Adaware seems to be working fine for me but they did have a long period between updates recently and my copy was moaning that it hadn't been updated for over 15 days and would I like to update it now? Naturally I said 'yes' to receive the reply that there were no updates available. However this has now been rectified.
Some of the gurus are recommending "ewido" as it is claimed to be able to sort out more problems than most other adware/spyware detecting software. I don't know what the general opinion of the board here is about this one, but you can get it for a free 1 month's protection before having to pay, and not only does it clean out ad/spyware but it gives you continuous protection against same. After the month it can still be used to clean out ad/spyware but you lose the continuous protection that it otherwise offers. It is available from
www.grisoft.com. Incidentally, if you want continuous monitoring, it is available from Lavasoft itself for a small, once only fee in the form Ad-Aware SE and adwatch. I've got it and ad-aware rarely finds anything to remove on my machine these days when I run a scan.
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