Ad Aware Definitions

Sherr, I have been using Adaware 2007 for several months and it has worked well. 

I started to download Ad Aware 2007. But half way through the download terminated. So I'll forget about it and download Super Anti Spyware as you suggest. Anyway I still have Windows Defender. I deleated  Ad Aware before the attempted download. So now it's gone. Thanks

Sherr 

Ad-Aware SE personal stopped support (definitions) on or about 31 Dec. 2007.   As such, there is very little point to keep it around anymore [unless you're prone to getting re-infected by "old" problems known to its database].

 

I am one of the people having problems (service crashes) with the newer Ad-Aware 2007.   I know that Joe53 and 1972Vet have [or had] problems/concerns with it as well.   BugBatter, in contrast, reports having no problems with it.

 

But both BugBatter and I agree on a more key point:   We have not made any use of AA '07 in helping people remove problems/infections.   Rather, we concur that the single most useful [free] scanner/remover currently available is SuperAntiSpyware ( SAS).   If you don't already have SAS, I would strongly recommend you consider it [the FREE version, for home use, suffices].  

(If you wish to keep AA-'07 around as an additional "insurance" scanner, that couldn't hurt anything.)

Sherr:

 

I agree with ky331.

 

If you have WD running in realtime, and SAS for on-demand second opinions, I think you are reasonably covered against spyware. AAW 2007 is fine if it works for you, but I've seen enough complaints about it that I no longer recommend it as a first-line defense.

Lawnmowerguy:

 

What you say is true. It is still possible to use and manually update the old SE version.

However you might want to read in full the post below from long-time AAW poster (and MS MVP) LS Calamity Jane:

 

"We realize there is a lot of sentiment for the old SE version of Ad-Aware but frankly it is simply obsolete. It was designed back in something like 2002 when malware was much different than the malware issues we face today. It was woefully inadequate against today's newer threats and Ad-Aware 2007 has been completely redesigned from the ground up to deal with these new threats."
Excerpt from: http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?showtopic=15293

 

I downloaded Superantispyware. It detected 96 cookies. This was after the Microsoft Defender daily automatic scan. I assume that you must always scan manually or for automatic scaning purchase the upgraded version. Is this correct. Also should I delete the 96 detected cookies. These are probably similar to the Ad-Aware detected items which I detected daily. But there were NEVER as many as 96 items detected by Ad-Aware. Any comments regarding the above would be appreciated. Thanks for the assistance.

Sherr

in the FREE version, you should scan manually.  

any COOKIES detected are SAFE TO DELETE.

 

different programs (ad-aware, SAS) use different databases, so it's not surprising that one program finds "problems" that the other one doesn't