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.
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.