AdAware.exe
Ad-Aware Antivirus by Lavasoft Limited (Signed)
Overview
AdAware.exe has 7 known versions, the most recent one is 10,5,3,4405. AdAware.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. The average file size is about 17.97 MB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Lavasoft Limited by the certification authority VeriSign. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0045% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 34.72 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 47.55 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 37.46 KB per minute for reads and 358 Bytes per minute for writes. 
What is AdAware.exe?
Ad-Aware Antivirus is part of Ad-Aware, an anti-spyware and anti-virus program developed by Lavasoft that detects and removes malware, spyware and adware on a user's computer. According to Lavasoft, Ad-Aware detects spyware, computer viruses, dialers, Trojans, bots, rootkits, data miners, aggressive advertising, parasites, browser hijackers, and tracking components.
About AdAware.exe (from Lavasoft Limited)
“Built upon our legendary anti-spyware and antivirus protection, Ad-Aware real-time web-filtering technology safeguards your PC against phishing attacks and online scams, allowing you to stay protected”
|  Details
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| File name: | AdAware.exe | 
| Publisher: | Lavasoft Limited | 
| Product name: | Ad-Aware Antivirus | 
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\Ad-Aware Antivirus\AdAware.exe | 
| Original name: | Ad-Aware Antivirus.exe | 
| Certificate | 
| Issued to: | Lavasoft Limited | 
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign | 
 All file variations of AdAware.exe
All file variations of AdAware.exe
 Distribution by Windows OS
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution | 
| Windows 7 Ultimate | 31.25% |  | 
| Windows 7 Professional | 25.00% |  | 
| Windows 7 Home Premium | 18.75% |  | 
| Windows 8 Pro | 12.50% |  | 
| Microsoft Windows XP | 12.50% |  | 
 Distribution by country
Distribution by country
United States installs about 81.25% of Ad-Aware Antivirus.
 Distribution by PC manufacturer
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution | 
| Hewlett-Packard | 33.33% |  | 
| Dell | 33.33% |  | 
| Acer | 16.67% |  | 
| GIGABYTE | 16.67% |  |