F-Secure Anti-Spyware protects your privacy by removing secretly installed data tracking software from your computer. The software is based on the Ad-Aware technology from Lavasoft.

Most people are familiar with freeware, shareware, cookies, media players, interactive content, and file sharing. What they may not realize is that some of the aforementioned may contain code or components that allow the developers of these applications and tools to actually collect and disseminate information about those using them.

They can track your surfing habits, abuse your Internet connection by sending this data to a third party, profile your shopping preferences, hijack your browser start page or pages, alter important system files, and can do this without your knowledge or permission. The security and privacy implications of these exploits should be quite obvious and undesirable on any system or network!

F-Secure Anti-Spyware protects your privacy and removes these data tracking components from your personal computer.

Detects and removes spyware
When installing for example file sharing software additional software components might be installed on your system. These components can track your online habits and report them to advertising companies. F-Secure Anti-Spyware detects and removes these secretly installed data tracking components.

Blocks ad-ware pop-ups
F-Secure Anti-Spyware blocks pop-up advertisements when surfing the Internet. The enduser can easily add or remove sites from the site black list.

The product is based on the award winning Ad-Aware technology of Lavasoft F-Secure Anti-Spyware is a re-branded version of Ad-Aware Professional, one of the most widely used antispyware programs in the world.

Windows 2000/XP