Softonic is giving Ad-Aware users the chance to let your voices be heard!
It's time for the download sites annual "Softonic Software of the Year" awards where you can vote for your favorite programs in different categories and platforms. We're proud to announce that Ad-Aware was chosen as a finalist in this years competition for "Best Anti-Spyware."
We've received word from the Turkish website TAMindir.com that Ad-Aware 2008 has picked up their "Editör?ün Önerisi" (Editor?s Choice) award.
Along with granting a five-star rating, TAMindir.com editors had this to say about our software:
We're proud to let you know that Ad-Aware 2008 has received a 5-star editorial review from the team at Softpedia! That means that the editors at Softpedia gave Ad-Aware the top rating in all areas critiqued - user interface, features, ease of use, and price/value. From the review:
Another week -and another award for Ad-Aware!
We've just received word from the team at Forte downloads.com that, following testing and a review of users ratings, Ad-Aware 2007 Free has received their highest award - 5 out of 5 stars!
Our CEO, Jason King, is currently at the exclusive Google Zeitgeist Europe '08 conference in London where "Europe's most forward-thinking innovators and visionaries congregate to share perspectives on trends shaping our world." As opportunity would have it, Jason also spoke briefly on behalf of the CSIA with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who arrived at the event this morning under a thick security blanket. If we can get ahold of that news clip, be sure that we'll be posting it here on the site.
The new version of our Lavasoft Personal Firewall software, which was released in the end of March, was recently reviewed by PC World. From the review:
"...advanced smart firewall in an easy-to-use interface."
"The clean interface and lack of technical jargon really drive home how friendly this firewall program is for newbies."
"...unobtrusive, as it already knows about most of the programs you use... plays well with any antivirus or other real-time scanning software"
CHIP Online, one of Europes leading computer sites, collects what they see as "the best tools and updates" among downloads on their site - known as their "Download of the Day" tool gallery. We've just heard from CHIP Online that our Ad-Aware 2007 Free software was chosen as a Download of the Day during the month of April.
From Copenhagen, Denmark to Castlegar, Canada...
From Barbengo, Switzerland to Broadstairs, United Kingdom...
From Har Adar, Israel to Kawerau, New Zealand...
...our customers span the globe, from near and far!
As you may have seen on our News & Events page, this past week in Redmond, WA, USA Microsofts Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) met at the annual MVP Global Summit-Did you know that we have two of these prestigious MVP awardees at Lavasoft?
Podcasts are great for a number of reasons, one being that people in different locations in the world can co-host a show (which is a lot harder to do with video for obvious reasons).
Time for a little shameless self-promotion. In a security software review by Swedish TechWorld.se, Ad-Aware 2007 has been ranked number one on its list of recommended anti-spyware programs, beating out Windows Defender and Spybot Search and Destroy. In fact, Ad-Aware 2007 earned 94 points out of a 100 point grade scale.
Since the article is in Swedish, we'll give you a quick recap of what TechWorld highlighted in its review:
- Top-notch Quarantine and Ignore List features
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