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Version: Ad-Aware 2007 7.0.2.6
"Even when not loaded, still runs heavy processes behind your back"
Pros: Compared to older versions, there's nothing better with this version. Used it for a week & slowed my computer down due to processes running in the background, eventually discovered the processes were AdAware.
Cons: Seems to have some processes running behind your back, even with the free version, which is supposed to be a scanner & remover only. So why would a product designed to protect you from sneaky things running behind you back have sneaky things running behind your back. Each time I would block AdAware 2007 from the start up menu, it would create a new start up folder next time I booted. Then I tried to shut the processes down but would restart themselves randomly, using a large amount of resources. During the initial scan, resources were pretty much dedicated to AdAware, something the older version did not do as much. The scans took three times longer & at the end, found nothing but a few cookies, most were the same ones Spybot found. I finally had to remove every trace, not just a simple uninstall, but every trace of AdAware 2007 from my computer to get rid of those start up folders & processes.
Although the processes checked out as "OK", I was never able to see as to why they were allowed to run even with AdAware shut off & "Killed" in ZA.
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