folders, and even sneakily hiding behind shortcuts of programs. This utility is specially designed for advanced computer user types as the process can be risky.  

Through AdsFix, you can specifically get rid of Trojan and worm combinations like certified-search-toolbar, 22Find, awesomehp, nation-zoom, etc. Prior to running this tool, make sure your firewall, antivirus, as well as Windows Defender, are disabled. If not, it will be hard for the protection to work. 

Impressive but imperfect protector

AdsFix provides a portable file that makes the tool convenient to use even on the go as you can opt to save it on any removable storage medium. The user interface that will greet you is not visually appealing, nonetheless, it is straightforward to operate with the controls grouped together. Administration rights will be required and as stated, antivirus utilities must be deactivated. 

Before scanning, it's important for you to unlock deletion first. You can do it by clicking the ‘Options’ and ‘Unlock Deletion’ buttons subsequently. Keep in mind though once scanning has been processed it can’t be undone. That’s actually one of its downsides along with no pause or stop options available to end or halt the scan. Still, a restore function is offered to address your concern. 

More than deleting viruses in shortcuts, it can serve as your anti-spyware solution protecting you from hijackers and browser infections. In addition, it is capable of deleting files and folders and reset browser homepages as well. The process can take a long while to finish and during the procedure, you are barred from touching your desktop. If you badly need to end the scanning, just press the ESC key. 

Does its job efficiently 

If you want to ensure that your system and its shortcuts doesn’t sneakily bring in malware, AdsFix is an ideal suite that can focus on those worries. Its interface is unattractive but nevertheless, ease of use is guaranteed. The process itself though can be long so, make sure that when you decide to start the scan, you're finished with PC tasks as you can’t use it while scanning is ongoing. 

  • Pros

    • Scan for viruses
    • Malware hiding on shortcuts will be diagnosed also
    • Good anti-spyware solution
    • Straightforward interface
  • Cons

    • Scanning can take a long time
    • No pause or stop option
    • Can’t touch PC while the process is ongoing
 0/1

App specs

  • License

    Free

  • Version

    9.10.22.2

  • Latest update

  • Platform

    Windows

  • OS

    Windows 8.1

  • Language

    English

  • Downloads

    59

    Last month's downloads

    • 3
  • Size

    5.92 MB

  • Developer

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Icon of program: AdsFix

AdsFix for PC

  • Free
  • In English
  • V9.10.22.2
  • 4.7
  • (1)

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Clean

It’s extremely likely that this software program is clean.

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We have scanned the file and URLs associated with this software program in more than 50 of the world's leading antivirus services; no possible threat has been detected.

Warning

This software program is potentially malicious or may contain unwanted bundled software.

Why is the software program still available?

Based on our scan system, we have determined that these flags are possibly false positives.

What is a false positive?

It means a benign program is wrongfully flagged as malicious due to an overly broad detection signature or algorithm used in an antivirus program.

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