Ad Aware 2007 Reviews

Strength
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.

Weakness
But it has no real-time scanning, no automatic updates or no scheduled scans.

Benefits
Ad-Aware 2007 is the latest version of Lavasoft's industry leading anti-spyware solution. Ad-Aware 2007 helps you combat the growing threats and latest advancements of malware and malicious spyware.
This anti-spyware protects you against spyware that secretly takes control of your computer, resulting in aggressive advertising pop-ups, sluggish computer activity and even identity theft through stolen private information.
It functions well in viewing the status of the components that make up Ad-Aware 2007, performing spyware scans, using Web Update to keep Ad-Aware 2007's threat database up-to-date with the latest Definitions File, and to receive software updates, etc.

Set UP
If you are installing Ad-Aware 2007 on Windows 2000 or XP operating systems, please make sure you have administrative rights. Ad-Aware 2007 is a service and as such has escalated rights. You must have administrative rights in order to install Ad-Aware 2007. If you are unsure if you have the necessary permission, please contact your system administrator or refer to your computer's user guide before installing

System Requirement

Hardware Requirements
Processor: P600
RAM: Operating system + minimum 50 MB (100 MB recommended)
Hard Disk : 50 MB free space recommended
Operating Systems:
Windows XP (Home, Pro)
Windows Server 2003
Windows 2000 (Pro and Server)
Web Browser:
Internet Explorer (version 5.5 or higher), Firefox (version 1.5 or higher), or Opera (version 9 or higher)

Interface
The interface of Ad-Aware 2007 is clear and simple. By clicking the main menu buttons on the interface , you can open the drop-down menu in each section and perform different functions you want.

Conclusion
Ad-Aware 2007 is the latest version of Lavasoft's industry leading anti-spyware solution. It roots out deeply hidden malware and then searches for similar codes in order to identity emerging variants.In addition, this software can thoroughly scan your memory, registry, Hosts file, hard, removable and optical drives for known data-mining, aggressive advertising, parasites, scumware, keyloggers, dialers, malware, browser hijackers and tracking components. It won't disappoint you!