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Ad-Aware Free Internet Security 9.0.5

by Chris Wiles

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02 May 2011

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Verdict

Ad-Aware has been around for ages and this is a major update. As it's free, it's worth comparing against your current anti-spyware suite

Review Rating: rating

Platform: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 7, Windows Vista 64-bit

Manufacturer: Lavasoft

Size: 124MB

Number of Downloads: 72133

Price: Free

There are a number of security applications that reside on our ‘most popular’ list for a reason. Not necessarily because they are immensely popular, but primarily as they’ve been available for a long time, so have become tried and tested technology.

The problem with security software is that it generally doesn’t appear to be doing anything, until we experience a problem with our system. At that stage, your security software has failed and it’s time to curse, move on and look for more reliable technology. However, if it doesn’t fail, why move across to new security software?

Ad-Aware Free Edition is, as the name describes, free anti-virus & anti-spyware technology that has recently had a major revamp. The technology has been around for ages, which is why we suggest it’s one of those tried-and-tested AV suites that we can recommend to both new and existing Ad-Aware users.

New features in Ad-Aware Free 9 include "Dedicated Detection" which will look inside a potential problematic file and determine whether it's safe or not.

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