FAQ

Can I reinstall and use my free program anyway?

It depends. Scrubit's inoculate feature (if checked) was specifically designed to prevent a user from being tricked into reinstalling the same badware process, even if it is combined with a totally different freeware program. If the EULA of your program gives you a name of the program or process that may be inoculated by Scrubit, you can launch Scrubit click on the "Scrub'd" button, locate the item by name, and click restore. Your program should work again.

There are some safe freeware programs that only launch annoying pop ups to help offset product support costs. It is unfortunate in today's environment that those products are hurt by other freeware products that do not stop at just pop ups, but run badware that can collect user information or cause damage. These products are hard for a user to distinguish from legitimate and safe products.

Scrubit's filters are impartial, they only filter by behavior. If Scrubit has cleaned an item, there must be a reason. The reason is the items quarantined exhibit unsafe behavior. Think twice before restoring quarantined items. Never restore an item just because you recognize the name, always verify the item with web check. Badware (security threats) seek to escape discovery by naming themselves something you are likely to be familiar with in order to hide in plain sight. It is easier to deceive a person than a program. Only process behavior qualifies programs as good or bad. There is no name that will disguise badware from Scrubit.