Setting up Ad-aware...

 

The configuration Menu


 



After installing, you should customize Ad-aware to fit your purposes.
On the title screen, click the "Configuration" button to get into the configuration menu.

Please notice that no changes will be saved until you click the 'Proceed' button.
To leave the options screen without saving your settings, simply click the 'Cancel' button.
Click on 'Default Settings' to reset all options.



Here's a screen shot, followed by an explanation of all options.
 
 
 

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Mark all references found by default
If set, all items in the result list will be marked for deletion after a scan.
You can of course check or uncheck them manually too.
(On the pop up menu in the list screen, there is also an menu item for checking or unchecking all items)

Display smart hints in List view
If you move your mouse over the result list, you'll get additional information about an particular item.
Uncheck this option to turn this feature off.

Play alarm sound
If Ad-aware detects spyware references, a wave file of your choice will be played if this option is checked.
Enter the filepath+name in the according text box, or use the button beneath and browse.

Auto save log file
Check this option, if you want Ad-aware to save a log file every time automatically, regardless of the scanning result.
If Ad-aware does not detect any references, the log file will be saved after the scan.
Otherwise it will be saved after the cleaning process.
Enter a path name of your choice in the text box below, or use the button to browse.
If the entered path does not exist, it will be created.

You can also select a shared folder with write access in a network.

Scan on Windows startup
If set, Ad-aware will auto start when you start a new Windows session.
Doing an automatic scan, using the scanning options selected in this menu.

Automatically remove all references found
This is an critical option, you should not use it unless you are absolutely sure
to remove any reference of advertising system recognized by Ad-aware.
If set, Ad-aware will remove any reference automatically.
All actions performed will be written to the log file.
If you use this feature, we highly recommend setting the 'Auto save log file' feature as well.

Important:
If Ad-aware detects that Web3000 has been installed, and replaced Wsock32.dll,
no Web3000 references will be removed automatically.
For more information about this issue, please read the FAQ page in this manual.

Scan Memory
Ad-aware will build a list of the current running processes and search for known spyware modules.
If a spyware module is detected, it gets unloaded automatically.
However, you'll get a notice that it was running in the result window (and the log file of course).
We recommend using this feature, as the memory scan is done in less than a second.

Scan Registry
Ad-aware will scan your registry for spyware references.
All recognized keys, values or modifications will be written to the log file and listed in the result window.
Scanning the registry is also highly recommended.

Extended Registry Scan
Enable this option to let Ad-aware scan for modified versions of known spyware, not yet included in the reflist file.
Using this feature will result in a longer scanning period, this is why we separated it from the regular registry scan.

Scan Boot drive
The hard drive where your Windows installation exists will be scanned.
As 90 % of the known advertising systems copy files to your Windows and System folder, we
highly recommend scanning this drive once a day.

Scan all fixed drives
All fixed Hard drives (all partitions) will be scanned for known files.
This may take a while, but a complete scan is recommended from time to time
to detect all files and advertising cache folders on your system.
 
 

To save your settings permanently, click on the 'Proceed' button.
Or click 'Cancel' to leave without applying the changes.