Ad-Aware as in Lavasoft Ad-Aware? Ewwwww!!! Never in a million years would I ever install that lame product into my system again. Even their paid version is lame. To me, it is about as awful as Norton Antivirus. It just gives me shivers to think that someone would want to put this horrible stuff into a computer.
My weapon of choice is Spybot. I realize that Spybot is not the easiest to use nor is it the best but it is far better than Ad-Aware ever will be. I recall a client that brought his computer to me. He said he thought it was virus infected but he wanted me to look at it although his paid Ad-Aware version said his system was clean. I looked through his settings to ensure they scanned everything without any exceptions and then prior to scanning, I looked for an update and installed it. I recall my client sitting there watching his precious paid-for Ad-Aware scanning his computer for viruses. About 15 minutes later, it was finished and it said there was nothing on his system.
I then convinced my client to let me put on Spybot. After setting it up and getting all the updates and immunizing it, I performed a scan. At the end of that scan, Spybot showed over 300 viruses in his computer. Spybot removed all the viruses as my client sat there in a daze, telling me that he felt like he had been ripped off by Ad-Aware.
He informed me to uninstall his precious Ad-Aware and to show him how to use Spybot.
I've used alot of different antispyware programs. There is not 1 program that gets all of them. I've read lots of reviews about other antispyware claiming they're #1 but upon realizing that the antispyware company was their sponsor, I soon realized they were being paid to put that particular company at the top of the list.
