Ad-Aware Anniversary Edition 8.0.0.0 Fileforum Pick

3.6 out of 5 stars 3.6 (849 votes)

(January 20, 2009)

Windows 2000/Vista/XP / Freeware / 5,694,472 downloads

Ad-Aware is designed to provide advanced protection from known Data-mining, aggressive advertising, Parasites, Scumware, selected traditional Trojans, Dialers, Malware, Browser hijackers, and tracking components.

Ad-Aware Free is available for personal home use only. Commercial use is prohibited.

  • Publisher

    Lavasoft

  • Homepage

    Ad-Aware

  • Uninstaller

    Yes

  • Latest Changes

    - New! Behavior?based heuristical detection

    - New! Ad?Watch Live! - Integrated real?time protection

    - New! Radically improved resource efficiency

    - New! Extensive Detection Database

    - New! Lavasoft SmartSet

    - New! Customizable Profile Scans

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  1. 2 out of 5 stars
    camelbeta

    Reviewing Anniversary Edition 8.0.0.0 (May 7, 2009)

    I was tryn to update my old version and found out its over...and so is this product. I did uninstall but not able to load new one[xppro] so I went to START>RUN>REGEDIT>FIND>AD AWARE...found some still hanging around in registry>removed it...installed and then I read the forum and then everything that you have found on here was to late. I normally review something and let it simmer for a while. But I was O.K. with this eariler product and ran with it. I got rid of AVG on my other PC went/w AVIRA. bEEN VERY HAPPY. Also run THREAT FIRE. This combo is on my 2 other PCs and reviewed it before I loaded them...the combo is easy and works fine. Only thing is pop up which if you want you can trn off...JUST SAY NO to Ad-Aware!

  2. 3 out of 5 stars
    TaskSwitcher

    Reviewing Anniversary Edition 8.0.0.0 (Mar 16, 2009)

    This review covers the interface, not any internal scanning capabilities.

    Text in the GUI looks washed-out and blurry. Of course they are using all custom controls, so forget about using keyboard shortcuts like Tab or Escape. Is the whole thing just a giant clickable bitmap? How about rescinning regular Windows instead of going back to the year 2000 when owner-draw controls were The Sh*t, and everyone had to have their cool rounded button?

  3. 1 out of 5 stars
    dhry

    Reviewing Anniversary Edition 8.0.0.0 (Feb 27, 2009)

    33Mb setup? Bloatware. Avoid.

  4. 3 out of 5 stars
    johnk119

    Reviewing Anniversary Edition 8.0.0.0 (Jan 23, 2009)

    Unfortunately, I'm not happy with this program as it seems to become more bloated overtime. A common problem with many program, indeed. Anyway it install some background services that start up with your computer. That just pisses me off.

  5. 5 out of 5 stars
    Vladis

    Reviewing Anniversary Edition 8.0.0.0 (Jan 21, 2009)

    Really nice that you now don't have to be running a service all the time now!!
    Just open services.msc and find Lavasoft Service, then change start type to Manual. Then it will work just like Ad-Aware SE did. PERFECT!!
    After scanning just right click the tray application and select Exit Ad-Aware :D

    Thanks again for this!

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