I just tried out SUPERAntiSpyware earlier today, and you are quite correct, it flushed out some tracking cookies that Malwarebytes never found.
I’m questioning the value of Malwarebytes right now. I ran it earlier today, and it found what it claimed was a virus (actually adware) called “PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A” I deleted it, Malwarebytes said it was gone, but I scanned again and it was still there.
I googled it, and found numerous sites offering dire warnings about what it could do, and advice on how to get rid of it. Most of those sites appeared to have similar or identical content, and wanted me to download a “removal tool” which turned out to be a trial version of an anti-malware program called Spy Hunter. It found loads of “problems”, but it wanted money before it would delete anything.
The manual deletion methods I have seen are so vague that it’s not clear what you’re supposed to do.
SUPERAntiSpyware doesn’t find it.
One site that seemed legitimate even suggested this was one of the “gifts” that Cnet gives you, though I know that’s not where I got it from.
Has anyone else encountered this problem?
Yeah, I’ve seen those PUPS in Malwarebytes logs. Have you tried other programs, such as Spybot, or IObit Malware Fighter? I use them all (on request) and they each find something of their own right after you’ve finished running another program. Go figure.