Sunday, January 02, 2005
Re-download, don't just update, AdAware and Spybot
My two favorite anti-spyware programs have brand new versions out now, and the old versions are no longer getting lists of new spyware to watch out for. Which means you need the new versions.
AdAware was at version 6.181. Confusingly, the new version is called Ad-Aware Personal SE 1.05. Download the new Ad-Aware installer and run it. It'll ask permission to uninstall the old Ad-Aware. It's safe to say yes. Their web page says you can get the new version from the normal update procedure within the program -- didn't work for me.
Spybot Search & Destroy also needs to be re-downloaded. Download Spybot Search & Destroy, run the installer, proceed as usual. The author asks for a "different kind of donation", namely he asks you to register as a blood marrow donor.
As usual, you can and should run both. You may get false alarms when one program quarantines a nasty file and the other program sees it in the quarantine folder but you can just ignore those.
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AdAware was at version 6.181. Confusingly, the new version is called Ad-Aware Personal SE 1.05. Download the new Ad-Aware installer and run it. It'll ask permission to uninstall the old Ad-Aware. It's safe to say yes. Their web page says you can get the new version from the normal update procedure within the program -- didn't work for me.
Spybot Search & Destroy also needs to be re-downloaded. Download Spybot Search & Destroy, run the installer, proceed as usual. The author asks for a "different kind of donation", namely he asks you to register as a blood marrow donor.
As usual, you can and should run both. You may get false alarms when one program quarantines a nasty file and the other program sees it in the quarantine folder but you can just ignore those.
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