Ad-Aware is a very useful program that aids in the detection and the removal of 'Spyware' from your computer. Spyware is often installed on your PC covertly when you install certain pieces of software. If you have one of these pieces of software, the chances are you have some spyware included on your computer: GoZilla, Audiogalaxy, Gator, Bearshare, Limewire, Grokster, Net2Phone, Realplayer, Bonzi-Buddy etc WHAT DOES SPYWARE DO? ======================= It can do a variety of things, the usual thing is that it will report back statistics regarding what browser you are using, what link on a particular website you clicked, what ...  Read the complete review

Ad-aware is a spyware and ad removal program that I use as part of my regular anti virus and software programs along with AVG, Spybot and CCleaner. It's surprising good for a free program, and you get a lot of computer experts recommending it, so if I was into that kind of thing I'd buy the extended version of this rather than any of its competitors. It's free to download and easy to install. Just go to download.com and search for it for a download. So what does it do? Basically, when you're browsing the Internet, rubbish can download itself onto your computer without you realising, Funnily enough, if you share a computer with someone ...  Read the complete review

Just over a year ago I found out that, sometimes, when you visit websites, small programs are accepted by your computer without your knowledge. These small programs are able to track what websites you visit and what software you use and send the information to marketing companies so they can target you with junk mail. Some programs can also log your keystrokes which can lead to you being the victim of internet fraud. I was already using Spybot Search & Destroy and thought I had found everything that it was possible to find that may have been messing with my computer without my knowledge. I'm always on the lookout for stuff that will help me to use the ...  Read the complete review

Ad-aware is the premier spycatcher from lavasoft. An incredible piece of software that is a must have for everyone. It comes in two flavours. A free version and a pay for version. I've been a huge fan ever since my firewall informed me that an unknown piece of software wanted to access the internet. After checking around a while i found out that the piece of software was spyware. Program's who's sole purpose is to gain information about you and relay it somewhere else. Ad-aware stops this.It scans all your drives and your registry. And removes all known spyware. But be warned. As a three year old virus checker is no good. Neither is anything other ...  Read the complete review

Everyone who surfs the web should be well aware of viruses and the damage they can cause your system. Many however will be less familiar with the idea of spyware, which in my opinion at least are equally nasty. When you visit certain sites you will find yourself being monitored by the site as to what you are doing. No problme there as such, adding cookies to your machine may be annoying, but generally it is beneficial to both parties. Spyware is diiferent. The makers of Spyware make money from watching what you do on the net - where you go, the things you buy etc. collating personal information about you and then transmitting this back to their home base somewhere so ...  Read the complete review