Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto Ad-Aware 2008 del fabbricante Lavasoft
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Ad-Aw ar e ® 2008 User Man ual.
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T able of Contents What Is Ad-Aware 2008? 1 nstall Ad-Aware 2008 3 Register ing Y our Product 4 Ad-Aware 2008’ s Interface 6 Fir st Step Settings 7 Status 8 Main Status Screen 8 Gener al Statistics .
T ools & Plug-ins 36 Process W atch 36 Hosts File Editor 39 T r ackSweep 41 Settings 42 Browser s 43 Scanning 43 Auto Scans 45 User Interface 46 Log Files 48 Using Command Line Parameter s 49 Unin.
1 ©2008 Lavasoft AB Ad-Aw are 2008 Over view What Is Ad-Awar e 2008? Ad-Aware 2008 is the latest ver sion of Lavasoft’ s industr y leading anti-spyware solution. Ad-Aware 2008 allows you to combat the growing threats and latest advancements of malicious spyware and malware .
2 © 2008 Lavasoft AB Ad-Aw are 2008 Over view Hosts File Editor – Allows user s to add, delete or make changes to the Hosts File to create W eb na vigational shor tcuts and block specific sites Ad.
3 ©2008 Lavasoft AB Getting Star ted nstall Ad-A ware 2008 For specific questions related to y our download or purchase of Ad-Aware 2008, please log in to the Suppor t Center at www .lavasoft.com . If you are installing Ad-Aware 2008 on Windows 2000 or XP oper ating systems, please make sure you ha ve administr ative r ights.
4 © 2008 Lavasoft AB Getting Star ted Registering Y our Product If you ha ve bought Ad-Aware 2008 Plus or Pro you will need to register y our product in order to use its extended functionality .
5 ©2008 Lavasoft AB Getting Star ted Depending on your serial number , you may be presented with another dialog box before the license can be activated: If you get this second dialog, please select t.
6 © 2008 Lavasoft AB Getting Star ted Ad-A war e 2008’ s Interface Quick Launch Menu Opens copyright and contr ibutor information about Ad-Aware 2008. Opens the Ad-Aware 2008 Product Man ual. Main Menu Click the main menu buttons on the interface to open the drop-do wn menu in each section.
7 ©2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 First Step Settings Before y ou scan your computer with Ad-Aware 2008 for the fir st time , use W eb Update to make sure that you are using the latest Definitions File and software ver sion updates.
8 © 2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Status Click the “Status” menu button to open the drop-do wn Status men u. Click “Main Status” in the drop-do wn menu to see the Ad-Aware 2008 Main Status screen, Statistics, and Log Files.
9 ©2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 General Statistics Detailed Statistics.
10 © 2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Log Files.
11 ©2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Scan Click the “Scan” menu button to open the “Scan Mode” screen, where you can choose the type of scan you would like to perf or m- a Smar t Scan, Full Scan, or Custom Scan.
12 © 2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Custom Scan The Custom Scan scans your system using your pre-configured settings. Y ou can customize Ad-A ware 2008 to scan specific sections or director ies. Custom Scan Settings - Sections Custom Scan Settings After clicking “Configure , ” choose from the following customiz ed scan settings.
13 ©2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Use scanner extension: Scans with Ad-Aware’ s extended vir us scanner . Ar chives: Scans within archives such as .zip, .cab, etc . Spanned files: Scans C AB files which are spanned. Spanned C ABs occur where sever al C AB files make up a single C AB archive .
14 © 2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 P erforming Scan After you select a scan mode and click “Scan”, Ad-Aware 2008 will begin to scan y our system, and the “P erforming Scan” screen will appear .
15 ©2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 number of critical objects and pr ivacy objects detected dur ing the scan are listed at the top of each tab. Ad-Aware 2008’ s anti-spyware protection now includes an extended anti-vir us engine in the Plus and Pro versions.
16 © 2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Add • – Use to select files to be submitted Options • – Through ThreatW or k’ s options menu, you can choose to not r un ThreatW or k automati- cally , to automatically submit all suspicious files to Lavasoft, or to integr ate with Windows Explorer .
17 ©2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Critical Objects Context Menu Right-click within the “Critical Objects” section of the “Scan Results” screen to open the context menu where you can choose from the follo wing oper ations: Select All Objects: • Select all of the detected cr itical objects.
18 © 2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Extended Engine Results.
19 ©2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Repair Window After a scan, if a detected virus cannot be remo ved, a message will appear to show the detected items which are able to be repaired. Should Ad-Aware 2008 be unab le to repair a vir us-infected file it will remain in the repair window .
20 © 2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Privacy Objects Context Menu Right-click within the “Privacy Objects” section of the “Scan Results” screen to open the context menu where you can choose from the follo wing oper ations: Select All Objects: • Select all of the detected pr ivacy objects.
21 ©2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Log File The log file contains inf or mation about the scan; it is a record of the action that occur red during the scan. Y ou can adjust the amount and type of information contained in the log file in the Ad-Aware 2008 settings.
22 © 2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Scan Summar y The “Scan Summar y” screen shows information about the scan that you perfor med and the number of objects that were detected, deleted, ignored b y the scanner , and quar antined.
23 ©2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Quarantine & Ignor e List From the drop-down Scan men u, click “Quar antine & Ignore” to open the Quar antine manager and Ignore List. Quarantine Quar antine is used to isolate and backup objects detected dur ing an Ad-A ware 2008 scan.
24 © 2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Ignor e List The Ignore List can be used when you want to k eep a par ticular detected item installed on your system, and do not want Ad-Aware 2008 to remove it. When you add items to the Ignore List, Ad-A ware 2008 will not detect them when your system is scanned.
25 ©2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Scheduler Click “Scheduler” from the drop-down “Scan” menu to open the Ad-Aware 2008 Scheduler . Y ou can use the Scheduler to automatically perf or m W eb Updates and automatically scan y our computer on specific dates, at set times.
26 © 2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Schedule T ask T o schedule a task, click “Add” and follow the steps in the “Schedule T ask” window to schedule the type of task to perform, its frequency , and the date/time y ou want it to star t.
27 ©2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Ad-W atch After clicking “Ad-W atch” on the Ad-Aware 2008 main menu, launch the progr am by clicking “Star t”. The Ad-W atch module will open, displaying the main menu screen. Ad-W atch is the real-time monitor featured in both Ad-Aware 2008 Plus and Ad-A ware 2008 Pro.
28 © 2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Ev ent Log Ad-W atch’ s “Event Log” shows a list of all of the events detected by Ad-Watch, such as block ed processes, block ed registr y changes or cleaning events (items cleaned b y T r ackSweep). Ad-W atch RegShield Select “RegShield” in the Ad-W atch main menu to open the RegShield screen.
29 ©2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Windows Session Manager : Session Manager keeps track of your current system state , including the applications that are open and the documents each application has opened, so that the same state can be restored when you log-in or log-out.
30 © 2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Ad-W atch Pr ocesses Select “Processes” in Ad-W atch’s main men u to open the Ad-W atch Processes screen. The Processes screen displays the processes that y ou hav e been aler ted about b y Ad-W atch because they are in detection in the Lavasoft Detection Database .
31 ©2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Ad-W atch Connect Select “Connect” in the Ad-W atch main menu to open the Ad-W atch Connect screen. Ad-W atch Connect allo ws y ou to monitor netw or k tr affic, so that y ou are able to examine netw or k statistics for all r unning processes.
32 © 2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Ad-W atch T rackSweep Select “T r ackSweep” in the Ad-W atch main menu to open the T r ackSweep screen. T r ackSweep is a privacy tool that allows y ou to remov e the tr aces of your Internet browsing from your system.
33 ©2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Ad-W atch Settings Select “Settings” in the Ad-W atch main menu to open the settings screen to adjust Ad-W atch to better suit your individualized specifications. Below is a descr iption of the different settings that you can select in each categor y .
34 © 2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 W eb-Update Click “W eb Update” on the main menu and select “W eb Update” from the drop-down menu to open the W eb Update screen. W eb Update allows you to connect directly to the La vasoft Secur ity Center to look for Definitions File and software updates for Ad-Aware 2008.
35 ©2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 W eb-Update Settings Select “Settings” from the W eb Update drop-down menu to change the Definitions File and Pro xy settings. Automatic W eb Update Y ou can use the Scheduler to schedule automatic W eb Updates to occur at set times.
36 © 2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 T ools & Plug-ins Click the “T ools & Plug-ins” menu button to open the “T ools & Plug-ins” drop-down menu. Click “T ools” to open the Process W atch and Hosts File Editor menu screen.
37 ©2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Pr ocess Window The top window of the Process W atch module is the process window . The columns of specific infor mation on each process are listed below . Processes are br iefly color -coded as an action occur s, to give you quick, additional infor mation.
38 © 2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Pr ocess Window Context Menu Right-clicking on a process in the top, main screen opens the process window context men u, showing the oper ations you can perf or m on any giv en process. Y ou can choose from the follo wing operations: T erminate: • T erminates the selected process.
39 ©2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Thread Window The lower r ight window of the Process W atch module is the thread window . Click a process in the process window to ha ve its details sho wn in the windows belo w .
40 © 2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008.
41 ©2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 T rackSw eep Select “T r ackSweep” from the T ools and Plug-ins drop-down menu to access T r ackSweep . Ad-Aware 2008’ s T r ackSweep feature is a privacy tool that allows you to remove all tr aces of y our Inter net browsing from y our system.
42 © 2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Settings Click “Settings” in the main menu to open the Settings screen where you can customize Ad-Aware 2008 to fit your needs.
43 ©2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Br owsers Br owser Defaults Default home page: • Ad-Aware 2008 uses the specified Internet Explorer home page when recov- er ing from a browser hijack. When you click “Read Setting, ” your current Inter net Explorer home page setting will be used.
44 © 2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Activate extended anti-virus engine: • If selected, Ad-A ware 2008 will scan using the extended vir us scanning engine .
45 ©2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Auto Scans System Automatically r emov e infection with T AI higher than “X”: • Allows y ou to automatically remo ve infections abo ve a specified T AI r ating in a star t-up scan.
46 © 2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 User Interface Miscellaneous Integrate into Windows Explor er : • This setting allows y ou to use the r ight-click menu to scan a file or folder with Ad-A ware 2008.
47 ©2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008.
48 © 2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Log Files Log Files Create log file: Check the box to ha ve Ad-Aware 2008 create log files from your scans. Use the browse feature to locate the folder y ou wish to store the log files in. Click on the folder and na vigate to your chosen location.
49 ©2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Using Command Line Parameters Ad-Aware 2008 can be operated without using the gr aphical user interface (GUI).
50 © 2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 /PBH Scans for possib le browser hijacks. /LSP Scans Lay ered Ser vice Provider s. /Path [lepath] Sets a folder to be scanned. If you want to scan more than one folder , you will ha ve to use this par ameter for each folder .
51 ©2008 Lavasoft AB Using Ad-Aware 2008 Updates /Update P erfor ms a W eb Update to look for a new Definitions File. If there is a new er ver sion it will be do wnloaded and installed.
52 © 2008 Lavasoft AB Uninstall Ad-Aware 2008 Uninstall Ad-Awar e 2008 Y ou can use one of the methods below to uninstall Ad-Aware 2008. Uninstaller Go to the “La vasoft Ad-Aware 2008” folder in your Star t menu. • Run “Uninstall Ad-Aware 2008”.
53 ©2008 Lavasoft AB Resources Resour ces La vasoft Support Center Under the Suppor t menu tab at www .la vasoft.com , you can access the F A Qs, the Suppor t For ums, and the Suppor t Center . Access to the Suppor t Center is only availab le to customer s who hav e purchased Ad-Aware 2008 Plus, Ad-A ware 2008 Pro, or Ad-Aware Enterpr ise .
54 © 2008 Lavasoft AB Resources La vasoft Security Center Using Lavasoft’ s Secur ity Center , availab le from our website , y ou are able to submit new suspicious files for review , access resour.
55 ©2008 Lavasoft AB Resources Ad-A war e End User License Agreement As par t of Ad-Aware’ s installation process, user s must agree to Lavasoft’ s End User License Agreement for Ad-Aware 2008 software prior to installing the program. Y ou can read Lavasoft’ s Ad-Aware software license agreement, below .
56 © 2008 Lavasoft AB Resources or iginal warr anty period or thir ty (30) da ys from the date of receipt by you, whichev er is longer . In no event may you bring any claim, action or proceeding ar ising out of the war r anty set for th in this Ar ticle 4 more than six (6) months after the date on which the breach of war ranty occur red.
57 ©2008 Lavasoft AB Resources Pur chasing Additional La vasoft Pr oducts Please use the follo wing links to our website for more inf or mation on Lavasoft products. Home Users Please visit our Select Y our Product page . Y ou can also browse the Product Compar ison Char t to find the Lavasoft product that is r ight for y ou.
58 © 2008 Lavasoft AB Resources.
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