New version of Adaware available

Lavasoft have release the latest version of Adaware - Adaware Anniversary Edition.

http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware.php

 

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?

 

Yes, I have downloaded & installed it [freeware version]. No major problems till now.

Interface has been redone. So it may take a few tries to get used to.

 

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.

 

Appreciate the heads up re: new version.

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.