Ad-aware SE build 1.05

[Dudhorse]

.... does anyone know what this does or improves upon?? I am presently using
build 1.04.

 

[Chris Forecast]

... does anyone know what this does or improves upon??
I am presently using build 1.04.

No, but I do know that I had to update to 1.05 in order to continue getting
new definitions files.

Chris

 

[Heather]

No, but I do know that I had to update to 1.05 in order to continue getting
new definitions files.

I am back using 1.03 and getting ALL the new definition files. 1.04 caused
freezing problems......and apparently with quite a few users, 1.05 (which
allegedly fixed these) is also doing the same. So on the advice of Silj
(who has problems with 1.05 on XP), I went back to the one that *doesn't*
cause freezing.....version 1.03. Just updated it yesterday.

The older version (6.xxx) still gets some updates too, btw.

Heather

 

[Chris Forecast]

I am back using 1.03 and getting ALL the new definition files. 1.04
caused freezing problems......and apparently with quite a few users,
1.05 (which allegedly fixed these) is also doing the same. So on the
advice of Silj (who has problems with 1.05 on XP), I went back to the
one that *doesn't* cause freezing.....version 1.03.

Hmm that's puzzling. There were actually 2 alternative versions of 1.04 -
the first (which had the freezing problems) being replaced a few hours later
by another 1.04 (which supposedly had the freezing problem fixed) - though I
have to say they both worked fine for me.

However, when I subsequently tried to get a definition update on 1.04(v2) it
failed. On checking, I found that 1.05 had just been released - installed it
and was then able to update my definitions successfully.

Since then it's worked fine.

Chris

 

[wa0goz]

I am back using 1.03 and getting ALL the new definition files. 1.04 caused
freezing problems......and apparently with quite a few users, 1.05 (which
allegedly fixed these) is also doing the same. So on the advice of Silj
(who has problems with 1.05 on XP), I went back to the one that *doesn't*
cause freezing.....version 1.03. Just updated it yesterday.

The older version (6.xxx) still gets some updates too, btw.

Heather

Where can I get Ver. 1.03 please. I'm having some freezing problems.

Thanks

Henry

 

[Heather]

Where can I get Ver. 1.03 please. I'm having some freezing problems.

I had a look via Google and didn't run across any of the 1.03 versions. But
if I may make a suggestion for the future.......download any and all
programs UNopened into say the My Downloads folder and then if you have a
problem, you can uninstall and revert to the older one. Which is what I
did.

Version 1.03 is only about 2.6 meg......and I do have it here.....but it
would not be wise to ask an unknown person to send any executable program to
you. 8-((

I did check the Lavasoft Forum and they are not offering it that I can see,
which is to be expected.

Heather

 

[Heather]

Hmm that's puzzling. There were actually 2 alternative versions of 1.04 -
the first (which had the freezing problems) being replaced a few hours later
by another 1.04 (which supposedly had the freezing problem fixed) - though I
have to say they both worked fine for me.

However, when I subsequently tried to get a definition update on 1.04(v2) it
failed. On checking, I found that 1.05 had just been released - installed it
and was then able to update my definitions successfully.

Since then it's worked fine.

It is an odd thing. Version 1.05 works for some people, doesn't for others.
I use WinME and Silj uses XP.....doesn't work for either of us......but we
seem to be in the minority. I have uninstalled and reinstalled that proggie
a few times now. Tried all the versions and 1.03 seems to suit my computer
best.

Cheers.....Heather

 

[Steve]

It is an odd thing. Version 1.05 works for some people, doesn't for
others. I use WinME and Silj uses XP.....doesn't work for either of
us......but we seem to be in the minority. I have uninstalled and
reinstalled that proggie a few times now. Tried all the versions and
1.03 seems to suit my computer best.

Cheers.....Heather

Heather:

I have had no problems with 1.03, 1.04 and now 1.05 on WinXP SP2.

With the exception of 1.03 which replaced the former ver. 6, I installed
over the previous version each time. Every 2 or 3 months, I give my
Registry a good cleaning and diskclean and defragged every week. Just out
of curiosity, might this be a computer maintenance problem? I am also
running NAV, Spybot S&D, Spyware Blaster, and ZoneAlarm? Might this be a
compatablity problem with other security software, where the "wrong"
combination may create the problem.

Just out of curiosity, what are the problems that you and Silj are having
with Ad-aware SE?

Steve

 

[Heather]

Hi Steve.....see inline.

Heather:

I have had no problems with 1.03, 1.04 and now 1.05 on WinXP SP2.

With the exception of 1.03 which replaced the former ver. 6, I installed
over the previous version each time.

I totally uninstalled each and every version......more than once (G). And
for the record, I have WinME.

Every 2 or 3 months, I give my

Registry a good cleaning and diskclean and defragged every week. Just out

of curiosity, might this be a computer maintenance problem?

Don't think so, Steve. Do all the same maintenance you do, other than I am
cautious about the Registry cleaning......just use the old MS RegClean 4.1
unless I am looking for specific keys left behind by an uninstalled program.

I am also

running NAV, Spybot S&D, Spyware Blaster, and ZoneAlarm? Might this be a
compatablity problem with other security software, where the "wrong"
combination may create the problem.

Nope.....running all the same as you except for NAV....that would cause a
problem on WinME anyway. I use EZ Trust AV and have for some 5 years at
least.

Just out of curiosity, what are the problems that you and Silj are having
with Ad-aware SE?

Freezing.......lockups. He has XP and I assume SP2......I just have WinME.
But we are both having the same problem with other than version 1.03. Some
others on the MS WinME group have had the freezing and I see several
complaints on the Lavasoft Forum.

Quite frankly, IMHO Lavasoft put a *semi beta* out there in the race with
Spybot (G). Evidenced by the freezing problems with the two 1.04 versions.
Plus they are still providing defs for the old version 6.xxx

It isn't a problem tho. I will just stay with 1.03 till they sort the
problems out. Also.....I finally gave in and installed Firefox yesterday,
which seems quite good. If I could just get the blasted imported
bookmarks/favourites sorted out properly.

I will still use IE, but had heard so many good things re Firefox that I
decided to give it a try. So according to what they say, I shouldn't have a
problem with spyware. Not that I really ever do anyway.

Cheers.....Heather

 

[JC]

It is an odd thing. Version 1.05 works for some people, doesn't for others.
I use WinME and Silj uses XP.....doesn't work for either of us......but we
seem to be in the minority. I have uninstalled and reinstalled that proggie
a few times now. Tried all the versions and 1.03 seems to suit my computer
best.

I have XP with SP2 and have had only one problem with v1.05. On one occasion my
PC rebooted partially through a scan. This didn't happen again when run after
the PC had booted up and hasn't occurred on subsequent scans.

The PC is normally on for about 18 hours each day and that is the only time it
has spontaneously rebooted that I am aware of. This PC does some strange
things though - I can hear the disk working and sometimes see the firewall and
modem lights flash and then hear disk activity without any indication what is
happening. I guess this is Windows updates and Norton SW updates running.
Full scans by NAV, Ad-Aware SE and Spybot have never report anything suspicious
other than tracking cookies (Ad-Aware) and the DSO exploit (Spybot).

 

[Steve]

Hi Steve.....see inline.

Nope.....running all the same as you except for NAV....that would
cause a problem on WinME anyway. I use EZ Trust AV and have for some
5 years at least.

Quite frankly, IMHO Lavasoft put a *semi beta* out there in the race
with Spybot (G). Evidenced by the freezing problems with the two
1.04 versions. Plus they are still providing defs for the old version
6.xxx

I will still use IE, but had heard so many good things re Firefox
that I decided to give it a try. So according to what they say, I
shouldn't have a problem with spyware. Not that I really ever do
anyway.

Cheers.....Heather

Heather:

In another post, I mentioned that I am thinking about dumping NAV 2004
because it is such a resource hog. I used NAV 2002 for 2 years on a PC
running WinXP. Before that for 2 years, I used CA InoculateIT AV on a PC
running WinME. I am seriously thinking of going back to CA now EZ Trust AV.
Any comments on how the latest CA AV is in terms of 1) catching/stopping
viruses, 2) resources, and 3) how the new EZ Trust AV's new email scanning
feature is.

I would agree that Lavasoft but out a beta product with SE.

An finally, about Firefox, I have not used it, but I have been using Mozilla
since ver. 1.01 and I would NEVER go back to IE. I really like the tabbed
browsing, image size controls, and security controls. I highly recommend
that you give Mozilla or Firefix a try.

Steve

 

[Dudhorse]

Heather:

In another post, I mentioned that I am thinking about dumping NAV 2004
because it is such a resource hog. I used NAV 2002 for 2 years on a PC
running WinXP. Before that for 2 years, I used CA InoculateIT AV on a PC
running WinME. I am seriously thinking of going back to CA now EZ Trust
AV. Any comments on how the latest CA AV is in terms of 1)
catching/stopping viruses, 2) resources, and 3) how the new EZ Trust AV's
new email scanning feature is.

I would agree that Lavasoft but out a beta product with SE.

An finally, about Firefox, I have not used it, but I have been using
Mozilla since ver. 1.01 and I would NEVER go back to IE. I really like
the tabbed browsing, image size controls, and security controls. I highly
recommend that you give Mozilla or Firefix a try.

 

[Heather]

Heather:

In another post, I mentioned that I am thinking about dumping NAV 2004
because it is such a resource hog. I used NAV 2002 for 2 years on a PC
running WinXP. Before that for 2 years, I used CA InoculateIT AV on a PC
running WinME. I am seriously thinking of going back to CA now EZ Trust AV.
Any comments on how the latest CA AV is in terms of 1) catching/stopping
viruses, 2) resources, and 3) how the new EZ Trust AV's new email scanning

feature is.

Running out for Thanksgiving Dinner (Canadian here).....but a quick note and
will answer fully later. I switched to the freebie CA AV but didn't use
their version of ZA coz I have ZAPro.

I did use the latest pay version of EZ Trust, but I don't like email
scanning and turned it off.

TTYL....Heather

 

[Roy]

This PC does some strange
things though - I can hear the disk working and sometimes see the firewall and
modem lights flash and then hear disk activity without any indication what is
happening. I guess this is Windows updates and Norton SW updates running.
Full scans by NAV, Ad-Aware SE and Spybot have never report anything suspicious
other than tracking cookies (Ad-Aware) and the DSO exploit (Spybot).

Does your firewall, you do not mention its name, not produce a log file?
And if it does (it certainly ought to), have you never looked at that log
immediately after you have seen those modem lights flashing? There are lots
of background transactions passsing to and fro while you're online, e.g to
your ISP, all benign and necessary, but there can be others of course.

Cheers,

Roy

 

[JC]

Does your firewall, you do not mention its name, not produce a log file?
And if it does (it certainly ought to), have you never looked at that log
immediately after you have seen those modem lights flashing? There are lots
of background transactions passsing to and fro while you're online, e.g to
your ISP, all benign and necessary, but there can be others of course.

Hi Roy

The hardware firewall only lists dropped packets at its input which is useful to
see what is trying to spam me etc but no good for through traffic. The
firewall installed with XP SP2 is also operating - I had that logging for 3-4
weeks while I looked at what it did but it also didn't log through traffic in
any useful way.

Other activities would be checking for emails and news mail. That, and the
update checks, are all that I can think of that should be running.

 

[Roy]

The hardware firewall only lists dropped packets at its input which is useful to
see what is trying to spam me etc but no good for through traffic. The
firewall installed with XP SP2 is also operating - I had that logging for 3-4
weeks while I looked at what it did but it also didn't log through traffic in
any useful way.

I doubt that your hardware firewall (is this a router?) will stop or alert
you to outgoing traffic, the inbuilt one in XP certainly won't.

Have you tried another software firewall, in addition to your existing
defences, such as Kerio (my preference), Sygate or Zonealarm? All have free
versions and all, as far as I'm aware, will produce logs if you tell them
to. A quick Google will locate current sources for all of them.

Also, if you haven't already done so, try installing and running Spybot
Search & Destroy, after making sure you have downloaded the latest
definitions (2004-09-30). Remove anything in its report marked with a red
alert.

Good luck,

Cheers,

Roy

 

[JC]

I doubt that your hardware firewall (is this a router?) will stop or alert
you to outgoing traffic, the inbuilt one in XP certainly won't.

Have you tried another software firewall, in addition to your existing
defences, such as Kerio (my preference), Sygate or Zonealarm? All have free
versions and all, as far as I'm aware, will produce logs if you tell them
to. A quick Google will locate current sources for all of them.

Also, if you haven't already done so, try installing and running Spybot
Search & Destroy, after making sure you have downloaded the latest
definitions (2004-09-30). Remove anything in its report marked with a red
alert.

Hi Roy

The hardware firewall is both a router and a firewall.

I had considered installing a 2nd software firewall in parallel with the SP2
firewall but figured that this would be likely to cause problems - for instance
which one has precedence.

I have run full scans by NAV, Ad-Aware SE and Spybot, all up to date, and they
have never reported anything suspicious other than tracking cookies (Ad-Aware)
and the DSO exploit (Spybot).

 

[Roy]

I had considered installing a 2nd software firewall in parallel with the SP2
firewall but figured that this would be likely to cause problems - for instance
which one has precedence.

Try installing a firewall which alerts, and blocks if desired, outgoing
calls, and which also produces a logfile, such as one of those already
suggested. You can simply turn off the XP one when the alternative is in
place, it can always be turned on again later. I've heard of people who
have left both running without ill effects, but I've not tried that myself.

Cheers,

Roy