<s>
Ewido	B-Application
Networks	I-Application
was	O
a	O
software	O
company	O
based	O
in	O
Germany	O
known	O
for	O
creating	O
Ewido	B-Application
Anti-Spyware	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ewido	B-Application
Anti-Spyware	I-Application
was	O
software	O
used	O
to	O
remove	O
malware	O
such	O
as	O
spyware	O
,	O
trojan	O
horses	O
,	O
adware	O
,	O
dialers	O
,	O
and	O
worms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ewido	B-Application
had	O
both	O
a	O
free	O
version	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
paid	O
version	O
which	O
added	O
realtime	O
protection	O
,	O
and	O
automatic	O
updates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ewido	B-Application
networks	I-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
Germany	O
in	O
2004	O
by	O
Andreas	O
Rudyk	O
,	O
Peter	O
Klapprodt	O
and	O
Tobias	O
Graf	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
first	O
product	O
was	O
Ewido	B-Application
Security	O
Suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ewido	B-Application
was	O
given	O
Digital	O
River	O
's	O
ICE	O
award	O
for	O
"	O
Best	O
newcomer	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
19	O
,	O
2006	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Czech	O
Grisoft	O
had	O
acquired	O
the	O
German	O
Anti-Malware	O
company	O
Ewido	B-Application
Networks	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
birth	O
of	O
Grisoft	O
's	O
AVG	B-Application
Anti	O
Spyware	O
,	O
an	O
anti	O
spyware	O
based	O
on	O
Ewido	B-Application
's	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Grisoft	O
now	O
includes	O
ewido	B-Application
in	O
many	O
security	O
suites	O
and	O
bundles	O
and	O
antivirus	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
software	O
began	O
life	O
as	O
Ewido	B-Application
Security	O
Suite	O
and	O
the	O
name	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
Ewido	B-Application
Anti-malware	O
in	O
December	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
4.0	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
later	O
changed	O
again	O
to	O
Ewido	B-Application
Anti-Spyware	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ewido	B-Application
Anti-Spyware	I-Application
included	O
new	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
scheduled	O
scans	O
,	O
file	O
shredder	O
,	O
running	O
process	O
manager	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Grisoft	O
's	O
acquisition	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
Ewido	B-Application
's	O
Anti-Spyware	O
development	O
has	O
not	O
stopped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
continues	O
to	O
exist	O
as	O
Ewido	B-Application
Online	O
Scanner	O
or	O
Ewido	B-Application
Micro	O
Scanner	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
full	O
Ewido	B-Application
engine	O
and	O
signatures	O
,	O
without	O
excluding	O
heuristic	O
detection	O
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
AVG	B-Application
8.0	I-Application
,	O
AVG	B-Application
Anti-Spyware	O
is	O
integrated	O
into	O
AVG	B-Application
Anti-Virus	I-Application
and	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
means	O
that	O
AVG	B-Application
Anti-Spyware	O
will	O
no	O
longer	O
receive	O
updates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ewido	B-Application
works	O
with	O
many	O
popular	O
antivirus	O
and	O
other	O
spyware	O
products	O
such	O
as	O
:	O
</s>
