Freestyle Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 Since I have been using CCleaner, every time I run Ad-Aware it finds nothing, so I'm presuming CCleaner is removing everything Ad-Aware would have removed. Is there a reason why I should keep Ad_Aware also? I have been using CCleaner for about three years now and its a awesome product. Thanks for any Professional advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFiresInTheSky Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 ad-aware looks for different things than ccleaner. you should still scan with ad-aware regularly. Ad-Aware is a program from Lavasoft that detects and removes software on a user's computer that is determined to be spyware. It also detects dialers, trojans, malware, data-mining, aggressive advertising, Parasites, Scumware, Browser hijackers, and tracking components. ccleaner is a registry/crap cleaner. as you can see from above, ad-aware looks for totally different stuff than Ccleaner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 to a certain extent running CCleaner will remove items that could show up in ad-aware, cookies being the main one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Ad-Aware as CCleaner can remove some MRU (Most Recently Used) lists. But Ad-Aware is for detection of adware and spyware and stuff. CCleaner is a system cleaner tool, its totally different. You should keep both, shouldn't get rid of Ad-Aware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New_Age Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Actually Ad-Wae is lacking but I still have it here Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit Edition | COOLER MASTER Centurion 590 with 4 120mm Blue LED FANS 1 Regular 120MM FAN and a Custom Window Side Panel | AMD Athlon II x4 2.6GHZ Stock| XIGMATEK HDT-S963 92mm | ASRock A780GXE/128 | G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) @800MHZ | CF 2 XFX 4850 1GB @GPU940/MEM1005 | 320GB/OS 160GB/Storage HDDs | LG CD/DVD SATA | Rosewill 600W 2 12v Rail@44 | Ccleaner, Defraggler | Malwarebytes', SUPERAnti-Spyware | Avira AntiVir Personal | Google Chrome v3/4, IE8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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