July 16, 2003
AdAware by Lavasoft
Most people are familiar with freeware, shareware, cookies, media players, interactive content, and file sharing. What they may not realize is that some of the aforementioned may contain code or components that allow the developers of these applications and tools to actually collect and disseminate information about those using them.
They can track your surfing habits, abuse your Internet connection by sending this data to a third party, profile your shopping preferences, hijack your browser start page or pages, alter important system files, and can do this without your knowledge or permission. The security and privacy implications of these exploits should be quite obvious and undesirable on any system or network!
Lavasoft is the industry leader and most respected provider of anti
Trackware solutions. We have developed several applications that will provide
you with the means to keep your computer or network free of these compromising
and intrusive threats to your privacy.
Click on the following link to take you to the FREE download version
of AdAware.
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/
Choose one of the sites below to dowload from.
Ad-aware 6 Standard Edition
Full install
*Ad-aware 6 from Majorgeeks.com | 1.7 mb
*Ad-aware 6 from FileForum | 1.7 mb
*Ad-aware 6 from PcWorld | 1.7 mb
*Ad-aware 6 from Tucows | 1.7 mb
*Ad-aware 6 from Wyvernworks | 1.7 mb
*Ad-aware 6 from Viareggiochile | 1.7 mb
Program will create shortcut icon your desktop. Click on AdAware
Icon to start program.
You may want to check for updates before scanning. Click on Check
For Updates Now (towards bottom right side of screen). If there
are any new updates, they will download now.
When finished, click on Scan Now button on left side of screen.
Click on Use Default Scanning Options or you can choose to customize.
Click on the Next button at bottom right corner.
When scan is complete, the number of New Objects (data miners) will be displayed as below.
Click on Next button at bottom right corner.
A list of offending files will be displayed. Right click on one
the the squares onder Obj. and choose Select All. All boxes
will be marked with green check marks. Click on Next button to remove.
On # of objects will be removed. Continue? Click OK to remove all marked files.
Close program when deletion is complete.