Ad-Aware Developer Lavasoft Enters the Antivirus Business

Iria · Dec 15, 2008, 08:45 PM

Lavasoft, developer of the long-time entrant in the spyware detection arena, Ad-Aware, has released a stand-alone antivirus application. The new product, Lavasoft Anti-Virus Helix is based on technology from antivirus vendor Avira.
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Source: Tech-Ex

Customgamer1 · Dec 16, 2008, 02:56 AM

Ad-Aware does not already have anti-virus??????????????

lol jk

pigdog · Dec 16, 2008, 06:30 AM

Is ad-aware any good? I have Spybot S & D and Spywareblaster. These two plus ZoneAlarm Security suite seem to do a good job.

Would it be worth adding Ad-aware to the mix?

Dec 15, 2008, 08:45 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Ad-Aware Developer Lavasoft Enters the Antivirus Business Lavasoft, developer of the long-time entrant in the spyware detection arena, Ad-Aware, has released a stand-alone antivirus application. The new product, Lavasoft Anti-Virus Helix is based on technology from antivirus vendor Avira. _____________ Source: Tech-Ex

Dec 16, 2008, 02:56 AM	#2
Customgamer1 Fell off the tech wagon Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,273 Rep Power: 73 System Specs	Re: Ad-Aware Developer Lavasoft Enters the Antivirus Business Ad-Aware does not already have anti-virus?????????????? lol jk __________________ Asus Laptop: 2.5 Intel Core 2 Duo, 4gigs DDR 2, Windows 7 64bit! Windows 7 > OSX!

Dec 16, 2008, 06:30 AM	#3
pigdog HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 471 Rep Power: 55 System Specs	Re: Ad-Aware Developer Lavasoft Enters the Antivirus Business Is ad-aware any good? I have Spybot S & D and Spywareblaster. These two plus ZoneAlarm Security suite seem to do a good job. Would it be worth adding Ad-aware to the mix? __________________