According to OPSWAT, in January 2015, Ad-Aware had less than 1% of market share globally. In July 2013, Adaware Antivirus Free was listed as having been downloaded a total of 450 million times from the Lavasoft site, including over 387 million times from as of December 2014. Rubenking at PCMag performed a lab test on version 8.3, where Ad-Aware scored 9.2 points, beating the previous top score of 9.1. However, it stated that no such tests have been run on the newest version. Reliability Īccording to PC World Magazine, an older version of Ad-Aware, the Anniversary Edition, could locate only 83.6% of malware in a comparative test carried out by the security firm AV-TEST. Starting with Ad-Aware version 10, the Bitdefender antivirus engine was used instead. In the 2008 Edition, Lavasoft bundled Ad-Aware Pro and Plus for the first time with an antivirus scanner, which used the Avira engine Īnd this arrangement continued for a few years. Over time, Ad-Aware added the ability to block those beacons, or ads. On many websites, users would see a tiny pixelated square next to each web beacon, warning the user that the computer's IP address and other non-essential information was being tracked by this website. History Īdaware antivirus was originally developed, as Ad-Aware, in 1999 to highlight web beacons inside of Internet Explorer.
In 2011, Adware was acquired by the Solaria Fund, a private equity fund front for entrepreneurs Daniel Assouline and Michael Dadoun, who have been accused of selling software that is available for free, including Adaware antivirus prior to acquiring the company itself.Īn anti-spyware and anti- virus software program, Adaware Antivirus, according to its developer, detects and removes malware, spyware and adware, computer viruses, dialers, Trojans, bots, rootkits, data miners,, parasites, browser hijackers and tracking components. Nicolas Stark and Ann-Christine Åkerlund established the company in Germany in 1999 with its flagship Adaware antivirus product. Īdaware's headquarters are in Montreal, Canada, having previously been located in Gothenburg, Sweden since 2002. The company offers products Adaware Antivirus, Adaware Protect, Adaware Safe Browser, Adaware Privacy, Adaware AdBlock, Adaware PC Cleaner and Adaware Driver Manager. It operates as a subsidiary of Avanquest, a division of Claranova. ( June 2012) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īdaware, formerly known as Lavasoft, is a software development company that produces spyware and malware detection software, including Adaware. Please improve the article or discuss the issue. The examples and perspective in this article may not include all significant viewpoints.
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