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Posted by admin on 02 May 2008 | Tagged as: anti spyware, antispyware, lavasoft, spyware
If you are a self proclaimed computer geek and you haven’t heard a squat about Lavasoft, the term “self proclaimed” is a word that I’m glad I used. So having said that, for the ones who have just crawled out of their caves and for the ones who have been using the company’s software without knowing anything about its developers, this article is just for you. Lavasoft is a German company that was founded when computer viruses were dominating the computer crime scene. Spywares were not even heard of during this time. Lavasoft is the original anti spyware company which makes it the pioneer in the anti spyware software industry.
www.lavasoftusa.com is one website that offers solutions to the users who have quite literally given up their war against adwares and spywares by offering them latest anti spyware products and other help in order for them to configure the problem using the Lavasoft support center. There are various products that the website offers with names like Lavasoft Registry Tuner that helps in increasing the overall performance of your computer by cleaning up your registry off of the unnecessary files, then there is the Lavasoft Personal Firewall 2.0, Lavasoft Privacy Toolbox, Lavasoft File Shredder and Lavasoft Digital Lock. And for protection against any adwares, Lavasoft has its own range of products that are specifically designed to counter such threats. These products would include Ad-Aware Plus, Ad-Aware Pro and the Ad-aware version which is free for download.
Lavasoftusa.com was designed on the basis of consumer reporting, social change and of course, ethical advertising. One of the best things about this website is that it works directly with the spyware industry so that they become the good guys which is quite different from their percieved reputation. www.lavasoftusa.com works closely with the spyware industry constantly making improvements in them so that they don’t pose as a potential threat to the users anymore. So with the number of adwares and spywares on the rise, Lavasoft promises to be ready to protect your computers from these malwares.
Ad-Aware SE Personal review
Posted by pcfix on 26 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: ad aware, adaware, anti spyware, antispyware, malware, lavasoft, spyware
The most popular antispyware software today is distributed by Lavasoft. Ad-Aware SE Personal, their free version that is available to home users, has been downloaded nearly one million times every week. What exactly is it that makes this program so popular with internet users today?
In our every changing electronic driven culture, maintaining privacy on the internet is on the top of most people’s minds. Ad-Aware SE Personal is a free program that is designed to detect and remove spyware that has been installed on your computer. Why is it so important to have spyware removed from your system?
Spyware is a program that runs in the background. Its only purpose is to perform operations that intrude on your privacy, such as recording the websites that you visit, or even worse, the buttons that you press on your keyboard and then send that information back to the developer of the spyware program. This means that certain spyware developers could potentially have a record of personal emails, information entered into web forms and passwords that you have typed! This is not good for obvious reasons.
Spyware is often found in free downloadable programs that users install on their systems. The only reason that these programs are offered for free in the first place is because spyware developers have paid them to insert their spyware into their software. What’s even worse, is that if you were to completely read the EULAs (End User License Agreement) that come with these programs, they will often tell you that these programs are included! So be sure you never select I Agree, without actually knowing what you are agreeing to.
So now that you have been careless and have spyware programs on your computer, what can you do? Well, go to the Lavasoft website and install a copy of their Ad-Aware SE Personal. Once this has been completed, you will want to run a complete system scan on your computer so that Ad-Aware has the chance to fully check your computer for spyware programs. Once the scan is complete, you will have the opportunity to decide what you would like to do with any spyware programs that Ad-Aware has found on your system. The most concerning of these is any spyware component that is found within your computer’s registry.
Sometimes a program will not work properly once you have used the Ad aware program to remove the spyware component of it, but in this situation you have to ask yourself, do you really want to use a program that requires spyware in order to work properly? Kazaa is an example of one of these programs, so if you must have Kazaa, do not run Ad aware.
If you are a commercial user, or need a more powerful version of Ad-Aware to meet your needs, Lavasoft offers several different versions of their antispyware application. For your convenience in selecting the correct one to suit your needs, Lavasoft has included a product comparison chart that can be found on their website.
Ad Aware review
Posted by pcfix on 26 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: ad aware, adaware, pop ups, anti spyware, antispyware, spyware, lavasoft, security
Spyware is becoming a very big problem for internet users. It is a program that will hide itself from the user but will perform operations in the background that intrude on your privacy. These programs will often come with other free downloads such as Kazaa, Imesh or Cuteftp. The reason that these programs have been given to you for free in the first place is because companies will pay the developers of these programs to insert their spyware programs into them.
Spyware programs can cause many different problems with your computer. They will often create pop-up advertisements, or more seriously, log everything that you type into your keyboard and send the information back to the spyware developer. This means that they can see every email, password or information that you type into your internet browser! These programs will also often cause your computer to crash often or weaken your computer’s security making it more venerable to attacks from other hackers.
There is one program that you can use to help you protect your computer from spyware. This is to use a program called Ad-Aware. It is the recommended program for detecting and removing any spyware that has accumulated on your computer in the past. Once you have installed Ad-Aware, you are going to want to perform a system scan to see if you have any spyware installed on your computer. The most concerning of which are components that are found in the Registry keys.
Sometimes a program will not work properly once you have used the Ad-Aware program to remove the spyware component of it, but in this situation you have to ask yourself, do you really want to use a program that requires spyware in order to work properly? Kazaa is an example of one of these programs, so if you must have Kazaa, do not run Ad-Aware.
Ad-Aware is a must even if you decide that you just want to uninstall the program that has come with the spyware in it. In some cases, using the uninstall program for that application will also remove the spyware associated with it, but sometimes this is not the case. The people that have included the spyware programs in the software packages just want to steal information from you, so are you going to trust them that the spyware has been removed with their program? The only way to be completely sure is to run Ad-Aware or another similar program to scan your system for spyware.
Ad-Aware is an antispyware application that has been created and distributed by Lavasoft. They offer a free version of Ad-Aware for personal home users, but there are also several different levels of the program available for commercial use. Of course, these versions will offer more options and will cost money. To help you decide which version of Ad-Aware is going to suit your needs the best, Lavasoft has included a product comparison chart so that you can quickly determine the right Ad-Aware package for you based on your needs.
