How to Get Rid of Adware and Potential Malware Using Adwcleaner

Adwares are softwares(malwares) that downloads and displays unwanted advertising materials such as banners or pop-ups whenever a user is online. Sometimes, adwares can be annoying and getting them of your computer can be a real pain in the butt.
Adwares generally make your browsing experience really horrible by displaying ads on in your browser, opening pop-ups, redirecting links and sometimes downloading other forms of malware unto your computer.
In this guide we're going to learn how to remove such adware with Adwcleaner.
AdwCleaner is a free application for Windows-based PCs made by a team of French developers Xplode. AdwCleaner searches for and removes adware, browser hijackers and other potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) that may have installed themselves on your computer.
The software, which is compatible with all desktop versions of Windows, also includes a search function and a mode suppression feature. Here's how to install and use AdwCleaner.

1. Click the Download Now button at http://toolslib.net/downloads/viewdownload/1-adwcleaner/. 

2. Run the program you just downloaded. You can do that by either opening it directly from the browser you used or from the location the file was downloaded too. Click run in the UAC pop-up windows if it appears. 
3. Click the Scan button when AdwCleaner launches. The program will search your computer for unwanted software. This may take up to 10 minutes depending on the amount of adware and PUPs on the computer. Just be patient in that case.

4. Click each category tab once AdwCleaner has completed its scan and deselect each of the suspicious and/or malicious items you don't want removed from the general system. I most situations it is best advised not to deselect anything. Just let it be as it is.

5. Click the Clean button after you have unchecked(or not) the elements you don't want removed.
6. Click OK in the pop-up window warning you that AdwCleaner will close all other programs before moving the unwanted software.

7. Click OK in the pop-up window that tells you how to keep your computer free of unwanted programs.
8. Click OK in the pop-up window alerting you that AdwCleaner must restart your computer. Save everything you're doing on your computer before you click ok!
9. Read over the log report that launches when the computer is rebooted.

Hurray! You did it!!