sleepy, Same problem here. Please advise. Is there a false positive or a real thread ? I would like to use this software. Is there a way?

sleepy,

You'd better choose a good antivirus.
AVG+AVAST cannot fix this false positive for more than a year.
They fixed the current version and start again with each new.
Support is useless.

Dmitrys, Thank you, will keep the program and use it.

Apologies, problem solved, I clicked an incorrect installation file.

It installed well. Thank you very much!

Shankaranarayana Setty,

It works with 64-bit as well.

Jerry,

Use the version, downloaded from Giveawayoftheday website.
It contains the registration key.

Dmitrys, Thanks, sorry I forgot the key is also in the readme file in the zip folder.

Richard Woodley,

AV database updates are for free.
You cannot upgrade to a new version or re-install.

Pradip, The version on Greatis is version 11 this one is 12.

Yanna, same here, pretty much like the previous version given away.

This is one of the 'naggiest' apps given away on here, along with absolutely anything from Ashampoo.

When I had it installed it was only switched on and used as a scan once or twice a week, which never found anything dodgy I'm pleased to say.

Bob, Thanks. Just be aware, that UnHackMe is very sensitive, and it happens, it reports false positives. My advice is, you check the issues, where you have doubts, with VirusTotal : https://www.virustotal.com/gui/

Bob, Just to add to Allan's comment, backup your system and save yourself a headache before committing to any changes.

Bob, The hackers know about this software, since this has been around for long time and what the hackers do, they install it on similar names software in windows and or just change the name of the virus, and they win. The software to be effective in removing viruses, it has to be updated and monitored on daily bases, no such anti virus software exist because it is a catch 22, the virus must be identified first in order to write the anti virus software.

"The software to be effective in removing viruses, it has to be updated and monitored on daily bases, no such anti virus software exist because it is a catch 22, the virus must be identified first in order to write the anti virus software."

1st, as stated on the product page, UnHackMe is NOT antivirus software. It is true that Some malware changes file names / signatures often [even multiple times per day], but not all malware does this -- lots of the more sophisticated, often targeted attacks do not. That said, while good security software &/or services may use pattern matching, its effectiveness is based primarily on monitoring behavior. UnHackMe also focuses on boot [system/device start] activity to detect so-called root kits -- malware that starts before or with Windows that can instruct Windows not to see it. I don't know however, if UnHackMe, or any other software can detect malware that embeds [hides] in UEFI BIOS, which is one of the newest types of threats.

Tester, Ran the unhackme software, slow to scan pc, but found couple of "unwanted" programmes.
Nothing nasty.
It appears to do a "System restore" before it removes anything. So felt happy about removing the suggested unwanted progs. Did so. Pc runs fine.
i unticked the run at windows startup because i think this is a software more for emergency use than normal daily use. Just my thoughts.
Bob

mike, I'll second this. I am a retired computer crimes and forensics investigator. It doesn't take a rootkit to get malware into your system. I would *NEVER* recommend going it alone with just Microsoft Security software. There is a huge difference between a virus and an exploit. Even Linux has had issues with exploits that went a few years before anyone realized it. All it would take is one hacker to find an exploit before your AV or AM software databases list it, and it can run amuck, quietly doing its thing a little bit at a time. Whether it's this software, Malwarebytes or another AM utility, I implore users to use one of them. There's no harm in running two AM platforms at the same time, but it could cause performance issues if both are doing a full system scan at the same time. I guess this is where the expression, "No pain, no gain," comes in as relevant.

berry, Eh? Simply changing the name will have no effect on the ability of AV or AM software to detect it, since the AV and AM software use hash signatures, not file names, for scanning. Whether it's as old as an md5 or something like SHA512 sums, the end result is the same. It's not like a person who can pick up a piece of fruit to see if it's bruised and decide not to buy it. The AV or AM have databases of both known good and known bad signature hashes. If it comes across something that does not match either, it should flag it as suspicious so the user can take a closer look, instead of blindly deleting it.

mike, berry is correct, UnHackMe can not remove new viruses, root kits or just plain malware before a damage is done. They operate AFTER the FACT, when the name of the malware is fully Known. This is to simple to rely on as a protection of any kind. There are viruses that start with BIOS, UEFI, Network, Internet, Visiting bad sites, E-mails,
phony updates, downloading software from questionable sites and so on and on, the limit is set by the hackers and not the users. By the time you figure out what happened, it is already to late to do anything in advance.

mike, you can be sure if it was able to scan UEFI system for infections it would boast about it!