Ad-aware 5.8
Poster: Warlock
Posted on May 1, 2002 at 10:55:31 PM
Lavasoft has released a new version of thier popluar spyware removal tool Ad-aware. Version 5.8 upgrades are available from the Lavasoft site. As always the software is free to all who would like it to remove those nasty bits of software that invade our computers unknowingly or through wordinging buried in the EULA argeement you agree to when installing software. The new update includes....[PAGEBREAK]
Ad-aware 5.8 uses a new referencefile format.
This change was necessary to handle more tasks through the referencefile, and avoid too frequent
updates of the Ad-aware binary. The new referencefiles are named "reffile.awr".
The manual installation is performed like with the old "reflist.sig" files.
A new Refupdate application is in progress, and will be available shortly.
Ad-aware 5.8 features the same user interface like the previous 5x versions. It has been further improved to perform additional checks, and to handle the
new referencefiles.
The referencefile included in this distribution (005-29-04-2002) targets DownloadWare, NetworkEssentials, IEPlugin, OpenMe.exe, GoHip and several additional browser hijackers.
Ad-aware 5.8 uses a new referencefile format.
This change was necessary to handle more tasks through the referencefile, and avoid too frequent
updates of the Ad-aware binary. The new referencefiles are named "reffile.awr".
The manual installation is performed like with the old "reflist.sig" files.
A new Refupdate application is in progress, and will be available shortly.
Ad-aware 5.8 features the same user interface like the previous 5x versions. It has been further improved to perform additional checks, and to handle the
new referencefiles.
The referencefile included in this distribution (005-29-04-2002) targets DownloadWare, NetworkEssentials, IEPlugin, OpenMe.exe, GoHip and several additional browser hijackers.