What is Ad-Aware?

Ad-Aware is software application developed by Lavasoft. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 63.65% of installations running this operating system. Ad-Aware's installer is typically 4.00 MB in size and installs around 81 files. The most common release is 9.5.0 with 34.91% of all installations currently using this version.

Ad-Aware is most popular in the United States with 63.46% of installations residing in this country.

Ad-Aware adds 2 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

About Ad-Aware?

Ad-Aware, developed by Lavasoft, is a reputable anti-spyware and anti-virus software designed to effectively detect and eliminate malware, spyware, and adware from computers. According to Lavasoft, Ad-Aware is capable of identifying and removing a wide range of threats including spyware, viruses, dialers, Trojans, bots, rootkits, data miners, aggressive advertising, parasites, browser hijackers, and tracking components.

Software Behaviors

Services:

aawservice.exe runs as a service named 'Lavasoft Ad-Aware Service' (Lavasoft Ad-Aware Service) "Lavasoft Ad-Aware Service".

Scheduled tasks:

ad-aware.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{D727F924-CDD5-4765-966C-CC70B3BCCD5B}' (runs on registration).
ad-awareadmin.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Ad-Aware Scan (Analyse planifie)' (runs daily at 22:39).

Software Details

URL:

https://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\lavasoft\ad-aware

Uninstaller:

MsiExec.exe /X{385DD1DD-65AA-408D-8E70-74601C2DB7E6}

Size:

4.00 MB

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