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Features
- Editor's Rating:
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Downloads:
320,544,093
- Operating Systems:
Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98
- Additional Requirements:
Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
September 17, 2004
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Publisher's description of Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.06
From Lavasoft:With the ability to scan your RAM, registry, hard drives, and external storage devices for known data-mining, advertising, and tracking components, Ad-aware SE easily can clean your system, allowing you to maintain a higher degree of privacy while you surf the Web.
Ad-aware SE Personal Edition boasts a number of improvements. Extended memory scanning now scans all modules loaded by a process. Scanning uses the all- new CSI (Code Sequence Identification) technology to identify new and unknown variants of known targets. Extended registry scanning now scans registry branches of multiple-user accounts and performs additional smart checks to detect dynamically created references. Scanning speed is noticeably faster, and this version offers an Extended Scanning mode for known and unknown/possible browser hijackers.
Editor's review of Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.06
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- "Root out adware"
- Version reviewed: Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.06
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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User reviews of Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.06
- Average user rating: 3.8 stars out of 10960 votes
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23 out of 27 people found this review helpful
Version: Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.06
"Effective and very reliable antispyware tool"
Pros: The program has the small size and the nice looking interface, clear even to the beginner. Very powerful spyware/adware detection and removal software. You can clean your computer easily and fast. But don't forget to download latest updates.
Recommended.
Cons: You should upgrade to pro version to use real-time protection.
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45 out of 58 people found this review helpful
Version: Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.06
Pros: Ad-aware is a very comprehensive spyware removal tool. The interface is dramatically improved over earlier versions, and it's remarkably simple to use.
Cons: It doesn't catch everything. I've had to use other anti-spyware products to catch the really nasty stuff.
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10 out of 12 people found this review helpful
Version: Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.06
Pros: is the best on the market, user friendly, and the price is right. i have been using ad-aware for 2 1/2 years and keeps my pc clean and running great
Cons: none
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8 out of 9 people found this review helpful
Version: Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.06
Pros: Find out a lot of spyware and adware that spybot didn't. FREE version has all you need.
Cons: Use only Ad-Aware, its not recommended, i use 3 anti-spyware...
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5 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.06
Pros: Updates never stop coming for a free product thats too much i think! MANY THANKS.
Cons: No realtime protection for the free version but still ok.
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