Download and installation

if you are sure that the program is installed already on your computer, Skip to STEP 2

1. Download Ad-Aware SE
   • If you don't have the program installed already on your computer, please install it now.
   • To check if the program is installed alreay or not, go to:
     START - SETTING / CONTROL PANEL - ADD REMOVE PROGRAMS
     and look for the Ad-Aware SE on the list that will show up after a few seconds.
   • If you don't have Ad-Aware SE, or if you have another version of it, then you need to install it.
   • Download Ad-Aware HERE (Please note that we feature still the older version of this program on purpose)
   • Choose OPEN or RUN. there is NO reason to SAVE this file on your hard-drive.
   • Follow the defaults settings when presented with options and after the program finishes installing you will be presented with a screen similar to:
     
     
     Figure 1: Options after finished installed
     
   • Uncheck all options as we will have you manually do each of these steps in the next section. Then press the Finish button.
     
     

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2. Start Ad-aware
   • On your desktop, double click on the icon for Ad-Aware SE.
   • The program will open and it will appear as in Figure 2 below.
     
     
     Figure 2. Ad-Aware SE Starting/Status Screen (Main Screen)
     
   • This is the main startup/status screen for Ad-Aware SE. Each section that is important for it's use has been boxed off with a different color.
     The red box around the Scan Now button is used when you want to scan your computer for Spyware/Hijackers.
     The blue box lets you get into the options screen for Ad-aware SE. The purple box is where you would click to see what Spyware/Hijackers have been quarantined.
     The yellow box is used to update the malware database that the program knows how to clean.
     
3. Updating Ad-aware
   • The first step you should do is update Ad-Aware SE so it is using the latest Spyware/Hijacker definitions.
     This will enable the software to recognize as much of these types of programs that it can.
     You should click on the WebUpdate button highlighted, in the previous image, in yellow to start the update process. When you start the process you should see an image similar to Figure 3 below.
     
     
     Figure 3. Starting WebUpdate
     
   • Now press on the connect button, designated by the red box in Figure 3, and it will check for any new updates. If no new updates are to be found you will see something like Figure 4 below. You should press OK and proceed to Step 4.
     
     
     Figure 4. No Update Found
     
   • If an update is found you will see something like in Figure 5 below:
     
     
     Figure 5. Update Found
     
   • You should click once on the OK button and let it download the update. When it is done downloading the update you will be presented with a screen similar to Figure 6 below.
     
     
     Figure 6. Updating has Finished
     
   • You can now click on the Finish button. When you do that you will be presented with the Status/Startup screen as shown in Figure 2.
     
4. Once these settings have been completed, you should click on the START button.
   This will bring you to the preparation screen as show in Figure 7 below.
   
   
   Figure 7. System Scan Preparation
   
   • Make sure you change the scan mode, designated by the red box in the figure above, to Perform full system scan. Then check both buttons on the bottom (The green and red ones)
   • Once you change these options, they will be saved for future usage.
     
5. Step 5: Start the Actual Scan
   • Now click on the Next button to have Ad-Aware SE start scanning your system. Ad-Aware SE will start scanning your system for Spyware and Hijackers. This could take a while, so you may want to do something else and come back and check on it occasionally. The screen will look similar to Figure 8 below.
     
     
     Figure 8: Scanning your computer
     
   • Ad-Aware SE will scan various portions of your computer's configuration, file system, and memory for traces of known malware. As it finds infections, it will update the status of the scan with the amount of items it has found and what it is currently scanning. When it is finished scanning you will be presented with a screen similar to Figure 9 below.
     
     
     Figure 9. Finished with the Scan
     
6. To finish the clean up you should now click on the Next button designated by the red box in Figure 9.
• You will then be presented with a screen that shows all the objects found that are flagged as Spyware or Hijackers as shown in Figure 10 below.
  
  Figure 10: Scan Results
  
• At this point you should either right click on the screen and and choose the Select All Objects option or individually put a checkmark in each objects checkbox, designated by the area surrounded by the red box in Figure 10, that you would like to "fix".
  When all the objects that you would like "fix" are checked, you should click on the Next button. Ad-Aware SE will now present you with a confirmation box as to whether or not you would like to remove the objects you have just selected.
• Press the OK button, and Ad-Aware SE will remove all the selected items.
• When it is done "fixing" all the checked items, you will be presented with the Startup/Status Screen again as shown in Figure 11. (You are now back on the main page again).
  
7. Repeat this process (Steps 2-6) on a weekly basis.