New Ad-Aware 6 Plus TBR Soon

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January 28th, 2003, 06:59 AM
avdven

New Ad-Aware 6 Plus TBR Soon

I know there was a post discussion the discontinuation of Ad-Aware 5 recently, so I thought I'd inform everyone about Ad-Aware 6, to be released very shortly. Besides a drastic improvement upon the already proven technology, Lavasoft (on their new and improved site) is also releasing a new Professional version to complement their Standard and Plus packages.

Also, you can find a full review of the new Plus version here.

Finally, sometime in early February, you will be able to download the Standard (free) version here.

AJ
January 28th, 2003, 01:45 PM
tampabay420

I really like Ad-Aware! (in fact i just scanned/cleaned with it)...
If you download a lot of shareware, freeware, etc.. it's a def must- although i've never had any problems with the free version... what are some of the upgrade benefits? anyway- thanx for the heads up :-)
January 28th, 2003, 03:39 PM
hatebreed2000

i agree with you tampa, when i first installed xp on the laptop i ran ad-aware.........WOW, thats all i gotta say, it found so much ****.its good stuff, and i do d/l alot of stuff.thanx for the heads up on that avdven.
January 28th, 2003, 09:31 PM
thehorse13

Has anyone used Seek&Destroy? I was actually planning on using it if Ad-Aware went down. I'm very happy to hear that it is not. It has saved my ass a number of times. Especially from the webhancer LSP and new.net LSP crap that gets dumped into the TCP/IP stack.
January 29th, 2003, 12:59 AM
argent

Hey thehorse13,

Do you mean the program Spybot-Search & Destroy? I use it on a few machines at the office and have found it to do a pretty decent job. It's not really user friendly enough for newbies (IMO) because when you use the "Check for Problems" mode with all the options, it will check for spyware, popular trojans and known security holes where users could be tracked via default program logs. As a result, if you don't know what manipulating these could do (beyond S&D's narrative help screen) you could mess something up in a small way.

Having said that, I still think it is a worthwhile program and belongs in any security utility bag of tricks. I have been using it for about 3 months without any problems and with excellent results. I downloaded my copy from www.webattack.com in the freeware section.
January 29th, 2003, 04:50 PM
thehorse13

argent, oooops :-)

Yes, I did mean SEARCH & Destroy. Man, I need to get more sleep!

I guess I will give it a try. Sounds like a nice backup to have to compliment Ad-Aware.

Thanks for the post!
January 29th, 2003, 06:33 PM
ii-monk

I am using adaware 5.83 and it's working fine, but i'm very intrested on the new version. Thanks avdven. Also the previous version has removed from my PC the Alexa.
February 3rd, 2003, 06:24 PM
thehorse13

Links to Ad-AWARE 6 are now on the www.lavasoft.de site. However, if you click on them, they give you a message:

Ad Aware6 will not be available until the beginning of February.

I'm gonna keep a close eye on this site. Ad-Aware has saved my a$$ a bunch of times.
February 4th, 2003, 02:03 PM
Und3ertak3r

This Posted at 7:11UTC 2day Here

Quote:

Just thought I'd let everyone know that the new version of Ad-Aware is all listed to be downloaded but they are notifying their registered users right now. The 6.0 version is all listed on their homepage to be downloaded tomorrow! Woo Hoo

not sure as to when "tomorrow" starts

Cheers
February 5th, 2003, 01:41 PM
Und3ertak3r

The Free Version seems to be available from this Site
This is the first that I have been able to get to work...

Cheers
February 5th, 2003, 06:30 PM
Noia

Sweet, adaware is amazing, but I'm still looking for an All-in-one package that can do security holes, cookies(Bad ones) and a few other things. I know I'm not making sense but I know there is a program that does most of these things out there....some where....

hehe, I'm really hyper....disregard me today.

- Noia
February 5th, 2003, 07:17 PM
Maverick811

Just a note here guys - the new Ad Aware is nice, including an updated reference file and the works.. I was able to download a copy this morning, Personal version, and I have loaded it on my PC - I didn't have a lot of time to work with it but from the little bit I did, it is sweet..

Just wanted to pass along my praise....
February 6th, 2003, 11:51 AM
Und3ertak3r

True Maverick,

had a chance to play with the free version,

Auto Backup before cleaning, the ability to Ignore some items ie BDE.
enough differances to require a litrtle extra checking time..

still to test the pro version.. aint it great when you use OPM

Cheers