Software-update: Ad-Aware 2007 beta two

Gisteren is op de Lavasoft website de tweede bètarelease beschikbaar gekomen van het antispy- en adwareprogramma Ad-Aware versie 2007. Om te kunnen downloaden moet je wel een geregistreerde bètatester zijn (registratie is nog steeds mogelijk), maar voor het gemak hebben we een mirror op onze eigen Tweakers.net server gemaakt. Hoewel er op het Lavasoft-forum voldoende Windows Vista gebruikers zijn, maakt het meegeleverde helpbestand alleen melding van Windows 2000, XP en 2003 Server in de system requirements. De release notes bij deze versie laten niet alleen veranderingen en verbeteringen zien, ze lichten ook een tipje van de sluier op van wat er nog te verwachten is:

Graphic User Interface

• Lost connection to service when Windows hibernates is fixed.
• Ad-Aware 2007 “lost connection” dialog message is fixed and only launches with lost connection to the service.
• Removed memory leak after closing Ad-Aware.
• The “Windows Start-up Scan” setting can now be implemented from the Settings menu.
• Screensavers cannot be activated during scanning (Smart, Full and Custom Scans) in order to prevent a “Lost connection” error to the Ad-Aware service.
• Improvements to GUI speed on select tabs.
• “Scanner is busy” error message removed when “Start-Up Scan” mode is set to Smart or Full Scan in the Settings menu.
• Multiple minor corrections made in response to forum submissions.

Program

• Database now displays the date of the last incremental update as the database date (core engine).
• Tweaked callback for preparing file hash scan.
• A template bug used for standard windows directories (%temp%, %appdir% etc) is fixed (core engine).
• The service now registers its own failure actions, instead of relying on sc.exe during the installation process which does not work on Win2k.
• Now able to stop process during “preparing GUID scan.”
• Now able to stop process during “preparing File hash scan.”
• Added shortcuts to Ad-Aware and Ad-Watch to the desktop.
• Removed the call to sc.exe during installation in response to installation problems concerning Win2K.

Coming Attractions

• Browser hijack detection in Opera and Firefox
• Ad-Watch Connect

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