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Ad-Aware: Ad-Aware Pro
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Ad-Aware SE Personal is an award winning, free, multicomponent detection and removal utility. Ad-Aware Personal remains the most popular anti-spyware product for computer users around the world, with nearly one million downloads every week. If you have problems updating the program's definitions file online, feel free to download the LATEST definitions file from here. [ read more about AdAware SE Personal >> ]
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Ad-Aware was one of the first spyware removal tools around and has time and time again been rated the number one. It provides advanced protection from known Data-mining, aggressive advertising, Parasites, Scumware, selected traditional Trojans, Dialers, Malware, Browser hijackers, and tracking components.
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Moving on, Ad-Aware has a feature called “Ad-Watch”. “Ad-Watch” is what keeps Ad-Aware constantly on and giving you live protection of your PC. As soon as mal-ware, ad-ware, spy-ware, etc. enters your PC, the program will notify you and quickly neutralize the issue. (Please be advised that Ad-Watch is a locked feature in the free download version of Ad-Aware. You will have to upgrade to unlock that feature.)
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Ad-Aware will search your computer for what is known as Spyware. Spyware includes applications such as Hotbar, Comet Cursor, and Gator. These are programs that collect data on your machine and send it back to a centralized database. These programs can increase the inflow of pop-up ads and spam and are ... responsible for slowing down a computer.
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After Ad-Aware does a scan of your system, you'll get the opening screen displaying a small bug informing you that something was found! This window will ... let you know how many processes were scanned and in exactly what category your problems are placed into. One click on the 'next' button brings up the list screen giving you a bit more detail of each bug. Here's a pic:
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Ad-Aware's previous version Ad-Aware SE has been criticized by reviewers for having a confusing interface and not being able to schedule scans and automatic updates. Some found the customer support poor and thought the product was expensive compared to other similar products.[4] It was ... claimed to only use basic security protection in the coding.[5]
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