Introduction to Ad-watch

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	Ad-watch is a realtime spyware-monitor add-on included in the Ad-aware plus package.
	It runs silently in the background, waiting for spyware that tries to install or modify your system.
	While Ad-aware detects and cleans your system from known advertising parasites, Ad-watch goes even further by catching
	spyware systems such as WebHancer before they even integrate in your system.
	If spyware is detected, Ad-watch pops up, unloads the particular module and launches Ad-aware.
	You can change the action taken by Ad-watch in the preferences menu.
	All actions performed will be written in the output window and can be saved to disk anytime by using the appropriate menu item.
	Ad-watch can be auto started with windows, and minimized to a tray icon.
	Doubleclick its tray-icon or use the tray-menu to restore the logwindow or turn the monitor on/off.

	In this example (during installation of AudioGalaxy) the Webhancer installation module was recognized and immediately unloaded.
	Directly after unloading, Ad-aware was started and removed all remaining references.
	It is impossible to install the Webhancer parasite while Ad-watch is running and active.
	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).
	Furthermore 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 and ignorelist with Ad-aware, this means
	if you update Ad-aware, Ad-watch will be updated at the same time.
	Note:The ignorelist can be editied in the Ad-aware preferences.