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Ad Aware Pro 2008

 

Overview

Ad-Aware Pro 2008 will protect your system to combat malicious softwares, that takes control of a computer. These known viruses can result in aggressive advertising pop-ups, sluggish computer activity etc. This product detects hazardous content on your computer and identifies the threat level. It gives you the ability to remove unwanted content and thus, safeguard your documents.

Features

Ad-Aware Pro is definitely a blessing in disguise to all of us. This is because, your system will be protected from the attack of malicious softwares. It has got a rootkit removal system, customizable scans, block unsecure and harmful websites etc. This software uses CSI(Code Sequence Identification) technology, which detects malware and then searches for similar codes in order to identify emerging variants. It scans computer's memory, registry, hosts file, for the parasites, dialers and other harmful softwares. Ad-Aware has got the ability to scan other hard drives across a network. It actively safeguard you and your business from deceptive applications. Thus, it will enhance the performance of your system.

System Requirements

  • RAM Operating System with minimum 100MB
  • Windows 2000 Pro
  • Windows server 2003
  • Windows XP(Home and Pro)/Vista(32- and 64- bit)
  • Internet Explorer(recommended version 5.5 or even higher)/ Firefox(recommended version 1.5 or even higher)/Opera(version 9 or even higher)
  • Recommended 50MB hard disk space

Effectiveness

The effectiveness of this product is fascinating. It has got the efficiency of protecting your system from infested viruses such as spyware, malware etc.  This product will definitely outsmart other anti-spyware softwares. The new version of Ad-Aware Pro is the integration of an antivirus sweep. This makes the product stronger and effective in detection and deletion of malicious softwares.

Updates

Ad-Aware product should be installed in your system. This will run the application and disable automatic program update. In this product, you need to update only definition files and automatic updates would be more convenient.

Ease of Use and Installation

Ad-Aware Pro is a product, in which the installation method is very easy to follow. It has made a significant improvements in the user interface with the latest version of Ad-Aware. This product will have a clean and simple main interface. After the installation, you can view statistics and scan summaries, update to the latest definitions and run a scan.

Pros and Cons

Pros
Protection from the known viruses, spyware and other malicious softwares. It is efficient in securing your system, providing you the virus and malware scanner.
With the effective malware scans, it frequently updates threat database.

Cons
Ad-Aware include several user options, making it difficult to use.This product may alert you even when safe programs are launching.