On Apr 3, 5:42 pm, "cbgerry" <cbge...@bluecollarpc.net> wrote:
> On Apr 2, 11:06 am, "siljaline" <siljal...@nospam.com> wrote:
>
> >http://www.lavasoft.com/download_and...tion_database/
>
> > Silj
>
> > --
> > siljaline
>
> > "Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
> > because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
> > -- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
> > - Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_
>
> Is this really neccessary _ I mean everbody that uses Ad-Aware is
> like ..."Duh Dude"... I mean even the most new newbie clicks "Update"
> all the time.
>
> Point is why stop here with SpyBot and Ad-Aware updates released -
> which by the way everyone also knows that these products will be
> updated continually indefinately for years now anyway. So the point,
> why not broadcast every single security update for Webroot, Trend
> Micro, CounterSpy, and on and on and on and on.
>
> So the point is why does these two "updates alerts" apply to
> alt.privacy.spyware as a whole membership? Do you see the point ?
>
> My complaint: This is totally unneccessary and an annoyance to see all
> the time and every time they release new defintions. Cut it out ok ?
> Or else post the ones everbody else is using also to make sense - but
> not really.
>
> Well it's a free board and I had my free moment.

HERE IS A FAIR REVIEW.... explains the limitations:

Ad-Aware Review
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/fil...scription.html
"In performance tests conducted by AV-Test.org, Ad-Aware ranked fourth
among the five products tested for our "Spyware Specialists" story
despite solid detection and disinfection scores. This free app
detected 85 percent of active adware and spyware samples thrown at it.
It also disinfected 45 percent of adware and 60 percent of spyware
samples. Ad-Aware did the best job of detecting inactive adware and
spyware samples--a testament to Lavasoft's malware signature database.
However, Ad-Aware Personal lacks rootkit protection and, more
important, the Ad-Watch real-time protection available in Lavasoft's
$27 Ad-Aware SE Plus. (Real-time protection helps prevent threats from
landing on your system in the first place.) Several other options
available only in Ad-Aware SE Plus are marked with grayed Xs in the
free version's otherwise nicely-designed interface. These features
include a start-up scan, scheduling of scans, and automatic software
updates. Ad-Aware SE Personal also lacks e-mail tech support. "


A lot worst than this could be posted, but this is a fair review as I
think it is one of the best back up scanners to have along with the
free version of Superantispyware.