Ad-Aware SE
Ad-Aware is a program which will find and remove adware, spyware and advertising cookies. The definitions are regularly updated because new threats to your privacy appear everyday. The program is available in four versions, each 'higher' version having a few more features. For good protection Ad-Aware Personal (free for personal and non-commercial use) wil suffice. If you want top of the notch protection, and are willing to pay, you can always buy the Pro edition or, when you're a network administrator, the enterprise edition.
System requirements (all editions, enterprise edition requirtes nt based os): Windows 98/98se/Me/NT4 Workstation/NT4 Server/2000 Pro/2000 Server/2003 Server/XP Home/XP Pro/XP 64-Bit. Internet Explorer 5.5 and 166Mhz cpu
Ad-Aware SE Personal: download Add-ons: download
Features:
- Detects know and unknown malware (heuristic scan)
- Creates a detailed log so you can try to find out where you picked up the malware
Ad-Aware SE Plus: License key Add-ons: download
Extra features:
- Block registry modifications and malware installation attempts in real time
- Quarantines malware
- Customize/schedule scans
Ad-Aware SE Pro: License key Add-ons: download
Extra features:
- Terminate running processes via the Process-Watch viewer (though you can use the windows taskmanager to do this)
Ad-Aware SE Enterprise: License key Add-ons: download
Extra features:
- Ad-Aware SE Pro is included
- Provides a central management tool to manage and configure the clients