What is Ad-Aware?

Ad-aware scans your system--including removable drives--for the most common types of advertising spyware and safely removes offending software. The program works through intuitively designed wizards. Currently, the utility detects small ad programs from Adware, Aureate/Radiate, OnFlow, Comet-Cursor, Cydoor, Doubleclick, EverAd, Flyswat, OnFlow, TimeSink 5.0, and others. Ad-aware will provide you the confidence to surf the Internet knowing that your privacy will remain intact.

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Features

• Includes an advanced process browser which fully supports installed extensions and is linked to the in-depth scan engine.
• Automatic quarantine (backup) function capability.
• Extended in-depth registry scans.
• Blocks browser hijacker attempts, active-x installations, IE save attempts, and unauthorized autostart entries
• Includes a popup stopper with customizable black-list.
• Smart process-blocking, including filter lists.
• Scans the system memory, registry, hard drive, removable and optical drives for known data mining, aggressive advertising, parasites, scumware, keyloggers, selected traditional trojans, dialers, malware, browser hijackers, and tracking components.

Installation

• Click on the executable file that was downloaded.
• Enter the destination drive where the program is to be setup (C:) and click next.
• Click finish to complete the installation.

Scan Procedures

• When Ad-aware is open, click on the " Check for updates now " link that is provided on the center of the screen.
• Click on " connect" . This will connect to the server and indicate if there are any new components to be updated.
• Click on " Scan now " on the left side of the Ad-aware window to perform a scan on the system.
• Select the scan mode (default is Perform smart system scan ) and Click on the " Next " button which is at the right bottom of the window. This will start scan on the system registry, files and folders. This scan result will contain the information on the total number of objects scanned, objects ignored (these are the items that have been excluded from the scan and are stored in the Ignore list) and New objects. The New objects may refer to spyware or any offending software which needs to be removed.
• Click on " Finish " to complete the scan.

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Compiled by: Shalini Santharam
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