

Jérôme Boursier and Corentin Chepeau, two of the founders who have been continued their involvement while attending university in France, released the sixth major version in 2016. Founded in 2011 by three 17 year-old French students, AdwCleaner quickly grew in popularity over the years. The AdwCleaner story mirrors that of Malwarebytes in many ways. Installed around 200 million times, AdwCleaner has proven effective against bloatware, questionable software and specific types of malware. – October 19, 2016 – Malwarebytes™, the leading advanced malware prevention and remediation solution, today announced the acquisition of AdwCleaner, one of the world’s most frequently downloaded tools for removing potentially unwanted programs (PUPs), adware, toolbars and other unwanted software.Ĭonsumers and businesses download AdwCleaner more than 200,000 times per day, making it one of the most downloaded products on many sites. Malwarebytes acquires anti-adware startup with 200 million downloads to further campaign against potentially unwanted programs (PUPs)
