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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.
Ad-Aware Anniversary Edition:Publisher's Description
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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.
New in version 1.06: Disk-scan is approximately 30 percent faster. CSI scan is now more efficient. Added "Scan for low-risk threats" option, to scan for targets with low TAC index. Ad-Watch CSI engine performance highly improved; using less CPU and Memory as well as having a smaller footprint. GUI adapted to use the new TAC.
What's new in this version: New in version 1.06: Disk-scan is approximately 30 percent faster. CSI scan is now more efficient. Added "Scan for low-risk threats" option, to scan for targets with low TAC index. Ad-Watch CSI engine performance highly improved; using less CPU and Memory as well as having a smaller footprint. GUI adapted to use the new TAC.
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"the best i ever used on my computers"
Version: Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.06
Pros
i just like how it works
Cons
there is nothing bad to say about it
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"very good it pick alot of stuff"
Version: Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.06
Pros
it picks up things in the computer that no other programme does
Cons
slow and sometimes does not go into backround well
Summary
I like it because it picks everything up-as far as I know- and I dont like it because its too slow= again maybe my comp its 1998 windows
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"i like Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition better."
Version: Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.06
Pros
i can not understand it.
Cons
i can not understand it.
Summary
can not understand it.
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"i don`t understand"
Version: Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.06
Pros
i like that my pc it`s free spaceware
Cons
i dont like that no funcion in my pc
Summary
i need that download actualizaciones por semanas
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"I Miss Ad Aware SE Personal"
Version: Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.06
Pros
Sadly, the "original" of this great malware fighter was replaced by a flashier new version--as always it gets replaced w/less features & less than stellar performance. Sometimes BIGGER/NEWER is NOT always better.
Cons
Prefer original
Summary
Bloated, but will work as a secondary or back-up. Works decent, but not as intuitive as others out there.
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"I can't hear azan in my nokia 6300 128 Mo"
Version: Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.06
Pros
It's excellent, easy to use, and it's more performant, congratulations!
Cons
I still can't hear azan soud in my phone, i get this message : Unable to play.amr audio files.Please download...wav audio compatible file from www.SearchTruth.com.
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"it is a great product"
Version: Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.06
Pros
it does a great scan
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none
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"very efficent product"
Version: Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.06
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it picks up intrusions that other protection programs miss
Cons
no problems
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"enough"
Version: Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.06
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simple and fast, you don't need another ad-aware
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"Another great product"
Version: Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.06
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Good product / Seems to have done a great job removing known threats. thank you
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