RSSInvitation to final beta test of Ad-Aware 2009 edition
By Scott M. Fulton, III | Published December 19, 2008, 1:47 PM
The makers of one of the Internet's first and most respected anti-adware products are on schedule to release their 2009 edition next month, though they need some help from registered testers to make it happen.
A Lavasoft representative asked BetaNews today to spread the word about Beta 3 of its 2009 edition of Ad-Aware, which was released last December 8 along with the company's latest adware signatures.
January 20 is the final rollout date for the company's first edition of Ad-Aware to include heuristic protection -- the capability to recognize Ad-Aware by its behavior rather than just by its signature. The product also promises to be significantly smaller than prior versions, partly by virtue of heuristics, but possibly also due to just plain tighter programming.
Applicants for the closed beta may register here to join Lavasoft's worldwide team of beta testers.
I'm going to agree, Ad-Aware isn't needed anymore. Most people have moved onto Malwarebytes Antimalware, and SuperAntispyware if they want to eliminate pests.
Also free programs like Avast, AVG and Antivir have those features built in, including a realtime shield.
Ahhh, brings back the good ol' days when just finding a free product that had a 'shield' was hard as hell. Now you can find them everywhere.
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|lol i thought it was ADWARE
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|"and most respected anti-adware products"
Eh...well it used to be anyway.
Personally I have quit using Adware programs. The AV companies have started building it into their programs. Plus adware was never really a problem for me anyway.
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|"The makers of one of the Internet's first and most respected anti-adware products..."
OK Scott, I'll bite on the first...but I might debate you on the "most respected" moniker. Perhaps originally...but that moniker has become a bit tarnished over the past 4-5 years.
I would love to use Ad-Aware again - were it not so bloated and a complete and utter resource hog.
And S L O W . . .
Hey, but it could be worse - it could be Spy Sweeper! ;-)
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|Ad-Aware respected? .. please
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|No thank you Lavsoft, I have a ultra secure Mac now.
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|No thank you internetworld7. They only represent 5% of the pc market. Of course they are secure. Nobody uses them.
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|No thanks-- recent final releases are buggy and bloated enough.
This recent direction down the bloated, hog path is ill-advised.
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|lets see how this ends up being
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|I signed up and logged in only to be in a loop to log in again and again, Never able to download beta.
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|Same here. Real good sign, eh? Makes ME wanna buy their product.
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|same here. Tried Opera, IE, Firefox with same result.
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