kobold used our newssubmit to tell us that there is a new version of AdAware.
Ad-aware is a free multi spyware removal utility, that scans your memory,registry and hard drives for known spyware components and lets you remove them safely.
This release has some new - not very impressive -functions but ofcourse also the most important part, a new reference file that contains the signatures of the latest spyware advertisers
New features in version 5.0 :
Backup and restore functionality: Now you can build backups easily before removing spyware components or fixing your registry. The included backup-manager lets you reinstall a backup with a single mouseclick. |
Multi language support:
Ad-aware contains swedish, dutch, english and german language support by default,
but you can add your own custom language modules easily.Read here to learn how.
The language can be changed while Ad-aware is running from within the preferences menu.
New user interface:
Ad-aware 5 features a more flexible user interface then the previous versions.
You can now minimize the main window during scanning, for example.
Entirely new Manual included:
The new manual is more complete then the previous one, and more easy to understand.
An updated FAQ page has been Included as well.
Shell extension to scan a particular drivefolder from the explorer:
Right-click on an drive or folder to let Ad-aware scan it on the fly.
Exclude list to let Ad-aware ignore certain components:
Now it is possible to let Ad-aware ignore specified components, and keep them remaining on your system. You can add components found during a scan directly from the resultlist to an exclude list, which is also supported by Ad-watch.
Scanning of removable drives:
It is now possible to scan removable drives and, unlike in previous versions, select particular drives to scan.
Ad-watch upgraded to v2.0:
Ad-watch has been improved as well, and uses now even less resources. The support of excluded components has been added (edit the exclude list from within Ad-aware) as well as
several enhancements and improvements
More information on spyware can be found in our recent article that you can read here...
Source: Lavasoft
