To Install Ad-Aware:     The link will take you to download.com  the new version is called Ad-aware SE

1.  Download Ad-aware by clicking here. click on open when you are given the options to save or open.

2. Click next at the welcome screen.

3. Click next at the License agreement screen.  

4. Select next at the Destination Location screen.  

5. Select next at the Start installation screen.

6. When Ad-Aware is finished installing, you will see the screen

Click on Finish.

To update Ad-Aware:

 1. Double-click on the Ad-Aware icon on your desktop.

You will get the following screen:

2. Ad-Aware 6 has its updater built into the software.  You want to click on the picture of the globe

in the upper-right area of the window.  It is the second icon from the right.  

When you click on it, you will receive the following window:

3.  Click on the button labeled Connect to make it connect to the internet and look for an update.

You will receive the following window if there is a new update available:

Click OK to get the new updates.

 4. When it says “Webupdate complete”, click on the button labeled Finish.

Next, you want to run Ad-Aware

To run Ad-Aware:

 (If you don’t have Ad-Aware open, double-click on the icon on the desktop)

1.  Click on the button labeled “Start”.  This is on the lower-right corner of the window.  

2.  You will receive the windows where it says "Preparing system scan"

You want to leave “Use default scanning options” selected.  Click the button labeled Next.

 It will begin scanning.  You can leave it scanning in the background while you do other work.

3. When it is finished, it will say “Scan complete”.  Current operation: Finished  

4. If Ad-Aware does not find anything on your computer, click on the button labeled Finish.

If Ad-Aware found some things which can be removed, it will say how many there are of what type

in red letters.  You want to click on the button labeled Next.

5. The next window will list all of the files it found.

You want to right-click on the top box and select “Select All Objects”, and then click on the button labeled Next.

6. You will receive the windows stating a certain number of objects will be removed and asking if you want to continue.

Click on the button labeled O K.

7. Close out of Ad-Aware by clicking on the X on the upper-right hand corner.