Download Lavasoft Tweak SE 1.02

Lavasoft has released a new plugin for its spyware scanner Ad-aware SE. The name is Tweak SE and is intended to tweak Ad-aware, how could it be otherwise. The current version number is 1.02 and it works with all versions of Ad-aware SE. Tweaking can be done in three categories: the user interface, the scanning engine and others. The full list of possibilities is as follows:

User Interface Modifications Include

• Hide the text information (Status lines)
  Hides the text information shown on some pages (“Doubleclick an item to show details..” etc).
• Hide flashing bug after scan
  Hides the “flashing bug” image that shows up at the end of a scan if critical objects have been detected.
• Hide MRU items on detailed statistics
  Hides the entries for MRU items in the detailed statistics list.
• Use IE Icon for Browser Hijack Objects (regardless or reference-type)
  The image shown on the scan result list usually reflects the type of reference (files show a different image then a registry key etc.) using this option, all references assigned to “possible browser hijack attempt” will use an Internet Explorer icon instead of the actual image associated with its reference-type.
• Show WebUpdate GUI during automated updates
  Shows the WebUpdate user interface during automated updates (command line, startup mode, etc).
• Ad-Aware window caption
  If empty, the default title will be used for the Ad-Aware main window, otherwise the content entered in the edit box will be used.

Scanning Engine Modifications Include

• Flag all encoded url references as possible browser hijack attempt
  If an encoded url is used (Example: %77%77%77%2e%6c%6f%70..) Ad-Aware will assume it is a possible browser hijack attempts and translate the url in the logfile.
• Flag all unrecognized Alternate Data Streams
  Using this option will let Ad-Aware put any detected alternate-data streams (except for those streams that the user has chosen to filter) in the results list, whether the object in question is malicious or not.
• Skip IE Cache (Temporary internet files) folder during scan
  This option will allow you to filter out temporary internet files when performing a scan.
• Skip system restore folder during scan
  As specified, the system restore folder will not be scanned.

Additional Options Included

• Validate folders after editing Ad-Aware preferences
  Varifies if the path entered by the user in the Ad-Aware preferences (log files, definition file, etc) is valid and alerts the user if it isn’t. this has been made optional since remote paths may be temporarily unavailable.
• Skip automated saving or clean log files
  Log files will not be created or saved for scans that do not include detected content. In other words, if Ad-Aware does not detect anything during the scan, a log file will not be created.
• Delay (seconds) if delayed loading is active
  The default delay time for initializing Ad-Aware is 15 seconds. Using this option will allow you to increase the delay timing to a maximum of 120 seconds for slower systems.
• Append this text to logfile
  Adds the text entered in the edit box within the header section of the log file. Text can be appended up to a maximum of 255 bytes.[break]