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Ad-Aware Free Gains Antivirus Abilities
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Posted by Donster on: 2010-07-07 17:14:48 185
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By Seth Rosenblatt @ CNET News
The paid upgrade versions of the popular malware remover Ad-Aware have offered antivirus support for more than a year, but now that feature, plus a long-awaited scheduler, have been added to the free version.
On Tuesday, Ad-Aware Free Internet Security 8.3 offered users of its free product those two new features in a minor update.
Although the update sounds small, the addition of a scheduler comes after years of the publisher LavaSoft restricting the feature to its paid upgrades as bait to get users to buy a license. Many software publishers have similar business models, though there is an ongoing debate among users as to what is acceptable to restrict and what cripples a program's core functionality. While the scheduler doesn't affect the program's ability to function, many users felt that by forcing them to rely on themselves to run scans, the company was, in effect, making their computers less secure.
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