Hardened against third party uninstall with encrypted preference files
Scanning engine improvements
- Extended protection against DLL-injection, SE can unload process modules on the fly
- Extended Memory scanning
- Now scans all modules loaded by a process
- Uses our all new CSI (Code Sequence Identification) technology to identify new and unknown variants of known targets
Extended Registry scanning
- Now scans registry branches of multiple user accounts
- Performs additional smart checks to detect dynamically created references
- Scanning speed noticeably faster
- Extended Scanning for known and unknown/possible Browser-Hijackers
Extended Disk scanning
- Now scans and lists alternate Data-streams on NTFS volumes
- Now Ad-Aware supports scanning of Cabinet files, (including spanned archives)
- Scanning speed increased
- Improved Hosts-file scan
- Now Ad-Aware and Ad-Watch Use much smaller reference files
Several User Interface improvements
- Improved Graphical UI
- Ad-Aware now supports custom graphical Skins
- More user friendly Plug-in/Extension GUI (Plug-ins and Extensions now shown on separate screens)
- New Scan Result view, includes a scan summary and detailed view
- Ad-Aware now linked to the online TAC database
Multiple New Tweak options
- Unloading of process modules during a scan
- Obtaining command line of scanned processes
- Ignoring spanned cab files
- Permanent archive caching
- Always try to unload modules before deletion
- Disable manual quarantine if auto quarantine is selected
- Write protect system files after repair
- Use gridlines in item lists
- Log file detail section condensed
Several logfile improvements
- Includes support for separate removal logfiles
- Allows adding a Reference summary/index to logfiles
- Logfile contains overall more detailed information
