Overview
Category:
Adware: Software that displays popup/popunder ads when the primary user interface is not visible or which do not appear to be assocaited with the product.
Similar Pests:
Origins
Group:
Date of Origin:
Distribution
Prevalence:
Clot Factor:
The "Clot Factor" is a measure of how much a pest "gums up" a machine by adding registry entries, files, and directories. As more objects are placed in a machine, manual removal becomes more difficult and more error-prone.
Growth:
Operation
Storage Required:
Detection and Removal
Automatic Removal:
PestPatrol detects this.
PestPatrol removes this.
Manual Removal:
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AdTools Service supports many free software products through its advertising relevancy technology.
If you remove AdTools Service from your system, certain free software that you installed may no longer
function properly and you may have to reinstall them from a backup.
If you are sure that you want to remove AdTools Service from your computer just follow these two easy steps:
1) Click Start -> Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs
2) Scroll to AdTools Service and click Remove
Kill these running processes with Task Manager:
Go To the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run.
If you find the value HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\adtools service, delete it and reboot the machine immediately.
Unregister these DLLs with Regsvr32, then reboot:
Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit:
Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:
Remove these directories (if present) with Windows Explorer:
Research
File Analyses:
- AdTools: adtools.exe · adtoolscomm.dll · adtoolskeep.exe · adtoolsx.dll