How to Remove Spyware with Ad-aware 6.0

by FunBard

September 9, 2003

I have made a small tutorial on the use of Lavasoft's Ad-aware 6.0 in the hopes it can at least help one person along the way who may be plagued with spyware or adware. This webpage is not meant to promote anything commercial but just to be used as a guide for the new user to get acquainted with the proper use of the program (updating being the most important). Well, without further explanation here it is:

Note: Be sure to close all open programs and I would also advise to uninstall Kazaa or other p2p programs before continuing.

	1	Download Ad-Aware 6.0 (free). Click here to get to the download page and click or "Run from current location" when you see what is pictured to the left.
	2	Once the download is complete, this window will show up. Click until you see the picture in the next step.
	3	At this screen, click to complete the installation.
	4	Double click the Ad-aware 6.0 shortcut icon on your desktop
	5	Once the program is open, click on This will have update Ad-aware's "reference file" which allows it to find new spyware components.
	6	Click
	7	When there is a new update available you will see this, click
	8	When the Webupdate completes, click
	9	You will now see this window. Click
	10	A: Place a tick in the box shown, then click Customize.
	11	The picture on the left shows the default settings for Memory and Registry. Change the two 's to 's.
	12	This shows the new customized settings. Click
	13	B: Now we want to start the scan finally! Click
	14	This shows Ad-Aware in the middle of a scan. Turn your speakers down for the next step! The scan will take about 5-10 minutes.
	15	BZZZZ! Hope you turned down your speakers! A little will now flash when the scan is complete. Click
	16	Right click the screen as shown to the left and then click on. Verify all the items have checkmarks. Click
	17	This will confirm you want to remove all this resource-wasting, privacy-invading spyware. Click
	18	Picture to the left shows Ad-aware working it's magic and cleaning your system.
	19	If you happen to see this picture, don't panic (and if you don't, just restart your computer). It is basically giving you the option to have Ad-aware clean your system at the next reboot/restart. Click then restart your computer for the changes on your system to take effect.