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[sophos]

Good evening,

I've a few questions about the new version of Ad-Aware Free v10 : (Questions are about the FREE version ONLY):
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1- What engines does Ad-Aware Free V10 use ?

2- What are the new features in this version ?

3- Is the real-time file protection feature available in Ad-Aware Free V10 ? (Not Processes!)

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Best Regards,

Bayan

[CeciliaB]

Hi sophos,

Note that Ad-Aware version 10 is not released yet. The version circulating on internet is not the version to be released, see http://www.lavasofts...0-almost-ready/ . I am beta-testing Ad-Aware 10, but that is the Pro version and my answers might be incorrect.

1. Lavasofts own and VIPRE.
2. See http://www.lavasofts...of-ad-aware-10/
3. Yes

[sophos]

Hi sophos,

Note that Ad-Aware version 10 is not released yet. The version circulating on internet is not the version to be released, see http://www.lavasofts...0-almost-ready/ . I am beta-testing Ad-Aware 10, but that is the Pro version and my answers might be incorrect.

1. Lavasofts own and VIPRE.
2. See http://www.lavasofts...of-ad-aware-10/
3. Yes

Hello ,

When reviewing the new features in Ad-Aware Free V.10, I noticed that it only offers :
(Real-time process protection- Real-time Registry Protection- Real-time network protection)
There's NO Real-Time File Protection!

I think there are better alternatives ; like Avast! Free Antivirus!

Best Regards,

Bayan

[CeciliaB]

Hi,

Since Ad-Aware Free version 9 has file protection, it is not a new feature of Free version 10 and therefore not mentioned in the article. It has not been removed in version 10.

[LS Andy]

Hi,

There's NO Real-Time File Protection!

To clarify, Ad-Aware 10 will detect files as they are written to disk before they can be executed.

Andy

Lavasoft Malware Labs

[sophos]

Hi,


To clarify, Ad-Aware 10 will detect files are they are written to disk before they can be executed.

Andy

Lavasoft Malware Labs

Hi,

1- What engines does Ad-Aware Free v.10 use ? ( I need definite answers for this question please)

2- When exactly is the Final Ad-Aware Free v. 10 going to be released \ available for download on the main website ?


Best Regards,

[CeciliaB]

Hi,

2. It will be released when all known serious bugs have been corrected. It is impossible to know the exact date at the moment.

[Smith999]

Testing v.10 beta free.
Some feedback:
1. The scanning time is too long! Reduce it!
2.Put an option to directly submit files through the GUI.False positives and malware samples.

[LS Andy]

Testing v.10 beta free.
Some feedback:
1. The scanning time is too long! Reduce it!
2.Put an option to directly submit files through the GUI.False positives and malware samples.

Hi Smith999,

Thanks for the feedback - this kind of stuff is really useful. Can I ask you to let us know a few things about the scan you ran?

• Type of scan
• Scan time
• Processor
• RAM
• Hard drive capacity
• Free space on hard drive

I like your idea to submit files through the GUI. So much so that I created a new thread just for ideas and suggestions: http://www.lavasofts...in-ad-aware-10/

Can I ask you to post your thoughts there, so we can keep ideas for improvements in one place?

Cheers!

Andy
Lavasoft Malware Lab

[CeciliaB]

Hi Smith999,

In my opinion, it is al-right that Ad-Aware takes longer time (maybe 50%) to scan the computer than AVG Internet Security 2011 (that I had a year ago) since Ad-Aware uses two engines instead of only one and then is able to discover more types of malicious files.

[Smith999]

Hi Smith999,

Thanks for the feedback - this kind of stuff is really useful. Can I ask you to let us know a few things about the scan you ran?

• Type of scan
• Scan time
• Processor
• RAM
• Hard drive capacity
• Free space on hard drive

I like your idea to submit files through the GUI. So much so that I created a new thread just for ideas and suggestions: http://www.lavasofts...in-ad-aware-10/






Can I ask you to post your thoughts there, so we can keep ideas for improvements in one place?

Cheers!

Andy
Lavasoft Malware Lab

Hi! Thanks for the quick response!
1.I've tried to do a custom scan, with these options enabled(see screenshot):
a) drives selected: C(14 GB free of 36),E(14.8 GB folder)
It took more than 3 hours and I've stopped the scan.
CPU:Intel® Pentium® Processor E5200 (2M Cache, 2.50 GHz, 800 MHz FSB)
RAM:4 GB A data 800 MHz
HDD:2 HDD's - WD caviar blue 500 GB(OS Windows 7x64 SP1 installed, 350 GB free), Hitachi 250 GB-(folders 37 GB free)

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Edited by Smith999, 17 February 2012 - 12:17 PM.

[LS Andy]

@ Smith999

One last question - are there any large media files (eg films) or ISO files on the drives you scanned?

Thanks for your input!

Andy

[Smith999]

Yes, there's one folder with two ISO files.The first is 6.08 GB, the other - 2.69 GB.

Edited by Smith999, 17 February 2012 - 01:03 PM.

[LS Andy]

Ad-Aware treats ISOs as archives - can you uncheck the "Scan archives" box and scan again? I'd be curious to know how long the same scan takes.

Andy

[Smith999]

I'll try.

[Smith999]

Scan complete. 1 hour 26 minutes.
Sometimes, the files in quarantine are not present.There's just a yellow bar.When I click at that bar, description of a threat is shown.This is about panda toolbar, which is detected as a trojan.
http://free.pandasecurity.com/
edit:Can somebody explain what is this(see screenshot) What does it mean? A critical error, but what exactly?

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Edited by Smith999, 17 February 2012 - 02:59 PM.

[LS Andy]

Ha! Love the avatar!

1. Scan time - better?
2. Critical error - possibly a bad choice of words to describe a threat?

I'll check out the Panda Toolbar detection.

Andy

[Smith999]

Yeah, the avatar is nice.I like it too.
The scan time is better, but not great.And that's with no archive scanning.

[Smith999]

Ad-Aware does not indicates with alert, when a malware is detected by the real time protection.It puts the files in the quarantine, but silently, no alerts.

[CeciliaB]

You can configure that. Click the gear below "Real-Time Protection" on the main screen. There you will find a pull-down menu "Suspicious programs" and you can, for example, select "Prompt User" to get a question when a malicious file is found.