adaware antivirus

Adaware's paid antivirus suite for Windows consumers, combining antivirus protection with a firewall, privacy tools and PC performance features. With Adaware Antivirus, you are sure to be protected against any malicious behaviour when your definition files are up to date. The on-demand scanner offers users multiple options for Antivirus scanning. Real-Time Protection works in the background to protect your computer as you work or play, scanning files for potential malicious activities. Supported platforms are Windows.

Current Version

12.7.1055.0

Product Page

adaware.com/antivirus-total

Market

Consumer

Licence

Paid

Price

USD 49.99 / annual

Record Created

2026-08-20

Last Updated

2026-10-10

Ad-Aware was, for a period in the early 2000s, one of the most widely installed security tools in the world. Made by Lavasoft in Gothenburg, Sweden, it addressed a problem conventional antivirus then ignored — spyware and adware bundled with free software — and for many people it was the second scanner they ran after their antivirus missed something. The company was acquired by the French software group Avanquest, part of Claranova, and rebranded as adaware in 2016. The product listed here, adaware antivirus, is the descendant of that line, now a conventional antivirus rather than the specialist anti-spyware tool the name was built on. Its position in the market today is much smaller than its name recognition suggests, and it appears in the independent laboratory cycles far less often than it once did. Vendor page →

Website

adaware.com

Country

🇸🇪Sweden

Headquarters

🇨🇦Montreal, Canada

Year Established

1999

Customers

—Not known

Users

300M users

Revenue

—Not known