Adaware - professionalism and support for every occasion

If you want to protect yourself against dangers from the World Wide Web these days, you usually rely on reliable companies that specialize in antivirus programs and other protective measures. Adaware is definitely one of these highly specialized companies, as programs like Adaware Antivirus Professional or Adaware Antivirus Total already prove. The Canadian software company combines professional service with a user-friendly layout, so that both professionals and laymen can equip their systems with adequate protection. The protection of an Adaware program goes further than you might expect. This is because, on the one hand, you will be protected during your browsing activities, basically experiencing live protection, and on the other hand, you will be able to run manual sweeps to detect and remove malware that is already on your system. Another great advantage that you will enjoy when using Adaware software is the 24/7 available customer support, which will always assist you if you ever have any problems with your program.

Now you might be a bit smarter about the Adaware company and corresponding programs, but what is antivirus software necessary for anyway? In order to understand that, you should learn something about the dangers on the net.

Dangers from the World Wide Web

Of course, you already know that modern people get almost all their information from the Internet and spend a large part of their free time on it. Modern communication has also shifted almost entirely to the Internet. For this purpose, there are countless chat portals or the social media. The latter in particular enable people to communicate with each other across the globe, exchange opinions, publish blog contributions and posts, discuss topics with each other and create personal profiles.

In plain language, this means that an unimaginable amount of data is used, shared and processed every day. Especially in social media, the publication of most data is intentional, however, other cases exist. Data theft or misuse in particular has increased in recent years, as cybercriminals also scour the depths of the Internet to find new ways to achieve their goals. Often, these cybercriminals make use of special deviousness and trickery that would be impossible to detect in the first place without a proper antivirus program.

Fake websites and e-mails

A particularly big danger comes from fake websites and emails that either already contain malware or trick you into clicking on certain links that will then launch a malware download. The tricky thing about such websites or emails is that most of them look deceptively genuine.

You may still remember the structure of a typical e-mail from your bank. You know the colors, watermarks, blurb texts, signatures and links used in an original e-mail. Of course, the same applies to your bank's homepage, which is structured in a certain way. However, as mentioned earlier, the opportunities for cybercriminals have also grown, not shrunk, over time. For this reason, organized cyber crime is now able to create deceptively genuine websites or emails, which can hardly be distinguished from the originals.

The structure, layout as well as any signatures are faked and used so that the website or the mail looks as trustworthy as possible. Now, you may think that you would never fall for such a trick, right? However, you are not quite right with this assumption, which is shared by most people. Especially in times of online banking, such cases are increasing and more and more victims have to watch helplessly how their data is used against them.

One example of this is the classic ransomware. Malware is downloaded onto the victim's computer via a trustworthy-looking link on a corresponding website or within an e-mail. Once the malware, in this case the ransomware, is on the system, all the files present on the hard drive are encrypted so that you no longer have any access to them. Next, a large sum of money is extorted from you. You can now either buy the data free, or do without it and face massive data loss if the worst happens. Especially in companies, such an incident can have existential consequences.

Another example is phishing. Here, on a trustworthy website that copies your bank's homepage, for example, you are asked to enter your login data in order to agree to new conditions, view offers or supposedly receive important information. Once the login details, including your password, are entered, cyber criminals gain access to your accounts and, in the worst case, your cash reserves.

Malware via messenger services

Maybe this has happened to you: you receive a strange message from a friend or acquaintance within a messenger service, for example on a certain social media platform, which contains a link. The supposed friend asks you to click on the corresponding link. If you do so, malicious software will be on your system in no time, and you will also unintentionally send a message with the same content to people on your friends list.

How can Adaware help?

Optimal Adaware antivirus protection can ensure that such incidents are nipped in the bud. Reliable antivirus programs, such as Adaware Antivirus Professional and Adaware Antivirus Total, primarily use scans to protect you from the threats coming from the World Wide Web. Real-time scans guard you around the clock and accompany you on every trip to the Internet. If you encounter a malware-infected website, click on a link to it, or face some other threat, the real-time scan registers it immediately and disables the threat. The website is blocked and any downloads are stopped immediately.

If malware does tangle on your computer, Adaware antivirus knows how to help you here too. The system can be scanned completely, so the software can quickly locate infected files. If found, the affected file is immediately moved to a quarantine area and you are notified of the find.

If you ever run into problems with the software or you don't understand certain things, the customer support is available 24/7. Here you will be helped at any time if the need arises. However, even without experience with antivirus programs, you will find it easy to use.