Ad-aware the popular tool for removing adware components has just got better with the ability to scan emails and also remove root kits, considered one of the worst kind of malware.

The new version of Ad-aware, namely version 8.2 has added support of scanning your outlook email for any kind of malware in the attachment and also the links. Even though traditional anti-viruses scan the mail, they are limited to the actual attachments and malicious scripts only. The Ad-aware takes this a step further by scanning all the links in the incoming email so that the user does not accidently click on them and get affected by malware.

The other important feature is obviously the root kit detection which adds significant importance to the tool since root kits pose a very high risk and cannot be removed easily once the computer gets affected.