Ad-Aware SE Plus
What is Ad-Aware SE Plus? (from Lavasoft)
With its award-winning technology, Ad-Aware Plus Edition puts you in complete control. It offers you the highest level of protection from both known and unknown threats such as data-mining, aggressive advertising, parasites, scumware, selected traditional Trolans, dialers, malware, browser hijackers and tracking compon... Read more
Overview
Ad-Aware SE Plus is a program developed by Lavasoft. Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The main program executable is ad-aware.exe. The software installer includes 4 files and is usually about 20.78 MB (21,793,994 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows XP. While about 64% of users of Ad-Aware SE Plus come from the United States, it is also popular in Israel and United Kingdom.
Program details
URL: www.lavasoft.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware SE Plus
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files1\LAVASOFT\AD-AWA~1\UNWISE.EXE C:\Program Files1\LAVASOFT\AD-AWA~1\INSTALL.LOG
(Wise Installer is used for installing and uninstalling this software.)
Estimated size: 20.78 MB
Language: English (United States)
Files installed by Ad-Aware SE Plus
| Program executable: | ad-aware.exe |
| Name: | Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE |
| Ad-Aware SE Core application |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\lavasoft\ad-aware se plus\ad-aware.exe |
| MD5: | 6477ab2ca8dce000587b6fc5e471a6da |
Additional files:
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Ad-Watch.exe - Ad-Aware SE (Ad-Watch System Protector)
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unregaaw.exe
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UNWISE.EXE
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- UNWISE.EXE is scheduled as a task with the class '{6768D28E-B6AC-49C5-988D-1DD310504E28}' (runs on registration).
Startup File (User Run)
- Ad-Watch.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'AWMON' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware SE Professional\Ad-Watch.exe".
Startup File (All Users Run)
- Ad-Watch.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'AWMON' which loads as "C:\Program Files1\Lavasoft\AD-AWA~1\Ad-Watch.exe".
How do I remove Ad-Aware SE Plus?
You can uninstall Ad-Aware SE Plus from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program Ad-Aware SE Plus, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Ad-Aware SE Plus.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 67%
Win 10 6%
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HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 5%
Keep it 95%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
66.67% |
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| Windows XP |
27.78% |
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| Windows 10 |
5.56% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
50.00% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
27.78% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
16.67% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
5.56% |
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Geography
64.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
64.00% |
| Israel |
12.00% |
| United Kingdom |
8.00% |
| Singapore |
4.00% |
| Belgium |
4.00% |
| Romania |
4.00% |
| Canada |
4.00% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Dell |
20.00% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
20.00% |
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| Toshiba |
13.33% |
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| Acer |
6.67% |
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| ASUS |
6.67% |
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| Sahara |
6.67% |
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| MSI |
6.67% |
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| Lenovo |
6.67% |
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| Intel |
6.67% |
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| GIGABYTE |
6.67% |
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Common models |
| TOSHIBA SATELLITE L755 |
6.25% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite L500 |
6.25% |
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| MSI MS-7592 |
6.25% |
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| Micro-Star CR620 |
6.25% |
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| Matsushita Electric Indus... |
6.25% |
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| LENOVO 10150 |
6.25% |
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About Lavasoft
Lavasoft is a development company that produces anti-spyware software, most known for Ad-Aware.
Publisher URL: www.lavasoft.com