With its ability to scan your RAM, Registry, hard drives, and external storage devices for known data mining, advertising, and tracking components, Ad-aware can easily rid your system of these tracking components, allowing you to maintain a higher degree of privacy while you surf the Web.
The redesigned user interface improvements include more flexibility and control. This includes user-defined file sizes, which speeds up the scanning process by excluding files that it recognizes as clean. Other advanced features include automatic quarantine and recycle bin storage of removed components, an all-new viewer for backup archives that allows you to quickly and easily review components that have been removed and stored for future restoration, and an integrated reference file updater that can automatically search for new reference files when Ad-aware is started. Be aware that some ad-supported programs, such as GoZilla Free, will no longer function if you remove their ad modules.

Download the application from Download.com

1. Go to the site http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_aware_free.php
2. Click the 'Download' button.
3. Click the 'Save' button in the File Download dialog box.
4. Select a location to save the file to your computer and click the 'Save' button in the Save As dialog box.

Access the application from the F: Drive on the La Salle network
To map to the F: Drive do the following:

1. Right click My Network Neighborhood (or My Network Places) on the desktop and click on Map Network drive.
2. Select F: in the Drive dropdown. Type \\stu-srv1\public in the Folder textbox.
3. Make sure reconnect at logon is checked.
4. If you are a Windows 2000/XP user, you will need to connect as a different user. To do this click on the 'different user name' link. Type explorer\username in the User Name textbox and type your password in the Password textbox. (NOTE: Your password is your six digit birthday followed by a period (.) and then the first three letters of your last name, e.g. 022608_abc).
5. Click finish. A window should appear with the contents of the public folder.
6. For Windows 2000 and XP users go to the folder: Download\Ad-aware.
7. Copy the file aaw2007.exe to your computer.

Installing Ad-Aware 2007
Follow the steps below to install Ad-aware 2007.

1. Go to the aaw2007.exe file you saved on your computer in the above section and double click. A popup window will appear.

1. Click the 'Next >' button to start the install.
2. Click the 'Next >' button to agree to the licence terms.
3. Click the 'Next >' button to accept user information.
4. Click the 'Next >' button to choose the installation method.
5. Click the 'Next >' button to save the application files.
6. Click the 'Next >' button to finish the install.
7. Click the 'Use Free Version >'
8. Click the 'Finish >' button.

Running Ad-Aware 2007
Follow the steps below to run Ad-aware 2007.

1. Go to your desktop and double click the Ad-aware 2007 shortcut that was created during the install.
   
   
   
2. Click the Update button.
3. Click the 'Scan Now >' button.
4. Click the 'Scan' button. The scan will start and last for a few minutes depending on the size of your computer.
5. When the scan is complete you will see the total of new objects found.
   
   
   
   
6. Click check box next to the item then click remove.
7. Click the Finish button.