With online banking & shopping being so convenient, we are always tempted to buy online from the comfort of our house. Why not, when you and me can get much better deal online, why should we not do our online shopping. But with advancement of technology, we become easy targets for the hackers & spywares (Read parasites).

I used to be very comfortable buying stuff online till recently when I noticed strange things happening to my computer. Sometime during the day, the network traffic was very high & I noticed the packets sent over the network were on a much higher side than what I received. I tried and tested many spyware products to find the spywares located on my machine. There are lot of free software available on the net which claim to be very effective against such spywares. But I was sceptical about the so-called freewares. Assuming these freewares did remove the spywares as promised, how can I be sure that these software themselves are not installing sone spywares or keyloggers. Maybe the freewares are as good as some users claim on the forums. I just wasn’t ready to take any chances.

I bought couple of spyware & antivirus programs and tested them thoroughly. Here I am posting my reviews on these products.

The first program I bought was the Adaware. I bought this product due to a simple fact that it is highly recommended by many of its users on lot of forums.

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What is Adaware Pro and Adaware Plus?

Adaware Pro and Adaware Plus are anti spyware products. Adaware Pro comes with additional features essential for advanced users. The adaware software is available in three different versions the pro, plus & free edition. Since I was interested in all the features of this software, I bought the pro edition.

Does the Adaware help in minimizing spyware & virus threats?

Yes. I was amazed at the spyware detection levels of this tool. It identified many of files which I had downloaded from lot of internet sites as spywares & trojans. (Well, you are tempted to download free files from the net, aren’t you). Adaware also provides a real time monitor which checks all the files while downloading and detects spywares thus preventing any harm to the machines. I personally do not like any software running in the background since I feel that such tools can sometimes consume a lot of system resources. But with adaware, I was happy to keep the tool running since it consumed very low system resources.

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What are the features of Adaware Pro, Adaware Plus?

With Ad-ware Pro & Adaware plus, you get an antivirus included in the package along with the real time protection against spywares, viruses, trojans, password stealers. With the adaware free edition, you only get the anti spyware. The enhance rootkit removal system ensures detection of all the rootkits installed on your machine. The adaware system also comes with tracks eraser to ensure your privacy by removing your browsing history, browser cache & the .dat files which are normally used by the system to store information of all the sites you have browsed.

The pro edition provides additional features like advanced command line support, ad-watch connect, process watch module & network drive scanning. as a home user, you may not be interested in the advanced options. But the advanced feature that I personally liked was the process watch module. This feature helps in monitoring all the process running on the system to detect if any of the system process has been infected by the spywares without your knowledge thus ensuring full system protection.

What if I need help in installing and using the Adaware system?

Free technical support is available with your purchase of Adaware. The free adware version does not come with any technical support. The purchased copy also has an automatic update feature which ensures your copy of adaware is updated for new threats.

Adaware Pro, Adaware Plus & Adaware Free edition comparisons

Below is the comparison of features available in Adaware Pro, Adaware Plus & Adaware free editions. I have only included features which I feel are necessary for any home user.

Feature	Adaware Pro	Adaware Plus	Adaware Free
Anti-Virus Protection
Extended Threat Detection
Protection Against Spyware,Trojans
Rootkit Removal System
Track Sweep
Real-Time Detection
Customizable Scans
Automatic Updates
Free Technical Support
Block Unsecure & Harmful Websites
Process Watch Module
Network Drive Scanning

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