where can i download ad-aware SE personal from i need the free one because when i took my computer to get fixed a while back the guy put that on my computer and i thought it was really good and then suddenly its gone i dont know if anyone else using the computer has deleted it by accident but i doubt it and thats the one i had and i need it back

Hi Alexm4601,

The download link is here: Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.06

Regards,

Spike

ok thanks, also the link you gave my in the other post for all the programs which ones would you recommend and also any ideas on how to make your computer speed up and get faster

I cannot download the free software from your web page because the web page does NOT show the button (see the attached jpg file). I've tried IE Explorer and Netscape, neither "sees' the free download button. Is there some kind of spyware stopping me from getting this software?

The current virus software doesn't see any infestation.

Thanks for the help

Hi the_engineer,

You are looking at the wrong page - that is the Comparison Chart for the Paid-For (not free) versions of Ad-Aware SE 1.06r1.

The direct link to the download page is posted above.

Regards,

Spike

Hi Alexm4601,

They are all good programs - it depends on whether you want Freeware or Shareware (for which you have to pay, usually a smallish amount - some of them also offer a fully-featured trial period, before you have to pay).

I do not wish to endorse any one program above the others (except Ad-Aware ).

However, I personally use the following software:
Ad-Aware SE Plus
AVG Antispyware
ZoneAlarm

I also regularly use the following on-line scanners:
TrendMicro
Bitdefender
Panda Online

The choices are really up to you - but remember, the more products that you have running, the greater the share of your system's resources being used (except for SpywareBlaster, which sits resident on your system, without using any resources).

Regards,

Spike

Spike
I tried those also previously, and they are also blanks for where the software download should be. Even the link posted above is blank. See below:

Hi the_engineer,

The link above works perfectly: Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.06 - it is a shortcut to the download page.

The long was round is - go to the drop-dowm menu under Products:

Click to view attachment

Click on Ad-Aware SE Personal and you get this:

Click to view attachment

Click on Download and you are taken here:

Click to view attachment

Which is exactly where that link posted above takes you to.

Regards,

Spike

I have to agree with the_engineer. I get exactly the same screens. I am using Internet Explorer 7, but I also got it when I was using IE6. This has been going on since the new site started. And...the link that is supposed to be in the above post IS NOT THERE. It only says:

"Hi Alexm4601,

The download link is here:

Regards,

Spike"

I already have & use Adaware SE & it's a great program, but if I send new users to the Lavasoft site, they'll never find the free version (looks almost as if it's intended). Back when I could find a link on the Lavasoft site that said it was for the freeware version (I think it used to be on the top right of the home page) it would only take you to the product comparison page. Someone complained about that in another previous post & they too, were pretty much shot down that there was no way it was happening. I just send my friends to download.com since I know it can be downloaded there. There has been a lot of strange things happening since the start of the new site...trouble downloading definitions, etc. (sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't). And most of the time when you can't get your updates to work through the program, you can't access lavasoft.com either. I often have to wait until the next day.

Thanks to the_engineer for speaking up.

Hi the_engineer & hammer63,

I'm sorry for the confusion What I see is :To avoid any further unnecessary time-wasting for you, I will post the URL of the www.download.com page that it takes you to:

http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Person...dl&tag=top5

I'm truely sorry for whatever glitch is hiding the link from you - it is not deliberate - as you can see, the initial poster in this thread had no problems using it. (Have checked on the PCs of 5 other residents of my apartment complex, and the link shows on all of them, even when not signed-in).

The other place where you should be able to reach that URL is:

Click to view attachment

Click on the green "Free Download" link in the upper-right corner - or is it still showing blank?

There were some initial problems with the new website (I had to use Firefox, to navigate it) but IE 6 & 7 have been working fine for a while now - have you tried viewing with a different browser (other than Netscape, the_engineer) - say Firefox?

Please let me know if you still encounter problems.

Regards,

Spike

Spike,

I figured out what the problem is! I use Norton Personal Firewall (NPF) which includes a built-in ad blocker. At the top of the browser there is an NPF button where you can select whether to 'Block ads on this site' or not. If there is a check mark next to it you will see the home page show just like the_engineer posted it. The Products menu only shows 3 of the actual 7 choices and you do not see the green box with the link to the free version. Also, the links do not show in the postings for those of us using ad blockers. If you uncheck the option to 'Block ads on this site', the page will reload, and everything will show just as it does in your screenshot Spike! Also your links now appear in the postings. STRANGE!!! No wonder it made some of us users feel like the free version was being hidden. But I now realize that wasn't intentional because it also causes some of your retail products not to show up in the Products menu. So I owe you an apology for that statement.

The thing that bugs me is that, even though this is not necessarily the website designer's fault (unless he can use some alternative coding to prevent this), it could adversely affect future potential retail customers if they come to your site with intentions of making a purchase, then go to your Products menu and not being able to readily find what they came for, leave in frustration.

Perhaps you could place a statement prominently on your home page recommending that visitors turn off ad blockers for this site or they may get unexpected results.

I hope the_engineer sees this and lets us know if this fixes his problem too. His post didn't show the title bar of his browser so I can't tell if he uses NPF too or not.

Have a great day everybody and I hope this helps someone else too!

Hi hammer63, Thanks for getting back to us with a (the?) solution.

Would be great if you would post an advisory in this Topic: New Lavasoft website design, Post your feedback here

As you can see, that Topic is monitored constantly.

Regards,

Spike