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I will try to notify the concern, but I'm afraid nothing can be done. So far, no drastic steps have been taken. BTW. I edited my previous post to add more security programs with Vista compatibilty.

More anti-malware / security programs still supporting Vista could be added to the first post: CryptoPrevent Anti-Malware https://www.d7xtech.com/cryptoprevent-anti-malware/ https://www.d7xtech.com/faq/what-happened-to-cryptoprevent-free-edition/ Cybergenic Shade Sandbox https://www.shadesandbox.com/ Dr. Web https://products.drweb.com/win/security_space/?lng=en https://products.drweb.com/win/av/?lng=en https://products.drweb.com/home/katana/?lng=en Hitman (now owned by Sophos) https://www.hitmanpro.com/en-us/hmp.aspx https://www.hitmanpro.com/en-us/alert.aspx Jetico Personal Firewall https://www.jetico.com/free-security-tools/block-out-bad-guys-jetico-personal-firewall KeyScrambler https://www.qfxsoftware.com/ks-windows/which-keyscrambler.htm NoVirusThanks programs https://www.novirusthanks.org/products/anti-autoexec/ https://www.novirusthanks.org/products/syshardener/ https://www.novirusthanks.org/products/registry-guard/ https://www.novirusthanks.org/products/registry-guard-service/ Qihoo 360 https://www.360totalsecurity.com/en/features/360-total-security-essential/ https://www.360totalsecurity.com/en/features/360-total-security/ RogueKiller https://www.adlice.com/download/roguekiller/ SecureAPlus https://www.secureaplus.com/download simplewall (partial support) https://www.henrypp.org/product/simplewall SpyShelter https://www.spyshelter.com/download-spyshelter/ TinyWall https://tinywall.pados.hu/download.php TrustPort https://www.trustport.com/en/support/frequently-asked-questions Unchecky https://unchecky.com/faq Xvirus https://xvirus.net/xvirus-personal-firewall.html#xvirus-firewall https://xvirus.net/#anti-malware Zemana https://www.zemana.com/antimalware https://www.zemana.com/antilogger

Under "described behavior" I mean what I said earlier "Yes, it runs, but the scan is too fast and in fact there is no guarantee that your system is checked at all." Some user reported that the scan takes less than second with no indication that it completed / did anything. So there are some circumstances when AdwCleaner 7 just doesn't work. I don't know what was different on his system in comparison to yours. Yes, I'm on Windows 10 with no possibility to check Vista. I just report what I've seen.

I am a member of various anti-malware communities including the official Malwarebytes forum with a status to access hidden forums. There was a report that AdwCleaner 7 on Vista exhibits the described behaviour. And the response was that potentially the lock should be added to prevent running the program at all.

About the database update, I was referring to the 6.x line. Also, it has been reported that AdwCleaner 7 on Vista does nothing. Yes, it runs, but the scan is too fast and in fact there is no guarantee that your system is checked at all. Actually, the issue triggered an internal report with a suggestion to disable launching of AdwCleaner 7 on Vista with a dialog with unsupported versions. It seems that they have not do it yet.

Last version with Vista support is 25.1.0.12. Official German article still serves links to download, but I don't know if definitions are delivered: https://www.gdata.de/support/faq/consumer/kompatibilitaet-mit-window-xp-windows-vista-und-outlook-2007 Last version for Vista is 6.x, newer 7.x does not work. As far as I'm aware, outdated database with no possibility to update. https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/204703-release-adwcleaner-7000/ https://toolslib.net/downloads/viewdownload/1-adwcleaner/files/?s=6&t=release