Ad-Aware SE expiring Dec 31, 2007

JDMurray

Anyone who uses the free edition of Ad-Aware (Ad-Aware SE) should know that there will be no more program or definition file updates released after Dec 31, 2007. All Ad-Aware SE users should upgrade to Ad-Aware 2007 Free (or Plus or Pro) instead. The Ad-Aware SE support forum will also be discontinued as well.

blargoe

Thanks

shednik

Thanks for the info JD... i kinda like my new set up with Windows Defender, AVG, and Comodo Firewall Plus with Defense+...seems to make a very safe system

JDMurray

shednik wrote:

Thanks for the info JD... i kinda like my new set up with Windows Defender, AVG, and Comodo Firewall Plus with Defense+...seems to make a very safe system

How do you test your system to determine that it is "safe?" I can never be sure myself.

garv221

Thanks. I use Spybot now days.

KGhaleon

JDMurray wrote:

shednik wrote:

Thanks for the info JD... i kinda like my new set up with Windows Defender, AVG, and Comodo Firewall Plus with Defense+...seems to make a very safe system

How do you test your system to determine that it is "safe?" I can never be sure myself.

Personally, my setup looks like this:

Antivirus scanner: AVG-free
malware scanners: AVG-antispyware, Adaware, SpyHunter.
Defragmenter: Diskeeper
Firewall: Comodo

I scan from time to time, with a number of different scanners since one or two can't find everything. I use others such as Spybot and superantispyware to be safe. I think those take care of the serious bugs.

You can also run a online scan with bitdefender, trojanscan, kaspersky, etc.

I also use the MVPS HOSTS file, to block ads. Combined with Firefox...well...you can't go wrong.

JDMurray

KGhaleon wrote:

I also use the MVPS HOSTS file, to block ads.

I've just started using the HostsMan hosts file manager and editor. It seems to have every feature that I need for automatically managing the hosts files on individual workstations. It's one of those programs I wish that I'd thought to write years ago.