Recently switch from the old free version to the new adaware 2007 free.
On the old one after a day on the web I would scan and always had a couple of critical objects. Now with the new one never have any critical objects. Even with going to the same web sites. Spybot seems to find stuff but now not adaware which I had liked better. Is the new version not as good or a way to go back to the old version?

Couple of years ago had tried the paid version but I did not like the stuff it kept running in the background and was not a way to turn it off so went back to the free version after a couple of days

Thanks for any help or suggestions.

Inoticed that as well, although as you can see in the forum, I have been having my own troubles. Perhaps IE or Firefox has gotten better and you don't accumulate as much malware these days? Or you probably did a full system scan upon installation and it will take sometime to reaccumulate Ads. Just some guesses. Hopefully LavaSoft did not decide to cash in on its cash cow and make an inferior product with more incentives for the Plus and Pro Versions. I believe lavasoft is a good company though and would not use its credabilty and good shareware name and then go and make inferior versions when it went to redesign adaware.

Along the lines of the browsers being more secure, I have adblock plus on the autoupdate version of firefox which prolly keeeps 'infections down'. Interested to here if you think any of these points are plausible -- Tom

Ad-Aware 2007 doesn't call cookies "critical objects" anymore. They are now categorized under *Privacy Objects*.

Have you tried looking under BOTH tabs (critical objects and privacy objects) and see if your cookies are being found there?

That may be the difference you are seeing

You know, today's newer browsers can block cookies much more efficiently too. What browser are you using?

Using IE 6. And noticed the change the very first day went to adaware 2007. The old version I had worked great but in the past month it would not let me download any new updates. I was guessing adaware stopped supporting the old version.

I cant say I remember what the critical object were. But that could explain it that it is under privacy objects.

And like I said the old paid version seemed to add so much on startup to the other stuff I already had that I thought the free would be better. But it may have been worth it I just dont know that much about it.


Thanks again

You're welcome.

Yes the old SE is now expired. Cookies are now under the privacy tab and are no longer classified as "criticial objects.

The explanations of Privacy Objects and Critical Object can be found in the Ad-Aware Help section (the question mark icon on the top right of the main screen)

These are now broken out into their on section in the Privacy Objects tab after a scan.

Privacy Objects

Privacy objects consist of tracking cookies and MRU (Most Recently Used) lists. These objects are not considered to be a critical threat to your security, but they may be removed if you desire.

For each detected privacy object, you can choose to:

· Add to Ignore: Add the object to the Ignore List; keep the item on your system and make sure it is not detected in future scans.

· Remove: Delete the object from your system.

You can either select each object individually by checking the box beside it, or use the selection options in the context menu.

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and These are found on the Critical objects tab after scanning

Critical Objects

Critical objects are detected objects that may pose a threat and should be considered for removal.

In order to give you information about each critical object detected, items are grouped under their family name, and are listed with their category, assigned Threat Analysis Index (TAI) level, and file path.


The Threat Analysis Index (TAI) associated with each detected object enables you to easily understand what constitutes an annoying threat and what should be recognized as a high risk to your privacy and security. The TA point system is based on a 10-point scale, with 1 representing the lowest threat and 10 representing the highest.

More information is available in the Resources chapter on the Threat Analysis Index, or in the Lavasoft Security Center
(The Threat Analysis Index was previously known as the Threat Assessment Chart).

You might also want to consider upgrading your IE6 to IE7 with enhanced security features for even more control
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/...e/features.mspx
(go to the above and click on the link to the left about Security Protection in IE7)