When the Email Protection feature is enabled, emails are marked with a footer indicating that they have been scanned by adaware antivirus. Additionally, this feature notifies users of spam messages. This feature scans all incoming and outgoing emails to ensure they have not been compromised by malware and protects users accordingly, logging and deleting malicious attachments before they have a chance of infecting your computer. The Email Protection feature is intended for users who use desktop email clients such as Microsoft Outlook and store the emails on their local computer. It monitors the actions of applications at the process level to identify possible malware activities. The Active Virus Control feature scans and prevents malicious processes in real time. Built-in smart scan technology checks previously-scanned files with less frequency to conserve system resources. Real-Time Protection works in the background to protect your computer as you work or play, scanning files for potential malicious activities.

The program checks for new definition files every hour but the frequency can be adjusted to conserve system and network resources. Automated scan allows you to schedule the antivirus scanner to work around your schedule, including the frequency, type of scan and time of day.Īutomatic definition updates download the latest malware information to ensure your protection against the latest threats.Custom Scan allows you to decide which locations in your computer are scanned for malicious activity.Full Scan thoroughly checks all of your computer’s processes and files.Quick Scan performs a basic scan of your computer’s active processes to detect malicious activity.The on-demand scanner offers users multiple options for antivirus scanning: As a result, adaware is highly regarded as one of the best and most stable antimalware programs on the market. Each year, adaware antivirus is submitted to independent labs for testing and has consistently scored in the 99th percentile for protection against all forms of malware. As a pioneer in privacy protection and antispyware, adaware (formerly Lavasoft), has been the recipient of multiple awards since 1999.

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