roach,
with the latest download and after 2 days I found 61 items...can anyone suggest why?
My guess is the latest pattern included a type of spyware that Ad-Aware did not look for before.
That could explain why you had so many hits this time. (The second option would be that when you reinstalled it did a full check of your hard drive, vs just the most likely areas like older versions used to do.)
Take Care,
Richard