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    "CAUTION DO NOT INSTALL, HAS SPYWARE ATTACHED"

    February 4, 2013  |   By betaguine

    Pros

    DO NOT INSTALL, IT CONTAINS SPYWARE. HOPE PEOPLE READ THIS BEFORE THEY INSTALL THE PRODUCT. TRIED TO POST REVIEW, HAD DIFFICULT TIME WITH CNET ACCOUNT. COULD LOG IN UNTIL THIS REVIEW, DIFFICULTY GETTING IT TO POST ALSO. MUST BE A COINCIDENCE.

    Cons

    DO NOT INSTALL, IT CONTAINS SPYWARE. HOPE PEOPLE READ THIS BEFORE THEY INSTALL THE PRODUCT. TRIED TO POST REVIEW, HAD DIFFICULT TIME WITH CNET ACCOUNT. COULD LOG IN UNTIL THIS REVIEW, DIFFICULTY GETTING IT TO POST ALSO. MUST BE A COINCIDENCE.

    Summary

    DO NOT INSTALL, IT CONTAINS SPYWARE. HOPE PEOPLE READ THIS BEFORE THEY INSTALL THE PRODUCT. TRIED TO POST REVIEW, HAD DIFFICULT TIME WITH CNET ACCOUNT. COULD LOG IN UNTIL THIS REVIEW, DIFFICULTY GETTING IT TO POST ALSO. MUST BE A COINCIDENCE.

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  • Reply by LavasoftSupport on February 5, 2013

    Dear betaguine,

    Thank you for your post and I am sorry you feel this way. Unfortunately Ad-Aware is not a spyware we have over 450,000 million downloads worldwide and over 1 million downloads for this current version. Your post is lacking a lot of info to be able to assist, if you would like any assistance please use this link: http://www.lavasoft.com/mylavasoft/support/supportcenter/adaware_critical_problem_report

    Kind regards,
    Corina - Lavasoft support

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