Ad-Aware 2007

Ad-Aware 2007 is a privacy tool, that scans your memory, registry, hard, removable and optical drives for known data-mining, aggressive advertising, and tracking components. It then lists the results and offers to remove or quarantine the components. The program detects a wide range of adware/spyware related issues and can be updated with the latest signatures via the built-in update utility. The free version is strictly a scanner, and does not provide any real-time protection.

Platform:
2000/XP/Vista

Cons: Cons: No real-time scanning, no automatic updates; no scheduled scans
Pros: Pros: Good reputation; detailed reasons for detected items,
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