Talk:Ad-Aware

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Shouldn't this be at Ad-Aware, since that's its official name (i.e. with the second word capitalized). I'd move it myself, but the redirect page would need to be deleted first. — Asbestos | Talk 09:46, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Done, though you could have done it yourself. Ad-Aware did not have to be deleted because there was nothing in its history except a redirect. If there had ever been more than that, you would have needed a sysop to delete the page, do the move and undelete it to restore the history, but anybody can do it without deleting anything if the history is nothing but a redirect. —Lowellian (talk) 21:42, May 19, 2005 (UTC)

Norman?

The first sentence of the last paragraph in the article reads "Norman, together with Lavasoft, offers the Ad-Aware Plus and Ad-Aware Professional versions." Norman is not previously mentioned in the article nor does it have a link. Who or what Norman is needs to be explained. Thanks. --Tregonsee 13:03, 21 May 2005 (UTC)

Done. It now points to Norman ASA page. CyR 05:09, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

External Links

The term "Team Lavasoft" is a misnomer. There is no "Team Lavasoft", however the Former team exists. The LandzDown Team is the former "Team Lavasoft". Although we continue to assist with Ad-Aware SE, we are not "product specific" and help people with other software programs when Ad-Aware SE cannot remove the offending objects. Members of Lavasoft Research answer questions on occasion at "LzD Forum" but we have no connection with Lavasoft or its management.

--209.222.250.33 19:05, 7 January 2006 (UTC) Corrine, *MS-MVP Windows Security; Administrator @*LandzDown Forum; Former Administrator, Lavasoft Support Forums

Corrected typo above.  ;) --209.222.250.33 22:48, 7 January 2006 (UTC) Corrine, *MS-MVP Windows Security; Administrator @*LandzDown Forum; Former Administrator, Lavasoft Support Forums

"Controversy"?

The source for the apparent-controversy about Ad-Aware couldn't be even slightly reliable. I'm going to remove it from the article unless someone can come up with an actual source for this. - PlayItBogart 00:50, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Ad-Aware no longer in Google Pack

I've noticed that Ad-Aware is no longer included in third-party software offered by Google Pack/Google Update. Sure enough, Google addresses this here. I'm going to make the edit in the second paragraph, but it'd be nice to nail-down an exact date of change.Caen 22:26, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Huge table

Is that huge table of feautres really necessary? It makes the article read like an advertisement. --Mosquitopsu 23:46, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

There is always a danger with articles about software that either so much detail, or so much favourable information is added that the article becomes unbalanced and, indeed, as you have noted, can start to read like an advertisement, instead of an encyclopedia article. If, in reading the current version of this article, you think it is getting that way then perhaps it is time to even out the "pro" information with the "critical analysis" to return some balance, before it gets tagged as an "ad".

The table does seem to give a lot of very detailed information about the software application. The question is whether that level of detail is excessive for an encyclopedia article. It is perhaps justifiable to leave it in if the article is made longer and more balanced with more critique or analysis. Right now, because the article is a bit short, the table does seem to dominate the text. A few versions ago the critique section was longer, but it has been shortened, which adds to the "ad-like" appearance. Ahunt 11:30, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

It seems quite large and intrusive to the article because the article is still quite small.--The Negotiator 18:13, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Article seems like ad

Where do I send my money? More 14:51, 12 December 2007 (UTC)