In the latest version of HitmanPro 64-bit, every time I scan my PC it finds ask toolbar extension installed in Google Chrome (although it isn't).After resetting Chrome & removing the extension using Hitmanpro & I opened Chrome again & then I run a scan & guess what?? Ask toolbar is again found installed at first I thought my PC was infected & I did a full repartition & format. Then I installed Chrome & scanned with Hitmanpro....it again finds Ask Toolbar WTF is happening??? Is anyone facing the same issue with the latest version of Hitmanpro?? Please respond!! It might be some false positive coz I scanned my PC with Avast free,Malwarebytes & even Super Antispyware & nothing was found every time (as expected coz it was afresh installation & I only installed Windows updates,Avast,Chrome & Hitmanpro)
I think it's a bug. I have the same result. It displays the path as: C:\Users\lesliec\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Web Data When I drill down to the \Default folder, I see it contains 18 more folders, but not one of them is named "\Web Data". Does yours behave the same? (BTW, \AppData is hidden by default, so you will need to unhide it to view it's contents).
Yes, exactly the same...most probably it is a bug,just wanted to make sure if others were having a similar experience BTW:- The "Web Data" is actually a file, not a folder
Whoops, I missed that. I copied the "Web Data" file to another location to view it's contents. It's a "SQLite format 3" file with what I guess are SQL commands of formatting structures? At any rate, I see nothing about ask.com or the Ask Toolbar in it's contents.
Check the registry for ask toolbar or ask.com . AFAIK a lot of malware programs will not remove registry entries. Use regedit and search.
Hitman Pro doesn't show the items being in the registry, and they are not there. But yes, regedt32 is often the way to go for some situations. I got hit with some Spigot-Open Candy-Conduit crap months ago. Regedt32 gave it the boot.
Nope, even regedt32 did not find any ask.com related stuff...most probably this is a bug that causes this detection.
The latest release of hitmanpro is buggy. It will list Kaspersky Internet Security 2014 temporary files as as possible infections every time. Thankfully the ignore option is selected by default.