If you tried the new adaware, what do you think?
http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_....php?t=features
I'll give it a spin as its downloading now kinda slowly though.
wow, hard to believe this App. is even mentioned anymore. i haven't used this since the 2006 and early 2007 Versions. i'll give it a go as well.
A quick scan found nothing.
It is running a Full scan and at 1 hour 36 minutes it is scanning my extensive HOSTS file that I forgot to disable and it is making this 2.8GHZ P4 run like molasses in January.
just got through and i'm not impressed at all.
1. takes long for the App. to install
2. requires a restart? o please...
3. requires a restart to uninstall? WTH?
Lavasoft has truly gone down hill since late 2006. since i've been using Spybot, Malwarebytes', and SUPERAnti-Spyware i couldn't be any happier. i would even say SpywareTerminator is better.
I am unimpressed!
Quick scan found nothing.
Full scan
Objects detected: 13Type Detected==========================Processes.......: 0Registry entries: 0Hostfile entries: 13Files...........: 0Folders.........: 0LSPs............: 0Cookies.........: 0Browser hijacks.: 0MRU objects.....: 0Removed items:Description: ads.airamerica.com(127.0.0.1) @ 243 Family Name: Redirected hostfile entry Clean status: Success Item ID: 53624 Family ID: 560Description: engine.awaps.net(127.0.0.1) @ 317 Family Name: Redirected hostfile entry Clean status: Success Item ID: 53861 Family ID: 560Description: ads.mcafee.com(127.0.0.1) @ 1352 Family Name: Redirected hostfile entry Clean status: Success Item ID: 53878 Family ID: 560Description: directads.mcafee.com(127.0.0.1) @ 1353 Family Name: Redirected hostfile entry Clean status: Success Item ID: 53878 Family ID: 560Description: kootenai.com(127.0.0.1) @ 31067 Family Name: Redirected hostfile entry Clean status: Success Item ID: 53881 Family ID: 560Description: www.kootenai.com(127.0.0.1) @ 52757 Family Name: Redirected hostfile entry Clean status: Success Item ID: 53881 Family ID: 560Description: om.symantec.com(127.0.0.1) @ 6836 Family Name: Redirected hostfile entry Clean status: Success Item ID: 53886 Family ID: 560Description: wdcs.trendmicro.com(127.0.0.1) @ 5362 Family Name: Redirected hostfile entry Clean status: Success Item ID: 53887 Family ID: 560Description: www.www.microsoft.com.org(127.0.0.1) @ 9785 Family Name: Redirected hostfile entry Clean status: Success Item ID: 54004 Family ID: 560Description: microsoft.com.org(127.0.0.1) @ 9784 Family Name: Redirected hostfile entry Clean status: Success Item ID: 54005 Family ID: 560Description: www.microsoft.com.org(127.0.0.1) @ 53814 Family Name: Redirected hostfile entry Clean status: Success Item ID: 54005 Family ID: 560Description: 1490thebay.com(127.0.0.1) @ 15923 Family Name: Redirected hostfile entry Clean status: Success Item ID: 54017 Family ID: 560Description: www.1490thebay.com(127.0.0.1) @ 43956 Family Name: Redirected hostfile entry Clean status: Success Item ID: 54017 Family ID: 560Scan and cleaning complete: Stopped by request after 7014 seconds
After almost 2 hours I gave up.
Those are HOSTS file entries from MVPS HOSTS file.
I guess to scan all 63,543 entries I probably have to wait a couple of days for the results.
It is an advertisement for the Full version as many things are displayed but are grayed out.
Into the Recycle Bin it goes!
Spybot S&D is a bit better but not much and it has long ago been un-installed.
I'm quite happy with Malwarebytes MBAM, Windows Defender and WinPatrol.
I'm not even going to bother with Ad-Aware any time soon, maybe a few years down the road under a newer Windows OS, but that's a big maybe.
After almost 2 hours I gave up.
Those are HOSTS file entries from MVPS HOSTS file.
I guess to scan all 63,543 entries I probably have to wait a couple of days for the results.
The scanning of the HOSTS file taking that long just guts me everytime. I have often wondered why the old guard that being Ad-Aware and Spybot-S&D just can't scan it faster. Both are guilty with the few random false positives of incorrectly deeming valid blocked entries as a hijack - that's why I no longer trust either of them for finding anything in the HOSTS file.
For those of us that use HOSTS files provided by MVPS and/or hpHosts allowing Ad-Aware or Spybot-S&D to scan it is a waste of time because in our case it would be rather rare to have a hijacked HOSTS file since we're getting them replaced regularly from those two trusted sources. At least in my case it would be extremely rare since I store my HOSTS files elsewhere not even on the C: partition, and use a batch file to copy them into the default system location.