Anyone use LavaSoft Ad-Aware ?


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    Anyone use LavaSoft Ad-Aware ?


    Anyone have recent experience and comments with LavaSoft Ad-Aware ?
    Ad-Aware Free Antivirus and Free Antispyware download - Lavasoft

    I used/tested Ad-Aware many years ago, before it included an Anti-Virus.
    Back then i decided to use MalwareBytes for real-time anti-malware security.
    With current changes to MBAM 3 i'm looking for some alternative if MBAM 3 doesn't work things out and MBAM 2 is EOL.
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    Thanks, I'll check those out.
    Yea, i'm just looking for some option for a real-time Anti-Malware if MBAM 3 doesn't work for me and MBAM 2 is EOL.

    I'm playing with Lavasoft right now in Win 10.
    This OS has Windows Defender AV and MBAM 2 Premium, turned off.

    I did read Lavasoft uses the BitDefender AV engine, which i guess is good.
    I'm not a security expert so i can't test protection/detection results.
    I can only test how a program works for me, usability/performance.

    I'm not against using a different AV, heck i'm using several different AV's now on different systems.
    I just want only 1 real-time AV and AM, to avoid possible conflicts.
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    I used it a few years ago but not recently.

    Check out Zemana Antimalware and VoodooShield Pro as MBAM alternatives. You might find them interesting. Both have real time protection. I use both but I disable real time protection in Zemana and just use it as an on demand scanner.
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    Thanks, i do have Zemana AntiLogger Pro real-time on this system, but i can remove/disable that if i need to.
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    So far for me the biggest issue with Lavasoft, i get hundreds of event errors for this:
    Error while updating status to SECURITY_PRODUCT_STATE_OFF (error 02000000).
    and i haven't found out how to turn those messages off and still know i'm secure
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    Just guessing that it might be something to do with Action Center notifications.

    Anyone use LavaSoft Ad-Aware ?-action-center.jpg

    I used Lavasoft AdAware a couple of years ago but ditched after less than one month. I don't remember why.
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    Thanks.
    Windows 10 recognizes Ad-Aware AV is turned on ...

    Thanks for that tip about VoodooShield, it looks interesting, something i want to try and could use if i drop MBAM !

    Anyone use LavaSoft Ad-Aware ?-install_snip_06.png
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    RE: VoodooShield. I've used paid version for three years but it is still under development and configuration is an issue. It's cheap. You can get a free licence if you ask the developer over at Wilder's.
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