AD-Aware

Pros: Free and easy to use.
Cons: -

They are spying on you. Yes, they are. They know what you are doing, even when you don't. They have you personal information, email addresses, and God knows what else. And you don't know it.

Scary, isn't it?

But how? You're pretty...

Pros: a fast and furious scouring pad for your hard drive; knowledge is power!
Cons: could cripple some freeware without your knowledge; no undo feature

There's no such thing as a free lunch. Even when it comes to one of the internet's greatest inventions: freeware.

Many free shareware programs are planting "bugs" on your hardware to track your web habits, in exchange for your "free" use of...

Pros: Spyware detection
Cons: N/A

Sometimes they ask permission, sometimes they don’t. The invasion of your privacy I am speaking of. Unsolicited visitors, phone calls, faxes, and e-mails are downright annoying. What’s worse is spyware! Internet services track your online...

Pros: Easy to install and operate, detects known spyware, many options
Cons: Some files may be system related and should not deleted, basic computer knowledge required

This review pertains to the current version of Ad-aware 6.0 Personal Reference 01R263 27.02.2004 Build 190. Purpose Of Ad-aware: Ad-aware is software utility developed by Lavasoft that scans your computer for spyware and adware. How does one ...

Pros: Free, Small Download
Cons: I Question The Purpose

If you are one of the paranoid who believe that big companies are secretly planting code into innocent programs just to gather intelligence on our habits, then do I have a utility for you!




What is Spyware?
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Pros: Free, Small File Size (Quick Download), Works Quickly and Easily. Did I mention Free?
Cons: NA

Ad-Aware scans your computer files to root out and destroy pesky little spy programs that have infiltrated your system. This is a free program that anyone with an Internet connection should install. And best of all, it's FREE!

This program...

Pros: see review
Cons: see review

Ever get the feeling you are being watched? Think that big brother is indeed everywhere and does have his beady eyes upon you? Well, just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that they are not out to get you - and indeed, as far as the internet is...

Pros: Easy spyware removal. Real time protection
Cons: None I can think of

SPYWARE - A phrase we are now all too familiar with. Remove it from your system and keep it protected with Ad-Aware.

Recently released is Version 5.7 Pro, there are free versions of this spyware removal tool available, but I recommend buying...

Pros: Protects your privacy, freeware, easy to use, potentially fixes system problems
Cons: Could disable some of your software, database updating can be tricky for beginners

Introduction and Background
Large corporations care about their bottom line, not about you. And if they can find another asset that is saleable and can increase revenues, then they will probably exploit it, whether or not it's ethical....

Pros: Finds and flushes adware and spyware, freeing up resources
Cons: None with most recent update

Advertisers use spyware to collect your personal information, your shopping history, and even your Web browsing habits, giving them the ability to target you with personalized ads and offers based on their findings. Software developers may use it to...

Pros: Free, lightening fast, removes spyware, small download.
Cons: Disables some free ware.

SpyWare - The Big Brother Of The Internet

Like it or not, the internet is free because of ads. The flashing banners and popups don't bother me cause I don't look at them. Of course, my browser would load faster if the flash and cold...

Pros: Easy to Use, Updated Frequently, Good Tech Support
Cons: None

Do you want personal information like what websites you visit to be sent to marketing companies? If you are like many people on the web, your answer is no. A many “Freeware” programs on the Internet have ads in them, which I do not have problems with....

Pros: Free Spyware Detection Utility
Cons: None

Parasitic spyware programs pervade freeware, shareware, and program demo downloads. These programs frequently install themselves on the unsuspecting user’s hard drive without the explicit knowledge or consent of the user. Some of the spyware purveyors...

Pros: Easy to use, removes spyware
Cons: Extremely dangerous, could damage your computer.

Ad-Aware is a program designed to find and get rid of "spyware," also known as "adware." Basically spyware refers to programs that are usually installed as third party software when you install another program (such as Kazaa Media Desktop...

Pros: Fast, easy, through
Cons: none

This program will scan your pc for what is known as "Spy-ware"... Spyware can come in several "flavors" from cookies that simply track what you do on your computer, where you go, what you look at, to more active programs that run in the background...

Pros: Quick, user-friendly, and lets you use other programs while it is on.
Cons: Doesn't identify the importance of each found file.

To match the growing advertising business on the web, technology has created the Ad-Aware program to stop the terror.

Ad-Aware is a useful and versatile program used to identify folders, files, and processes that may be sending information...

Pros: It informs you of the programs that can pass information through the internet
Cons: None so far

Ad-Aware is a program that detects files/programs ( sometimes called spyware ) that store personal information and make it accessible to companies/individuals through your internet connection.

What kind of info is stored? Nicknames and...

Pros: Shows you what programs have installed on your computer.
Cons: Totally unsafe especially for a novice who does not know what files do what.

Spyware, another new category to which software has been categorised. Spyware is just another form of Shareware except it installs maybe a few banners on the system that may run with the program so that the author may earn a few extra dollars on the side...

Pros: FREE! Continuously updated to detect spyware.
Cons: None.

If you have Internet Explorer, you probably have the Alexa spyware. If you have Go!zilla or Comet Cursor, you have spyware, and that doesn't even include all of the cookies that are also spyware...these are "trackers" that track your usage of the...

Pros: It detects spyware very well
Cons: Only problem is that it crashes windows 2000 systems

I recommend everyone NOT TO USE AD-AWARE!!!!
I did nothing else than installing Ad-aware on my Win2000 SP1 machine (freshly installed!) and turning on auto mode, this is very dangerous soft if it f***s up your machine beyond repair with simple...

Pros: Blocks the dreaded Xupiter parasite and all others current spyware programs
Cons: None

As of today, the worst thing that you can get loaded onto your computer while just surfing the net is Xupiter! It will download to your hard drive and you will not be aware of it while it does so. They call it a "drive-by" download and it is hard to...