Ad-aware 6.0 build 181

• Editor's Rating:

  5.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  3.5 stars (out of 10956 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  320,544,093

• Operating Systems:

  Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98

• Additional Requirements:

  Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP

• Limitations:

  No limitations

• Date Added:

  July 14, 2003

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version Ad-Aware 2008 7.1.0.11 Ad-Aware 2008 7.1.0.8 Ad-Aware 2007 7.0.2.7 Ad-Aware 2007 7.0.2.6 Ad-Aware 2007 7.0.2.5 Ad-Aware 2007 7.0.2.3 Ad-Aware 2007 7.0.2.1 Ad-Aware 2007 7.0.1.6 Ad-Aware 2007 7.0.1.5 Ad-Aware 2007 7.0.1.4 Ad-Aware 2007 7.0.1.2 Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.06 Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.04 Ad-aware 6.0 build 181 Ad-aware 6.0 Ad-aware 5.83 Ad-aware 5.82 Ad-aware 5.8 Ad-aware 5.71 Ad-aware 5.7 Ad-aware 5.62 Ad-aware 5.6 Ad-aware 5.5 Ad-aware 5.5b Ad-aware 5.4 Ad-aware 5.1 Ad-aware 4.6 Ad-aware 4.55 Ad-aware 4.02 AD-aware 3.61 AD-aware 3.52 AD-aware 3.3 AD-aware 3.0 AD-aware 2.01 Ad-Aware 2007 7.0.2.7

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Publisher's description of Ad-aware 6.0 build 181

With its ability to scan your RAM, registry, hard drives, and external storage devices for known data-mining, advertising, and tracking components, Ad-aware can easily clean out your system, allowing you to maintain a higher degree of privacy while you surf the Web.

The redesigned user interface improvements include more flexibility and control. This includes user-defined file sizes, which speeds up the scanning process by excluding files it recognizes as clean. Other advanced features include automatic quarantine and Recycle Bin storage of removed components, an all-new viewer for backup archives that allows you to quickly and easily review components that have been removed and stored for future restoration, and an integrated reference file updater that can automatically search for new reference files when Ad-aware is started. The latest version includes improved Browser Hijacker detection, hosts file scanning, and a Smart Scan mode that improves speed and has been optimized to detect content at the root. Be aware that some ad-supported programs, such as GoZilla Free, will no longer function if you remove their ad modules.

Editor's review of Ad-aware 6.0 build 181

• 5.0 stars

• "Root out adware"

• Reviewed by: CNET Staff
• Version reviewed: Ad-aware 6.0 build 181

Read a CNET review of the full version of Lavasoft Ad-Aware.

One of the first applications built to find and remove adware and spyware, Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition's excellent reputation is well justified. The sky-blue, skinnable interface features five buttons. The first two, Status and Scan, lead to the core function of the application. These buttons initiate a scan of your files for adware components. After scanning is complete, the program presents a summary of results, followed by a list from which you select exactly which components to remove. Right-clicking an individual entry gives some information about the piece of suspected adware, though we would like more details.

Ad-Aware SE can alert you to more malignant forms of malware by separating items into critical and negligible categories. The third button, Ad-Watch, is nonfunctional in the Standard version. The fourth button, Plug-ins, shows you which Ad-Aware plug-ins are installed. The fifth leads to the help files.Ad-Aware SE does an excellent job of quickly finding and removing most adware and spyware components, although you will have to restart and rescan for a seriously infected machine. We were pleased to see an auto-update feature included with the program, keeping Ad-Aware up-to-date with the latest adware components. Ad-Aware SE should be part of your arsenal for keeping your machine free of adware and spyware components.

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• 5 stars

  Version: Ad-aware 6.0 build 181

  "This was the last good version of Ad-Aware."

  by uninstall_vista_virus on May 12, 2009

  Pros: Worked. Stable. Updated. Scanned. Killed malware.

  Cons: None.
  Everything worked right.

  Summary: Great utility, was murdered by newer less functional, top-heavy versions that sank the ship.

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