Ad-Aware Instructions

Ad-aware comprehensively scans your memory, registry, hard, removable and optical drives for known datamining, aggressive advertising, and tracking components.

 For more information about Ad-Aware, visit Ad-Aware's website at http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ 

Download Ad-Adware here

For directions on installing Ad-Aware, follow the directions below.
For directions on updating Ad-Aware, click here.
For directions on running Ad-Aware, click here.
  

To Install Ad-Aware:

1. Begin installation from the location you downloaded the file to.

 2. Click next at the welcome screen. 

3. Click next at the License agreement screen.

 3. Select next at the following window

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4. Select next at the following window to start the installation

 

Ad-Aware will install. 5. When Ad-Aware is finished installing, you will receive the following window:

Click on Finish. 

You want to update Ad-Aware every time before you scan.

  

 To update Ad-Aware:

1. Double-click on the Ad-Aware icon on your desktop.You will get the following screen:

 2. Ad-Aware 6 has its updater built into the software. You want to click on the picture of the globe in the upper-right area of the window. It is the second icon from the right. When you click on it, you will receive the following window:

 3. Click on the button labeled Connect to make it connect to the internet and look for an update.You will receive the following window if there is a new update available:

Click OK to get the new updates. 4. When it says “Webupdate complete”, click on the button labeled Finish

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Next, you want to run Ad-Aware.

To run Ad-Aware:  (If you don't have Ad-Aware open, double-click on the icon on the desktop) 

1. Click on the butt

on labeled “Start”. This is on the lower-right corner of the window.

2. You will receive the following window:

You want to leave “Use default scanning options” selected.

Click the button labeled Next. It will begin scanning.

You can leave it scanning in the background while you do other work. 

3. When it is finished, it will say “Scan complete”. Current operation: Finished

 

4. If Ad-Aware does not find anything on your computer, click on the button labeled Finish. 

If Ad-Aware found some things which can be removed, it will say how many there are of what type in red letters.

You want to click on the button labeled Next.

5.The next window will last all of the files it found.

You want to right-click on the top box and select “Select All Objects”, and then click on the button labeled Next.

 

6. You will receive the following window:

Click on the button labeled OK.

7. Close out of Ad-Aware by clicking on the X on the upper-right hand corner.