Overview
What is ADS?
ADS : A utility to help you finding, inspecting and (optionally) removing Alternate Data Streams from your NTFS disks
In depth
A closer look at ADS
The name ADS stands for Alternate Data Streams.ADS is a utility to help you finding, inspecting and (optionally) removing Alternate Data Streams from your NTFS disks. In a NTFS volume a file may contain more that one data stream. From Explorer and most programs the user can see only the default, unnamed stream, but other may be present for useful (or harmful purposes). In Vista, but not in XP, you can open a DOS box and use dir /R to display the alternate data streams whose name is displayed in the form:
Requirements
System requirements
Windows 2003 / Windows Vista / Windows XP / Windows 2000
Verdict
Should you download ADS?
ADS runs on
Windows 10/11
and is available under the
Freeware
license
— the installer is 933 KB.
We’ve catalogued it under
System.
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At a glance
ADS specifications
- Publisher
-
Juan M. Aguirregabiria
- Last updated
- May 1, 2026
- Requirements
- Windows 2003 / Windows Vista / Windows XP / Windows 2000
- License
- Freeware
- Operating system
- Windows 10/11
- File size
- 933 KB
- Price
- Free
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