Lavasoft - Ad-Aware 2008 has features that this gratis package lacks, such as real-time monitoring and virus protection. However, the thrifty user can always rely on Ad-Aware Free for spyware duty, backed up by a free anti-virus program. Not only does Ad-Aware Free provide a commendable scan time performance, it also runs smoothly and doesn’t hog too much in the way of system resources. It’s free, it does the job and it does it fairly quickly. Couple this with AVG and it makes for a pretty secure and extremely budget-friendly security solution.

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