Basic mode offers basic features (Immunize the system against spyware, option to scan and to recover by undoing the changes made by SS&D in the system) while Advanced mode has more to offer: Choose what threats to scan and remove by SS&D, configure the program the way you want, use many other tools that is included in the program such as startup and add/remove manager, tweaking IE, secure shredder etc. SS&D can be use using two methods: Basic or Advanced modes. This method in installing the program is simply great because you don’t have to install components that you do not want to use – thus reducing the hard-disk space to be use by the program. SS&D’s installer allows you to customize the installation, for example: choose if you want to integrate the program to Windows Security Center, update the program immediately after installation and many others. There’s no third party application on its installer and it does not require a reboot after installation. It will not confuse people because the installer is straight-forward and clean. Spybot-S&D’s (SS&D) installer is simply neat. Checking the support forum revealed that other people has seen this incident and here. No matter how many times I restarted the system, it continues to show the icon and alert that the system must be restarted. On this test, I restarted the system to allow the program to complete the installation but it keeps prompting me to restart again. A system restart is required to complete the installation of AAW. Note that the installer will offer third party program in any available installation method of AAW: Customized or Basic installation. In my opinion, a security scanner should be offered with clean installer with straight forward installation wizard instead of adding extra task to end-users who wants to remove spyware or any type of malware instead of having to spend time whether the installer should install third-party program or not.
While the bundled application on its installer will not harm your computer, it is odd decision by Lavasoft.
Lavasoft has released a new installer of Ad-Aware this month which is to my surprised, v8.0.7 is now bundled with third party application – Google Chrome.
Installer – Winner: Spybot-S&DĪd-Aware (AAW) set-up file is 58.04MB while Spybot-S&D is only 15.6MB. Spybot – Search & Destroy is the same anti-spyware program that we have seen for years and the maker, Safer Networking continues to provide not only detection but fixes on the program.īoth Lavasoft and Safer Networking continue to provide the free edition of both anti-spyware programs with free real-time protection that not many anti-spyware or anti-malware is offering. The product has been re-designed and the database update is now frequent than it used to be. Ad-Aware Anniversary Edition was released during the 10th year anniversary of Lavasoft.
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