วันอาทิตย์ที่ 18 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2551

AdAware SE Personal description


Award winning, free, multicomponent detection and removal utility


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.


Our free anti-spyware version provides you with advanced protection against spyware that secretly attaches and takes control of your computer, resulting in aggressive advertising pop-ups, sluggish computer activity, even identify theft through stolen bank details, passwords, and credit card account numbers.


If you want real-time scanning capabilities, consider upgrading to Ad-Aware SE Plus for real-time protection against spyware, all the time!


Here are some key features of "AdAware SE Personal":

· User-controlled spyware removal

· Customizable Scans

· Code Sequence Identification (CSI) technology

· Extensive Lavasoft Detection Database

· ADS scan · Blocks browser hijackers

· Quarantine manager


Benefits:

· You are in control, ultimately deciding what you want on your computer. Many of our competitors automatically delete programs that you may actually want to keep (web toolbars, etc.).

· Surf the web safely, knowing your private information will remain private. Unprotected computers are an easy target for identity thieves.

· Download all the music, videos and photos you want, knowing Ad-Aware is always watching and protecting you.

· Harmful spyware that eat ups memory and steals bandwidth will be blocked, ensuring your home computer will run as smoothly as the day you bought it.

· Easy-to-use installation and functions make securing your family’s PC against spyware a breeze.

· The extensive Lavasoft Definition File Library offers you high-level and up-to-date protection against the latest malware 'nasties'. It’s as easy as clicking on the “Check for updates now” icon in your software.

· Get 24-hour access to customer support forums administered by Lavasoft employees.


Requirements:

· Processor: P166

· RAM: Operating system + 24 MB

· Browser: Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher


Limitations:

· Ad-Aware Personal edition is free for non-commercial use

What's New in This Release:

· · Disk-scan is approximately 30 % 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

· · GUI adapted to use the new TAC

· · Freezing during scan (occurring on some systems) now corrected

· · Combination of the +silent and +update command line parameters no longer prevents scan completion

· · The +nodefnotice command line parameter now suppressing "out-of-date"message on preferences window

· · Ad-Watch TrayIcon tooltip indicating the loaded definition file now refreshed when the definition file is changed or updated in Ad-Aware

· · Several minor GUI improvements (Ad-Aware, Ad-Watch and Proc-Watch)

· · The Extension submenu(s) are now disabled if no extensions are installed

· · Average TAC rating for content detected during scan added to the scan-summary page

· · Reghance related context menu options in Result and MRU list now updated if status of Reghance installation is modified in the Preferences

· · "Risk" replaced by "Relevance" on Object-detail window

· · "Vendor" replaced by "Name" (result, ignore and statistic-lists)

· · Tooltip for negligible objects now displayed as "MRU"

· · Items in ignore and scan-result list now coloured according to their risk level (*)

· · TAC rating added to object details (log file)

· · TAC rating added to Statistic, Result, and Ignorelist tooltip's

· · "Remove" button on ignore-list screen now deactivated if no objects are selected

· · Numeric TAC index shown in the statistic list

· · Number of Quarantine archives now updated after scan (without opening quarantine tab)

· · Below/Above normal priority classes now correctly logged during memory scan

· · "Clear" Button and related context menu option disabled if no statistics have been created

· · Prefetched files detected during conditional scan now correctly shown in scan log

· · Leaving focus from tweak window no longer switches text to black for deselected items

· · Category List extended

· · Warning message for URLS containing less than 5 characters added to URL editor

วันศุกร์ที่ 16 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2551

Ad-Aware2007

Publisher's description of Ad-Aware 2007








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 2007 easily can clean your system, allowing you to maintain a higher degree of privacy while you surf the Web.
Ad-Aware 2007 includes a redesigned engine, improved code sequence identification, incremental definition updates, one-click Web-history cleanup, multiple browser support, and other new features. The latest release adds language support for Dutch, Flemish, and Portuguese.
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One of the first applications built to find and remove adware and spyware, Ad-Aware's excellent reputation is well-justified. While the 2007 edition is still free, it does have some new features that may make you reconsider the height of the pedestal it sits on.
First off, the app's updater is now permanently on, running in your system's background. The irony of Ad-Aware running potential spyware is not lost on us. The interface has also been completely overhauled, and it's a bit more confusing. There are six tabs in the nav bar. Status and Scan initiate adware scans, and finish with a line-item list so you can select which components to remove and create a system restore point. The context menu offers some information about suspected adware, though it's light on details.
Other navbar buttons include Ad-Watch, offering real-time defenses but only in the paid version. Plug-ins are disabled in the free version, but the Tools and Plug-ins tab hosts TrackSweep, the new browsing tracks cleaner. Smoothly integrated into the app, it wipes the cache, cookies, and history, and other breadcrumbs left by major browsers. We couldn't help but notice, though, that the Web Update tab, which controls definition file and software updates, ran far more sluggishly than in previous editions, and sometimes even crashed the program.
The Settings tab provides access to auto-scans, browsers, scanning, the interface, and log files. The app does an excellent job of removing most malware components, although rescanning is necessary for a seriously infected machine. The freeware restrictions are mildly irritating, but they're nothing compared to some of the serious stability and background processes in the 2007 version. However, it is a fully functional adware remover, and it continues to do that well. With some hesitation, we recommend Ad-Aware 2007 as part of your arsenal.