AdwCleaner 8.0

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## v8.1.0 [15/02/2021] ###

New Features

* Make the scan operations multi-threaded to further increase scanning speed on all types of machines.

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v8.2.0 [22/03/2021]​

New Features​

• Support Brazilian Portuguese translation.
  
• It is now possible to delete logfiles directly from the UI.
  

Changes​

• Update translations.
  
• Update definitions to 2021.03.22.1
  

Bugfixes​

• Correctly display the number of scanned items in all places.
  

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v8.3.0 [29/06/2021]​

New Features​

• Rewritten updater. It now keeps track of the previous channel and uses it for the updated version.
  
• When running in non-release mode (e.g alpha or beta) the channel is displayed on the title bar.
  
• Make the database update channel distinct from the product update channel (for instance it makes it possible to use AdwCleaner alpha with a beta database).
  

Changes​

• Improve handling of json operations.
  
• Update Malwarebytes branding to "Cyberprotection for everyone".
  
• Consolidate most external urls to "adwcleaner.malwarebytes.com".
  
• Update definitions to 2021.06.29.1
  
• Update translations.
  

Bugfixes​

• Make the updater more robust as sometimes the updater didn't launch the new AdwCleaner version.
  
• Make the GUI arguments parsing more robust.
  
• Fix some cut-off buttons rendering in Brazilian Portuguese
  

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## v8.3.2 [23/03/2022]

### Changes

* Enhance logging around process termination
* Ongoing work to improve the web browsers module
* Logfiles are now sorted by ID (rather than alphabetical as previously)
* Update definitions to 2022.03.15.1
* Update translations.

### Bugfixes

* Fix a DLL hijacking issue.
* Fix the Portuguese translation.

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AdwCleaner 8.4.0:

New Features
 

• Now also supports Microsoft Edge browser
  
• Improve the uninstallation flow, and add a `/uninstall` command to the CLI.
  

Changes

• Update bundled definitions to 2022.08.22.1
  

Bugfixes

• Fix security issue when dealing with mountpoints and symlinks.
  
• Some deleted items were not displayed in the quarantine
  
• Fix Chrome-based browsers scanning logic
  

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AdwCleaner 8.4.1

## 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)

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AdwCleaner 8.4.2:

We are happy to release AdwCleaner 8.4.2! It's a bugfix release that focuses on fixing an issue with the way we validate a new AdwCleaner binary during the update process

Nothing new apart from that in this release, but we're working on a major upgrade of most components, and this is going to be a big release. Stay tuned!

Changelog:
## 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.

Download here: AdwCleaner 2023 - Free Adware Cleaner & Removal Tool | Malwarebytes

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Malwarebytes AdwCleaner v8.5.0.595 has been released to General Availability. (07-March-2025)

Announcement | Autoupdate or Download | Forum | Support | FAQ | Guide | Release History & News |

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.

[harlan4096]

AdwCleaner 8.5.1 seems available for downloading from the homepage:

AdwCleaner 2025 - Free Adware Cleaner & Removal Tool | Malwarebytes  

We're in the process of releasing 8.5.1 to everyone [...]

Source: https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/31...nt=1693344

[harlan4096]

AdwCleaner 8.7.1

Hello,

We are releasing AdwCleaner 8.7.1 to fix an underlying issue related to the quarantine, introduced in our recent json parsing changes.

If you faced some weird behaviors from the quarantine (empty, or incomplete..), this release will restore the correct behavior.

## 8.7.1 [19/02/2026]

### Bugfixes

* Fix quarantine not showing quarantined elements in some cases.

Note: this is just a hotfix version, no bundled database update this time.

Download here: https://adwcleaner.malwarebytes.com/adwc...el=release

Source: https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/33...eaner-871/