Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2007 Free Edition

This post was written by admin on June 26, 2007
Posted Under: Antimalware, Free Program, PC Security

Please note: Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2007 has been replaced with Lavasoft Ad-Aware2008

Lavasoft believe that every individual, regardless of economic status or geographic location, should have the power to control their individual privacy and security.

Lavasoft is the original anti-spyware company, and they are still delivering the best protection today. After all, over 300 million computer users around the world can't be wrong!

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.

One of the first applications built to find and remove adware and spyware, Ad-Aware 2007 maintains Lavasoft's excellent reputation.

The interface features two skins and six tabs in the. The first two, Status and Scan, initiate file scans for adware.

After scanning is complete, the program presents a results summary, followed by a line-item list from which you can select which components to remove.

There is also an option to create a system restore point.

Right-clicking an individual entry gives some information about suspected adware.

The third button offers real-time defenses but only in the paid version.

Web Update, the next button, controls definition file updates.

The fifth button, Tools and Plug-ins, shows you which plug-ins are installed and controls TrackSweep, the new browsing tracks cleaner.

TrackSweep is the only free function here.

Smoothly integrated into the application, it wipes the cache, cookies, and history, and other traces left by browsing.

Settings is last, and provides access to auto-scans, browsers, scanning, the interface, and log files.

The application does an excellent job of removing most malware components.

Despite the restrictions on the free edition, this is a fully functional adware remover, and Ad-Aware 2007 should be part of your defence system.

More Key Features
User-Controlled Spyware Removal - Decide for yourself what to delete from your system and what to keep.

Extensive Detection Database - Stay protected with regular updates from the extensive library of identified and analyzed spyware.

System Restore Point - Easily revert back to your clean system to recover from a spyware attack.

Surf the Internet with peace of mind and let Ad-Aware shield you from dangerous intruders and prying eyes.

Preserve your computer investment with regular scans to identify and remove malicious applications that eat up memory and steal bandwidth so your computer runs as smoothly as the day you bought it.

At present it is not compatible with Windows Vista, which can install the program, but it sometimes crashes or hangs during scans.

A Vista-compatible edition will be released in August 2007.

Click here to download AdAware 2007

Note:
Ad-Aware 2007 Free is free of charge for personal home use only. Commercial use is prohibited. For real-time protection and advanced options, paid versions are available from Lavasoft.