Looks like those of you who’ve been waiting on something from Lavasoft since they seemingly abandoned Ad-Aware version 5 are in for a treat. They have announced the release of the 2 pay versions of Ad-Aware 6 with the freeware version set for next week, if I read it correctly.
(source: Spyware Info newsletter)
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