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AdAware ver 8.1.3

Jan 26, 2010 11:15PM PST

I have been using free AdAware for a long time with no problems. I tried updating to their new version 8.1.3 and got an error message during installation. I then ran Malwarebytes and got this:
Registry Keys Infected:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{1d4db7d2-6ec9-47a3-bd87-1e41684e07bb} (Adware.MyWebSearch) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully.

Something in the AdAware update infected my computer. Maybe that's why I got the error message during installation?

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