Ad-watch v1.5... |
Ad-watch is a
spyware-monitor add-on for Ad-aware that runs silently in
the background,
waiting for spyware that tries to install or modify your registry.
If spyware is detected, Ad-watch triggers an alarm, unloads the spyware module and launches Ad-aware.
All actions performed
will be written in the output window you'll see below, and can be saved
to disk on demand.
Ad-watch can
be auto started with windows, and minimized to a tray icon.
The Ad-watch 1.5 output window.
The screen shot above shows you the Ad-watch output screen.
As you can see
in this example, a Webhancer module was recognized and immediately unloaded.
Directly after
unloading, Ad-aware was started and removed all remaining references.
This way you
can trap and kill spyware, even before it gets installed.
This protects
you from many poorly scripted installers, wherein the advertising software
gets partly installed,
or writes to
your registry, even before you had any chance to read the privacy policy
(and maybe decline).
You can insert
a process list in the log file anytime by clicking on the 'insert current
process list' , or
move the mouse
over the status bar to retrieve a list of all currently running processes
in a pop up hint window.
Ad-watch shares
the signature file with Ad-aware, this means
if you update
Ad-aware, Ad-watch will be updated at the same time.