Tuesday, August 2, 2011

What is a Ad-Aware?

Ad-Aware is a type of software available for free to be downloaded, but differ with freeware (which is also free), ad-aware is software is free with advertising support in it. Ad-Aware can type an Internet application that runs when the user is online, providing the display ads that changing the alias no longer in the form of static advertising. Ad-Aware is also quite close to the spyware as it does little ad-aware that collects information about users and send them to the advertiser (advertiser) with a variety of purposes.
A programmer can choose to create adware to get commissions from the display of advertisements in the software creation. Partial or total commission earned can be used to finance these programs can be developed in order to remain sustainable.
Although free and able to work as it should, in general the presence of adware is viewed negatively by most computer users. Various anti-spyware software can detect and will notify users when they install ad-aware. Ad-Aware is considered a security risk (security risk) and is generally recommended for you not to install it. 


To keep your computer stays safe, make sure you use a good spyware scanner software, as a complement of virus scanner software. Some of the popular scanners that you can use them are Ad-Aware by Lavasoft, Spyware Doctor by PC Tools and Spysweeper by Webroot. 

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