is ad-aware trusty?

[mantra]

Hi
i have a question
i tried many anti-malware software

every program found me pc clena

i give a try to ad-aware , and it found many many keys to clean with high risk

but is normal?
i tried many program and only one that give me so many allarm is ad-aware

my question is trusty? is one of the trusty program?

thanks

[doktornotor]

We'd need the scan log attached to provide any relevant answer. For me personally, AdAware only provides tons of useless warnings about "tracking" cookies plus a couple of false positives wrt registry, and that's about it.

You might want to try MBAM and SAS instead.

[mantra]

-{ Quote: "We'd need the scan log attached to provide any relevant answer. For me personally, AdAware only provides tons of useless warnings about "tracking" cookies plus a couple of false positives wrt registry, and that's about it.

You might want to try MBAM and SAS instead." }-
is mbam Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware ?
thanks

[Someone]

You could upload the files to VirusTotal or Jotti.

-{ Quote: "is mbam Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware ?
thanks" }-
Yes, it's Malwarebytes Antimalware and Superantispyware.

[Franklin]

There are quite a few rogues that have a similar name to Lavasoft's Ad-Aware.

Some examples:
# Rogue.Adware
# Rogue.AdwareAlert
# Rogue.AdwareAway
# Rogue.AdwareBot
# Rogue.AdwarePatrol
# Rogue.AdwareRemove
Malwarebyte's Detection List (http://www.malwarebytes.org/malwarenet.php)

[mantra]

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and sas found my pc clean (files and regfiles)

ad-aware found 6000 entries in the regfiles
i think it's crazy

[Franklin]

Have you ever used Spywareblaster which adds several thousand entries to the restricted zones in the reg?

Ad-Aware may be flagging these entries?

Not real sure on this.???

[mantra]

-{ Quote: "Have you ever used Spywareblaster which adds several thousand entries to the restricted zones in the reg?

Ad-Aware may be flagging these entries?

Not real sure on this.???" }-
i did not remember if i used spywareblaster , maybe i installed some time ago

about you , does ad-aware find so many entries?

[Franklin]

Sorry, haven't used Ad-Aware.

[doktornotor]

Pretty sure it's just load of false positives; hard to point what's caused them unless you provide the log.

[TopperID]

I'm not using Adaware anymore, but previous versions could be configured to find Registry MRU entries. These are harmless but could account for a lot of findings.
Without seeing logs it's hard to say. There could be Registry 'trace' findings as well, these are 'dumb' findings and so could be due to harmless causes.

I don't think SAS bother with this kind of stuff because it's more to do with maintaining your system than important for protection.

[emperordarius]

Ad-Aware is rusty.

[truthseeker]

-{ Quote: "Ad-Aware is rusty." }-

Solution for rust is to scrape it away.

So I have replaced Ad-aware with MAM and SAS.

[Tarq57]

Mantra, just confirm the program you were using is AdAware from this vendor (http://www.lavasoft.com/)? (Lavasoft)
If so, it's trusty. Or as another user pointed out, rusty. ;D
If it's not Lavasoft's AdAware, all bets are off. It's probably not to be trusted.

[mantra]

-{ Quote: "Mantra, just confirm the program you were using is AdAware from this vendor (http://www.lavasoft.com/)? (Lavasoft)
If so, it's trusty. Or as another user pointed out, rusty. ;D
If it's not Lavasoft's AdAware, all bets are off. It's probably not to be trusted." }-
yes i download the free and trial version from there
thanks to all

[truthseeker]

If I use MAM, do I also need SAS? Does SAS pick up things that are missed by MAM and vice versa?

[gery]

No you do not need to have both but you can once in a while alter them to see if everything is ok.

[truthseeker]

-{ Quote: "No you do not need to have both but you can once in a while alter them to see if everything is ok." }-

Yeah, good idea, doesn't hurt. :thumb: