Ad-Aware - what am I doing wrong?
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Ad-Aware - what am I doing wrong?
I have been running Ad-Aware SE Personal and it regularly finds around 370 problems. I then quaratine them and the program locks when it shows as 'deleting' them. I have reloaded the program with the same result.
When I next run Ad-Aware I seem to find the same number of results. Can anyone tell me where I am going wrong?
Please be patient with me as I am not computer literate.
Thanks in advance - and to those who have answeed questions in the past.
Scottie Dog
When I next run Ad-Aware I seem to find the same number of results. Can anyone tell me where I am going wrong?
Please be patient with me as I am not computer literate.
Thanks in advance - and to those who have answeed questions in the past.
Scottie Dog
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Mike
Many thanks for your pointer.
All seems to go well when I run the program in safe-mode. I got 229 critical errors on the 1st run and then nil on the 2nd attemtp.
Then I ran Ad-Aware under my own full signin and got 68 criticals, did a quarantine and then had the delete process 'hang'. Tried again and still had 68 errors.
Any more thoughts? By the way I run AVG free - which is auto-updated - and also Spybot.
Scottie Dog
Many thanks for your pointer.
All seems to go well when I run the program in safe-mode. I got 229 critical errors on the 1st run and then nil on the 2nd attemtp.
Then I ran Ad-Aware under my own full signin and got 68 criticals, did a quarantine and then had the delete process 'hang'. Tried again and still had 68 errors.
Any more thoughts? By the way I run AVG free - which is auto-updated - and also Spybot.
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Thanks for that suggestion - as I said that the beginning, I am a novice. Whare do I 'Disable System Restore'. I'm on Windows 98.
Still 4 hours until I get home from work!
Thanks again.
Still 4 hours until I get home from work!
Thanks again.
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Glad to see that you have defrosted enough to get the old fingers twitching!! I'll try dropping you an email later.
ps - I am in the 1990 (Windows 98 at least) but yes, sadly the pc does need an update.
ps - I am in the 1990 (Windows 98 at least) but yes, sadly the pc does need an update.
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Hamrah: Jinkster,
Check your AdAware version. They discountinued support foe version 6 sometime back. You may need to get version 7.
Check your AdAware version. They discountinued support foe version 6 sometime back. You may need to get version 7.
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Globaliser, you are quite correct, and certainly not pedantic. I should have checked before posting.
The Lavasoft site has the following statement
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The Lavasoft site has the following statement
Please upgrade to Ad-Aware SE.
We are now discontinuing reference file and product support for Ad-Aware 6 and urge users to upgrade their existing copies to the new Ad-Aware SE. We continued support of the older version of Ad-Aware to allow users time to upgrade while still enjoying the protection they have come to expect from our software.
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Scottie,
I too have had Adaware "hang" the PC when deleting selection, a couple of times, so it isn't just you.
Always happens when deleting a large number of files.
and it is an up to date version, I have no solution though, .
I too have had Adaware "hang" the PC when deleting selection, a couple of times, so it isn't just you.
Always happens when deleting a large number of files.
and it is an up to date version, I have no solution though, .
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That looks hopeful then - I am not the only person!!
I will try to just select a limited number of file for deletion the next time - rather than select all - and see if that works. I'll let you know the result.
Cheers
I will try to just select a limited number of file for deletion the next time - rather than select all - and see if that works. I'll let you know the result.
Cheers
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Sorry but I'm back again!!
I thought I would try upgrading my RAM to 256K and see whether it made any difference - but no.
System specs are: Windows 98/Pentium II/256K RAM (was 64K)/Dual Hard Drive - C with 5.9GB capacity and D: with 12.60GB (D: runs as a slave off C
- hopefully that will help as far as system is concerned.
I am still having the same problem as before if I try running Ad-Aware Personal SE from my own settings - scans approx 98000 files, finds around 70 bugs, Quarantines ok and then hangs in the delete mode.
If I then run in Safe Mode it checks around 85000 files, finds another 16 bugs, Quarantines and deletes them fine!
Any more thoughts?
Scottie Dog
ps - I cann't afford a new PC at the moment.
pps - When running under my own settings I disable dialup, AVG etc.
I thought I would try upgrading my RAM to 256K and see whether it made any difference - but no.
System specs are: Windows 98/Pentium II/256K RAM (was 64K)/Dual Hard Drive - C with 5.9GB capacity and D: with 12.60GB (D: runs as a slave off C
- hopefully that will help as far as system is concerned.I am still having the same problem as before if I try running Ad-Aware Personal SE from my own settings - scans approx 98000 files, finds around 70 bugs, Quarantines ok and then hangs in the delete mode.
If I then run in Safe Mode it checks around 85000 files, finds another 16 bugs, Quarantines and deletes them fine!
Any more thoughts?
Scottie Dog
ps - I cann't afford a new PC at the moment.
pps - When running under my own settings I disable dialup, AVG etc.
