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February 5, 2003 6:37 PM Subscribe
Ad Aware 6 released. The long awaited (at least for me) king of spyware detectors is now available for download.
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THANK YOU JEEBUS.
posted by UKnowForKids at 6:55 PM on February 5, 2003
posted by UKnowForKids at 6:55 PM on February 5, 2003
The Majorgeeks ftp failed, bu one of the others is working fine.
Thanks for the heads up on this.
posted by lampshade at 7:01 PM on February 5, 2003
Thanks for the heads up on this.
posted by lampshade at 7:01 PM on February 5, 2003
And in other news, these other programs were updated, too.
posted by Su at 7:17 PM on February 5, 2003
posted by Su at 7:17 PM on February 5, 2003
Haha, su. Very funny...
... the thing is, I really find Ad Aware pretty useful. After all the controversy and whatnot, it's nice to see it finally come out.
posted by ph00dz at 7:19 PM on February 5, 2003
... the thing is, I really find Ad Aware pretty useful. After all the controversy and whatnot, it's nice to see it finally come out.
posted by ph00dz at 7:19 PM on February 5, 2003
Thanks skallas. I've been waiting for the new release, if only to get rid of the Xupiter crap that's been invading clients at work. I've been weeding that beast out by hand so far.
Su lives to complain, btw.
posted by eyeballkid at 7:21 PM on February 5, 2003
Su lives to complain, btw.
posted by eyeballkid at 7:21 PM on February 5, 2003
Ahhh... 83 objects found and erased. It's good to have Ad-Aware back. Gracias skallas.
posted by Hildago at 7:24 PM on February 5, 2003
posted by Hildago at 7:24 PM on February 5, 2003
su, you may have been trying to be snarky, but your link will prove to be invaluable to me. So thanks.
posted by WolfDaddy at 7:25 PM on February 5, 2003
posted by WolfDaddy at 7:25 PM on February 5, 2003
Okay, then, let me put it this way: The thing's at version 6, so it's been around. It's not new or novel; [insert obligatory reference to posting guidelines/suggestions]. What is so phenomenally new/wonderful about this particular update that it requires pointing out and subsequent possible discussion rather than say, a TextAd? Tell us something about it. Sub-optimal post.
Let's keep in mind that a large portion of my posts in the past have referenced pieces of software.
posted by Su at 7:26 PM on February 5, 2003
Let's keep in mind that a large portion of my posts in the past have referenced pieces of software.
posted by Su at 7:26 PM on February 5, 2003
My question is, where's RefUpdate? Does it do it automatically now, or is that only in the pay version?
posted by Hildago at 7:27 PM on February 5, 2003
posted by Hildago at 7:27 PM on February 5, 2003
Sub-optimal post.
Well, sub-optimal comment. Take it to MetaTalk if you want to complain about the posts.
posted by Hildago at 7:30 PM on February 5, 2003
Well, sub-optimal comment. Take it to MetaTalk if you want to complain about the posts.
posted by Hildago at 7:30 PM on February 5, 2003
skallas - how do you know that this product isn't a trojan horse which actually functions as "Meta-spyware"?
posted by troutfishing at 7:33 PM on February 5, 2003
posted by troutfishing at 7:33 PM on February 5, 2003
After all the controversy and whatnot
What's the controversy?
posted by PrinceValium at 7:41 PM on February 5, 2003
What's the controversy?
posted by PrinceValium at 7:41 PM on February 5, 2003
...and removal utility that has consistently lead the industry in safety, user satisfaction...
Cool stuff, but I think they mean "has consistently led the industry"...
Picking nits is my hobby...pray, continue...
posted by Bixby23 at 8:27 PM on February 5, 2003
Cool stuff, but I think they mean "has consistently led the industry"...
Picking nits is my hobby...pray, continue...
posted by Bixby23 at 8:27 PM on February 5, 2003
I downloaded this today without even reading the MeFi post... I just randomly went to the ad-aware site because my computer here at work was plagued with spyware and ads.
This is a bright light in one otherwise personally crappy day.
posted by Hammerikaner at 8:28 PM on February 5, 2003
This is a bright light in one otherwise personally crappy day.
posted by Hammerikaner at 8:28 PM on February 5, 2003
Yay! One Skallas detected and celebrated! :)
posted by MiguelCardoso at 8:43 PM on February 5, 2003
posted by MiguelCardoso at 8:43 PM on February 5, 2003
Adaware 6 downloaded... Ref file updated... Computer scanned...
0 objects found. I dunno if that's a good or bad thing...
posted by swank6 at 9:19 PM on February 5, 2003
0 objects found. I dunno if that's a good or bad thing...
posted by swank6 at 9:19 PM on February 5, 2003
I am a little confused. I had 64 objects and they went into quarantine. Then two seconds later i get another pop up in the corner of my screen. I scanned again and found another 5 objects. Then again and found 1 more. How the hell do I stop them?
posted by Recockulous at 9:24 PM on February 5, 2003
posted by Recockulous at 9:24 PM on February 5, 2003
You cannot stop them.
posted by eddydamascene at 9:31 PM on February 5, 2003
posted by eddydamascene at 9:31 PM on February 5, 2003
I love this product, but UGH - that slogan:
"AD AWARE - The morning after pill for the internet"
wtf?
posted by scarabic at 10:10 PM on February 5, 2003
"AD AWARE - The morning after pill for the internet"
wtf?
posted by scarabic at 10:10 PM on February 5, 2003
hey recockulous - try a virus checker also. we had a similar problem with a recurring instance of a bloody IRC Trojan last week, thing carried it's own instance of mIRC and would download and install spyware and viruses every login (I'm serious -- crazy shit there). it would rename itself explorer.exe (creative, eh?) and pop a mIRC window for a second on startup, connect to an irc server, download whatever nefarious package was waiting for it, then proceed to download and install gator, precision time, date manager, and a host of other scum-sucking apps
btw based on that name you sound like one of my friends (though I'm sure they'd spell it differently)
posted by badzen at 10:21 PM on February 5, 2003
btw based on that name you sound like one of my friends (though I'm sure they'd spell it differently)
posted by badzen at 10:21 PM on February 5, 2003
Another great program I heard about on Scot's newsletter is Mailwasher. Preview, delete and bounce mail without downloading it. I'm updating my ad aware right now.
posted by Mack Twain at 11:59 PM on February 5, 2003
posted by Mack Twain at 11:59 PM on February 5, 2003
I used to use AdAware 5 but recently switched to Spybot - Search & Destroy after they stopped producing updates.
Is it worth switching back to AdAware 6?
posted by ralawrence at 2:24 AM on February 6, 2003
Is it worth switching back to AdAware 6?
posted by ralawrence at 2:24 AM on February 6, 2003
Is it worth switching back to AdAware 6?
Who said anything about switching? I run both and it seems to work ok. (Of course, I haven't rebooted since running the new AdAware, so I reserve the right to come back and swear).
posted by yerfatma at 4:41 AM on February 6, 2003
Who said anything about switching? I run both and it seems to work ok. (Of course, I haven't rebooted since running the new AdAware, so I reserve the right to come back and swear).
posted by yerfatma at 4:41 AM on February 6, 2003
Thank you skallas!
posted by adampsyche at 6:16 AM on February 6, 2003
posted by adampsyche at 6:16 AM on February 6, 2003
Well, I had 467 cookies erased by version 6 that version 5.83 didn't catch. Can anyone top that?
posted by stevefromsparks at 2:51 PM on February 6, 2003
posted by stevefromsparks at 2:51 PM on February 6, 2003
what's so bad about sbeing spied on? My wife and I have neighbors watch us have sex. And all are happy for it.
posted by Postroad at 3:04 PM on February 6, 2003
posted by Postroad at 3:04 PM on February 6, 2003
Adware? What's that? :D
Seriously, though, AAW is a great program if you do happen to run Windows, although the very fact that it exists saddens me, because it's testament to the ungodly amounts of adware/spyware out there. It'd be nice if it were illegal, but I don't see that happening anytime soon (*grumble grumble politically loaded anti-Congress comment grumble grumble*).
posted by cyrusdogstar at 6:30 PM on February 6, 2003
Seriously, though, AAW is a great program if you do happen to run Windows, although the very fact that it exists saddens me, because it's testament to the ungodly amounts of adware/spyware out there. It'd be nice if it were illegal, but I don't see that happening anytime soon (*grumble grumble politically loaded anti-Congress comment grumble grumble*).
posted by cyrusdogstar at 6:30 PM on February 6, 2003
Be sure to update the reference file. I found 24 additional nasty files after I found 76 of them with the one that came bundled... decided to buy the cheaper version of the program so I could have the memory-resident Ad-Watch program, too. $26 well spent.
posted by crunchland at 7:07 PM on February 6, 2003
posted by crunchland at 7:07 PM on February 6, 2003
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