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8 out of 25 people found this review helpful
1 stars
Version: Ad-Aware 2007 7.0.2.7
"What a load of chit this is!"
Pros: Ad-aware SE was a great app. Now, "lavasoft" offerers this load.
Cons: Heavy, slow, update issues, installs services only used by the paid version. Plainly put, "it's a loada of crapola". It's junk like this that makes me grateful I can afford good security for my computers. But. if you need to use free, anything but this will do.
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: Ad-Aware 2007 7.0.2.7
"Great. This Version Doesn't Double-Update"
Pros: Unlike previous versions, 7.0.2.7 doesn't give a double update in Vista.
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7 out of 9 people found this review helpful
1 stars
Version: Ad-Aware 2007 7.0.2.7
Pros: I have to admit that this product is really good at catching all sorts of spyware and adware, but for the way it works, it's not very beneficial. It's sad because I loved AA SE Personal and now they don't update it (I have to manually do it myself) Ever since this program came out, I've still stuck with AA SE Person and I have to tell you, if you are a new user to this program and started out with AA2007, you wouldn't see the frustration of it until you tried the previous version that has been out for so many years and loved by so many people.
This program is very easy to understand and use, but not worth the pain.
Cons: I installed it on two of my new laptops and my desktop. Unfortunately, this program is very bloated. The interface is shiny and all, but I don't find it necessary. There's more advertising on it than the program actually doing its job. The scans used to take about 3-4 minutes on smart scans and sometimes 6-7 on full scans in the previous version. Now this one takes almost 20 minutes to do a smart scan and sometimes freeze during scanning (it stops responding) It has very annoying and unwanted processes running behind your back and it takes a while to open, close and even minimize. The update doesn't work. Sometimes it never works, sometimes it works half way and then stop responding. Too many errors. I'm sticking with SE Personal until Lavasoft finds out what they are doing wrong. It may be free, but sometimes it's just not worth the pain.
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2 out of 4 people found this review helpful
4 stars
Version: Ad-Aware 2007 7.0.2.7
Pros: It has all the features of the older versions (see my older rating)
Cons: the interface is still bad. I like SE in interface much better.
Also the update manager seems to crash during updates but it's not. After crashing at 26% a few minutes later it suddenly says it's updated and will restart ad-aware.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
2 stars
Version: Ad-Aware 2007 7.0.2.7
"The same crowd who gave us Vista were demoted & give us this!"
Pros: This used to be a useful program & I can pretend it still is.
Cons: Doesn' t find any spyware/malware that Spybot & even WinDefender catches.
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