As of March 31, 2009, technical support and Definitions File updates will be discontinued for Ad-Aware SE Plus, Ad-Aware SE Professional and Ad-Aware SE Enterprise.

If you use Ad-Aware SE, please upgrade to the latest version of Ad-Aware – Ad-Aware Anniversary Edition – in order to stay protected from online threats; Definitions File threat updates for Ad-Aware SE will not be issued after the end of the month.


This is a reference file update for Ad-aware to detect and remove the newest advertising systems.

Once you have applied the update, the reflist.zip file can be deleted as it is no longer needed.

This update only works with the new Ad-Aware SE

Ad-Aware is designed to provide advanced protection from known Data-mining, aggressive advertising, Parasites, Scumware, selected traditional Trojans, Dialers, Malware, Browser hijackers, and tracking components. With the release of Ad-Aware SE Personal edition, Lavasoft takes the fight against Spyware to the next level.

With Lavasoft's all new Code Sequence Identification (CSI) technology, you will not only be protected from known content, but will also have advanced protection against many of their unknown variants.

To further protect you, Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition also has the capability to scan and list Alternate Data Streams (ADS) in NTFS enabled volumes. In combination with the new scanning engine, Ad-Aware SE will scan your computer faster and more thoroughly than ever before!

Note: Ad-Aware will not automatically delete additional definition files you may have downloaded for testing. It is recommended that you manually delete a beta definition file after it has been officially released so that you can keep your Ad-Aware directory clear of non-required files and lessen any unnecessary disk space usage.

Download latest Ad-Aware SE Personal. (free)