Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Lavasoft produce a software product called Ad-Aware. This is an anti-spyware program. It can be used to scan you computer and delete unwanted spyware and malware software. See here :
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
Updates are produced every day or every few days, and can be downloaded from their website automatically or manually from this address :
http://www.lavasoft.com/support/securitycenter/blog/
The definition file update looks something like : "SE1R169 07.05.2007".
It is recommended to run this program and fully scan your computer once a week or even once a month with the latest definition file downloaded.
Versions Available :
So that it is easier to see what you get in the different versions, as you go down the page each version has more features than the previous.
Ad-Aware SE Personal (Free)
Key Features :
- User-controlled spyware removal
- Customizable Scans
- Code Sequence Identification (CSI) technology
- Extensive Lavasoft Detection Database
- ADS scan
- Blocks browser hijackers
- Quarantine manager
Ad-Aware SE Plus ($26.95 USD)
Key Features : (All above features PLUS)
- Real-time scanning
- Registry protection
- Executable file protection
Ad-Aware SE Professional ($39.95 USD)
Key Features : (All above features PLUS)
- Process Watch module
- Advanced command line interface
Ad-Aware SE Enterprise ($28.45 USD each for min. 10 volume license and 1yr maintainence )
Key Features : (All above features PLUS)
- View all registered and active clients
- View all machines running Ad-Aware SE
- Update client software using .msi files and Windows Group policies
- Update detection definition files on all client computers
- Monitor the reference file version for all client computers
- Monitor the malware detection logs from previous Ad-Aware executions
- Monitor the Console server status
- Scan one or more clients over the network
- Specify notifications for events such as reference file updates and network scans