A New Guarantee for PC Protection by Lavasoft!

Are you continuously experiencing problems with your PC? And you just can't find the reason why! It could be due to harmful Trojans, rootkits and other spyware. That is what really annoys the majority of computer users. Fortunately, Lavasoft introduced its new product Ad-Aware Free 2008. This software focuses on removing Trojans, rootkits and other spyware.

In fact, Ad-Aware Free 2008 strives to clean your system, enabling you to maintain a higher degree of privacy while you surf the Web, scan your RAM, Registry, hard drives, and external storage devices for known data-mining, advertising, and tracking components.

What is more, Ad-Aware 2008 includes the following features:

• Improved Threat Detection:

Spyware, Adware, Trojans & Hijackers
Fraud Tools & Rogue Applications
Password Stealers & Keyloggers

• Enhanced Rootkit removal system,

• Faster Updates & Faster Scans,

• Less Resource Usage for optimal computer performance,

• Easy to Download, Install and Use,

• Lavasoft ThreatWork submission tool,

• Compatible with Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit),

• Supported Languages: Dutch, English, Flemish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish.

However, the feature-limited free version doesn't provide computer users with real-time protection, and it will detect security or privacy threats only when you run a manual scan. Also, Ad-Aware's free version doesn't automatically update, so before you run a scan, you have to click the Update button on the main program window and get the latest spyware definitions. Then, you have to hit Scan Now to kick off your first scan. You are allowed to choose between a 'smart' scan which concentrates on critical parts of your machine, or a complete scan which digs in everywhere. Ad-Aware Free separates scan results into critical objects like Trojans and other harmful spyware, and privacy objects. you are also able to run a 'TrackSweep' which will clear browsing history, cache elements, cookies and other data from Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera, though each browser has a similar built-in feature.

Looking at the bad points of this software, the scan results should be noted. As if a user wants to find out what each individual cookie actually is, he or she has to enlarge the size of the column that names it. One more thing is that the updater is no longer permanently on, instead it runs in your system's background only if you activate it. Besides the antivirus integration, other features disabled in the free version include the real-time Ad-Watch guard, heuristics scanning, the scheduler, and plug-ins. Though, Ad-Aware finds and eliminates malware with ease, it is advisable only as a secondary detection engine as many free-software competitors offer more features and similar, if not stronger, levels of effectiveness.

Ad-Aware Free 2008 is compatible with Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista.

Resources:
Review on Ad-Aware Free 2008
The basic features of the software tool, Ad-Aware Free 2008
Protect your private information with Anti-Spyware solution