Greetings!

Why is Ad-aware 2007 failing to pick up several trivial and critical items that Ad-aware SE personal, even thought it's outdated and no longer supported, continues to identify and remove on my machine?

Any insight would be appreciated.

Hi Sunwolf
the AAW 2007 filters are totally different from the SE.
AAW 2007 evaluates risks with newer, modified rules.
Please have a look to >> http://lavasoft.com/support/spywareeducationcenter/ <<
I hope this answers your question.
Regards
Raziel

Thank you for the answer, though it really doesn't answer the question at all.

Are you saying that the older filters and rules used by SE are no longer valid? Why would that be? You directed me to a general FAQ section of the site that doesn't provide any specific info. After browsing around throughout that section of the site for quite some time I'm no more enlightened regarding my specific question than I was when I started.

I don't want to sound ungrateful, but this really didn't help.

Sunwolf,

What Raziel was trying to say is that whereas in AAW SE, all items detected were marked as Critical, in AAW 2007 only actual malware is. Harmless (but annoying) items such as tracking Cookies and MRUs are shown under the "Privacy Objects" tab in the scan results.

AAW 2007 also uses different (more advanced) filters to define which cookies are actually "bad". MRUs (which I never bother to check for) are simply a list the most recently used apps. This is my computer and I know what I have used - no-one else ever uses it. If you share your PC with a number of others, then clearing out this list is a good idea, as an experienced user can follow your surfing and (if good enough) may possibly find passwords etc.

Regards,

Spike

Ahhh, that makes sense.

Thanks Spike.

You're welcome Sunwolf,

Here to help

I would recommend reading the Help File (the ? symbol) - it explains many of the differences between AAW SE and AAW 2007.

In need, please do not hesitate to start your own new Topic.

Regards,

Spike