14 DAY TRIAL // Lavasoft has just announced the release of new versions for its award-winning, Ad-Aware suite. Several modifications are to be mentioned as the company no longer treads the previous path when it comes to offering quality products to its users.
This year’s Ad-Aware protection bunch comes in three different flavors, with the freebie leading the way, closely followed by the two paid editions. But there are some pleasant surprises available as well. This time around, the freebie includes full antivirus protection: “Here at Lavasoft, it’s part of our founding principle that all computer users must have the power to protect themselves online. By continuing to offer the Ad-Aware Free version and now adding anti-virus protection, we are ensuring that our users throughout the world have a one-stop product that delivers core malware protection: anti-spyware, anti-virus and Anti-Rootkit,” says Johnny Widerlund, Senior Technologies Director at Lavasoft.
The Plus version of the batch has been replaced by a different suite, Ad-Aware Total Security, a complete set of tools bent on offering your system not just the best security against malware, but also on tweaking it in terms of performance.
For increased protection against malware, Lavasoft chose GData as their technology partner for Ad-Aware Total Security. Thus, the tool relies on two antivirus engines, which can work in tandem or separately. Behavioral detection combined with real-time monitoring and the two antivirus engines should assure your piece of mind.
Among highlights of the bundle are easy-to-configure personal firewall, rootkit removal system, anti-spam protection, webmail protection, as well as protection against phishing attacks. Besides these, Ad-Aware Total Security features a special menu including parental control, backup and system tuning functions.
Ad-Aware Total Security also provides a comfortable file shredder designed to securely delete your data, in a manner that prevents its recovery. A simple drag and drop of the item on the file shredder desktop icon is enough to get rid of it.
The prices set by Lavasoft for the two products are $29.95 for a one-year single user subscription for Ad-Aware Pro, while Ad-Aware Total Security sells for $49.95. The difference between the two is pretty steep, the latter representing a new turn in Lavasoft’s security products.
