What's new in Ad-Aware? SE Professional Edition?


New command line parameters that allow for silent and automated operation of Ad-Aware

UNC support for remote storage of Preferences, definitions, and logfiles

New results screens and detailed statistics

Improved logging and reporting

Hardened against third party uninstall with encrypted preference files

Links to more information on detected content from our website

New safety option that allows you to write protect sensitive system files such as the Hosts file

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
  
• Scan registry for all users instead of current user only
  
• Permanent archive caching
  
• Always try to unload modules before deletion
  
• Disable manual quarantine if auto quarantine is selected
  
• Block pop-ups aggressively
  
• Load Ad-Watch minimized
  
• Hide Ad-Watch tray icon
  
• Write protect system files after repair
  
• Limit drive selection to fixed drives
  
• Use gridlines in item lists
  
• Log file detail section condensed

Process-Watch

• Improved Process-Watch scanning capabilities and scanning speed (Using the new CSI technology)
  
• Several Process-Watch Interface improvements
  
• Option to create a Hexdump of the process memory or dump the process memory to disk

Several logfile improvements

• Includes support for separate removal logfiles
  
• Allows adding a Reference summary/index to logfiles
  
• Logfile contains overall more detailed information

Ad-Watch

• Several GUI improvements
  
• Ad-Watch now supports Cookie Blocking
  
• Site-manager to edit the popup-blacklist included
  
• Ad-Watch now uses the new CSI technology to detect new and unknown variants of known targets
  
• New Ad-Watch configuration screen
  
• New rules editor for pre-defined blocking exclusions
  
• Support for hiding the Ad-Watch tray icon for unattended operation
  

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