What is AdAware.exe?

AdAware.exe is part of Ad-Aware Antivirus and developed by Lavasoft Limited according to the AdAware.exe version information.

AdAware.exe's description is "Ad-Aware Antivirus"

AdAware.exe is digitally signed by Lavasoft Limited.

AdAware.exe is usually located in the 'C:\PROGRA~1\AD-AWA~1\' folder.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on AdAware.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameAd-Aware Antivirus
Company nameLavasoft Limited
File descriptionAd-Aware Antivirus
Internal nameAd-Aware Antivirus.exe
Original filenameAd-Aware Antivirus.exe
Legal copyright© Lavasoft Limited. All Rights Reserved.
Product version10,0,185,3207
File version10,0,185,3207

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameAd-Aware Antivirus
Company nameLavasoft Limited
File descriptionAd-Aware Antivirus
Internal nameAd-Aware Antivirus.exe
Original filenameAd-Aware Antivirus.exe
Legal copyright© Lavasoft Limited. All Rights Rese..
Product version10,0,185,3207
File version10,0,185,3207

Digital signatures [?]

AdAware.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameLavasoft Limited
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number7cec887e3a0e10a63f47c72b25751ab9

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5e991de4b96631c1dea6d5896923a562a
SHA2568c87fae4a0fe2daf91aadbee14c997833dd27cbe8982c0f6b853d6058fef446a

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to adaware.exe:

adaware.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

adaware.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Ad-Aware Antivirus has stopped working.

End Program - adaware.exe. This program is not responding.

adaware.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

adaware.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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