Steam is giving me a message about Lavasoft

[Citizen]

I'm getting a message on Steam start up saying that Lavasoft webcompanion will conflict with steam, then steam loads fine. The problem i'm having is i cannot find this programe on my system. Does anyone know how to fix this issue?

[Forcen]

I think that's ad-aware, got that installed?

Did steam tell you this or windows? What did it say exactly?

Are you in the beta?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

ad aware is one of the programs that have been known to inerfere with steam.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9828-SFLZ-9289

[DRO4iJIO]

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[Citizen]

I do not have the adaware programe on my system

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

you have it installed somewhere. possibly in a browser. dont know. but that is the program in question.

[Citizen]

I don't see the programe anywhere on my system i check browser extentions and i see nothing about webhelper.

[Forcen]

What if you open the control panel, click the thing to uninstall software.
Try looking through that list, try sorting by publishers.

[Citizen]

I have looked through the list and do not find it

[Forcen]

This is apparently bundled with other software sometimes, you probably got it installed that way.

Did steam tell you this or windows? What did it say exactly?

Try to run this: https://www.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner/
and this if the first one doesn't find it: https://www.malwarebytes.com/junkwareremovaltool/
or just normal malwarebytes: https://www.malwarebytes.com/

Reccomended by steam: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=6057-YLBN-1660#Malware

[Crashed]

Does that WebCompanion still hack HTTPS connections?

[Citizen]

https://i.gyazo.com/3408df538ba9a60c3fa3f019a2756ce2.png

[Forcen]

Oh weird, is that the beta?

Anyway, do the stuff with the software i recommended above.
Detailed instructions: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/587729/web-companion-removal/?p=3798976

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Forcen:

Oh weird, is that the beta?

yes.

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta#announcements/detail/1432558654366914066

[Citizen]

Originally posted by Forcen:

This is apparently bundled with other software sometimes, you probably got it installed that way.

Did steam tell you this or windows? What did it say exactly?

Try to run this: https://www.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner/
and this if the first one doesn't find it: https://www.malwarebytes.com/junkwareremovaltool/
or just normal malwarebytes: https://www.malwarebytes.com/

Reccomended by steam: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=6057-YLBN-1660#Malware

Thank you, i used the mbam adaware cleaner and it found 80 threats; don't know why they don't just bundle that with standard mbam.

[Forcen]

So you had regular mbam and it didn't find it?

Try the junkware thing just in case.
EDIT: don't mix it up with ad-aware now, that's the company that made this problem for you.
adwclearer is the name of the solution.