
Click on "Next" in the bottom right corner to start the scan. Under "Select Scan Mode, be sure to select "Use Custom Scanning Options". Click on the "Scan Now" button on the left. Click on "Proceed" to save these Preferences. Click on "Safety Settings" and select "Write-protect system files after repair (Hosts file, etc)" "Delete quarantined objects after restoring" "Let Windows remove files in use at next reboot." "During removal, unload explorer and IE if necessary" "Automatically try to unregister objects prior to deletion." Under "Cleaning Engine", select the following: "Scan registry for all users instead of current user only" "Obtain command line of scanned processes" "Unload recognized processes during scanning." Expand "Scanning Engine" by clicking on the "+" (Plus) symbol) and select the following:

Click the "Tweak" button (Again, on the left hand side). Type in the full url of what you want as your default homepage and searchpage e.g. Click on the "Defaults" button on the left. Under "Log-file detail", select all options. Under "Shell Integration", select "Move deleted files to Recycle Bin". Click the "Advanced" button (On the left hand side). Under Memory & Registry, select all options. Click "Click here to select Drives + folders" and select your installed hard drives.

Under Drives & Folders, select "Scan within Archives" Click the "Scanning" button (On the left side). Prompt to update outdated confirmation) - Change to 7 days. Safe Mode (always request confirmation) Automatically quarantine objects prior to removal"

If it is greyed out, those features are only available in the retail version.) Under General Settings the following boxes should all be checked off: (Checked will be indicated by a green circle with a check mark in it, Un-Checked is a red circle with an X in it. Launch the program, and click on the Gear at the top of the start screen. Reconfigure Ad-Aware for Full Scan as per the following instructions: Manually run "Ad-Aware SE Personal" and from the main screen Click on "Check for Updates Now". De-select all boxes so that it does not run. If you have a previous version of Ad-Aware installed, during the installation of the new version you will be prompted to uninstall or keep the older version - be sure to uninstall the previous version.Īfter installing Ad-aware, you will be prompted to update the program and run a full scan. Install by double-clicking on the downloaded file. Here is the download info in case you need it to update your version.ĭownload Ad-aware version SE Personal 1.05 from here: Make sure you are using this version of Ad-aware and that it is configured as described below.
