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So, has anyone tried it yet? I know that I had issues with Ad-aware about two years ago and dropped it at that point. Haven't tried it since. BTW... I see they now have incorporated a firewall and an anti-virus program. Whose firewall and whose AV did they adopt? Or is it their own?
What kind of hit do you take on your system's resources?
My question is this: I have a new Dell that came bundled with McAfee which includes besides an AV and firewall, a spyware program. In the past with my older computer I ran a variety of stand-alone spyware programs (i.e. Ad-aware, Spybot, Counterspy, Spyware Blaster) and to tell you the truth, they rarely found anything other than a few tracking cookies. And this was pretty much the result I received after running them for several years. They just never really found anything of consequence. So... when I received my new computer with McAfee, the only addition I made was that of Webroot's Spysweeper. So I wonder: is it really necessary to add several more "free" programs that, as I've already mentioned, have never really found anything anyway?
SpywareBlaster and SpywareGuard work quietly in the background keeping things from getting installed if they detect anything bad about them. That is why they don't have scan controls.
I too can be counted among the skeptics and will await some reviews and comments from other users before installing AdAware again. In my book, SE with the stand-alone scanner was the last version that didn't seriously bog things down. I should say though, - they sure used to have a good product - maybe this new release will show promise.
For my part I have AD-Aware and Spybot (Freeware versions) installed and run on demand very occasionally so there is no lasting overhead on the CPU. In the new version of Ad-Aware I have turned off Ad-Watch Live - a new feature. I use the immunize feature of Spybot.
I rely on Counterspy to provide real time protection and have no issues with that.
Freeware version also updated .....
