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[rebell]

I recently obtained Ad-Ware 9 Pro as a promotion on cnet.com. I downloaded and installed the program and it seems to work okay. However, I have a current subscription to Norton Internet Security (NIS) and when that expires in 78 days, I have the option to install a free version of Norton 360 that is provided through my ISP, Comcast. Therefore, I would like to know how Ad-Ware Pro 9 compares to Norton and if they both have advantages, whether they can be run simultaneously without interferring with one another.

I did notice that Ad-Ware Pro 9 does increase the boot time and it seems to slow down Internet Explorer. It also takes about four times as long to run a full scan as does NIS. However, Ad-Ware reported finding a trojan and two backdoor programs that NIS did not report finding. Therefore, if it is possible, I'd like to run NIS as a primary AV and Ad-Ware for scans only, but I don't see how to disable everything in Ad-Ware except its ability to run scans, is this even possible?

[visitor]

To use Ad-Aware for scans only, go into Advanced Mode, Settings, and turn off the Ad-Watch modules. This disables the real-time protection that may conflict with other security programs.