is ad-aware trusty?

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  1. mantra

    mantra Registered Member

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    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
     
    mantra, Oct 4, 2008
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  2. doktornotor

    doktornotor Registered Member

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    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.
     
    doktornotor, Oct 4, 2008
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  3. mantra

    mantra Registered Member

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    is mbam Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware ?
    thanks
     
    mantra, Oct 4, 2008
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  4. Someone

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    You could upload the files to VirusTotal or Jotti.

    Yes, it's Malwarebytes Antimalware and Superantispyware.
     
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  5. Franklin

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    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
     
    Franklin, Oct 4, 2008
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  6. mantra

    mantra Registered Member

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    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
     
    mantra, Oct 4, 2008
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  7. Franklin

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    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.o_O
     
    Franklin, Oct 4, 2008
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  8. mantra

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    i did not remember if i used spywareblaster , maybe i installed some time ago

    about you , does ad-aware find so many entries?
     
    mantra, Oct 4, 2008
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    Sorry, haven't used Ad-Aware.
     
    Franklin, Oct 4, 2008
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  10. doktornotor

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

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    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.
     
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  12. emperordarius

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    Ad-Aware is rusty.
     
    emperordarius, Oct 4, 2008
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  13. truthseeker

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    Solution for rust is to scrape it away.

    So I have replaced Ad-aware with MAM and SAS.
     
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  14. Tarq57

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    Mantra, just confirm the program you were using is AdAware from this vendor? (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.
     
    Tarq57, Oct 4, 2008
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  15. mantra

    mantra Registered Member

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    yes i download the free and trial version from there
    thanks to all
     
    mantra, Oct 5, 2008
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  16. truthseeker

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    If I use MAM, do I also need SAS? Does SAS pick up things that are missed by MAM and vice versa?
     
    truthseeker, Oct 5, 2008
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  17. gery

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    No you do not need to have both but you can once in a while alter them to see if everything is ok.
     
    gery, Oct 5, 2008
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  18. truthseeker

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    Yeah, good idea, doesn't hurt. :thumb:
     
    truthseeker, Oct 5, 2008
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