A growing number of web sites you visit
download small programs to your computer to track what you do on the Internet.
Most of these spyware programs are called adware programs because they collect
information for advertisers about
what your preferences are. The more of these programs that you have on
your computer, the slower your computer will run. Spyware programs slow
your computer by using it's resources to report information back to the sites
that deposited these programs on your computer.
There is FREE software that you can download that will delete the spyware
programs (also know as adware programs). You must run the software on an
on-going basis to keep these
programs off of your computer so that your Internet access speed is maintained.
The free software is Ad-Aware from Lavasoft. Click
here to download Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.06.
Ad-Aware has
the ability to scan your RAM, registry, hard drives, and external storage
devices for known data-mining, advertising, and tracking components. Ad-Aware
cleans your system, allowing you to maintain a higher degree of privacy while
you surf the Web.
Requirements:
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Windows
98/Me/NT/2000/XP
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Publisher:
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Lavasoft
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Limitations:
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No known limitations
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File size:
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2.72MB
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License:
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FREE
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C-Net
Rating:
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5
Stars
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User
Rating:
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4.5
Stars
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Download
Free:
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Ad-Aware
SE Personal Edition
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A Review of Ad-Aware...
"One of the first in
antispyware is still the best"
"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."
- Quoted from a C-net review. More info can be found here.
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