Ad-Aware_Problems

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Cousin Stanley

Yesterday I downloaded/installed the latest version
and successfully ran 1 smart-scan ....

However, today the program would not even start,
hanging at the splash screen while loading
file definitions ....

This is the third time in the last few weeks
that I've tried and been unsuccessful with the
more recent versions ....

Wondering if anyone else has had problems
with recent versions of Ad-Aware ....
 
What version have you got?
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I think it was Ad-Aware SE 1.05,
downloaded day-before-yesterday ....

Using Win98_SE, none of the recent versions
have worked for me here ....
 
Cousin Stanley said:
Yesterday I downloaded/installed the latest version
and successfully ran 1 smart-scan ....

However, today the program would not even start,
hanging at the splash screen while loading
file definitions ....

This is the third time in the last few weeks
that I've tried and been unsuccessful with the
more recent versions ....

Wondering if anyone else has had problems
with recent versions of Ad-Aware ....
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Maybe at forum http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?act=SC&c=1
 
Cousin Stanley said:
Yesterday I downloaded/installed the latest version
and successfully ran 1 smart-scan ....

However, today the program would not even start,
hanging at the splash screen while loading
file definitions ....

This is the third time in the last few weeks
that I've tried and been unsuccessful with the
more recent versions ....
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Remote possibility: corrupt skin file? Or, another corrupt file, maybe
the refs file?
Wondering if anyone else has had problems
with recent versions of Ad-Aware ....
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It runs all right on my machine.

Other than the fact that I miss the old interface, and find its new
form a tad nauseating.
I think it was Ad-Aware SE 1.05,
downloaded day-before-yesterday ....

Using Win98_SE, none of the recent versions
have worked for me here ....
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It is a demanding app... But if it was sucking down more memory and
resources than you had available for it, I think you'll have noticed
that, so I am not suggesting that as cause for the symptom you describe.
Still, I wanted to show you this:

AAW v5.81
-12/-3/-3 % gdi/system/user

AAW v6.18
-18/-7/-7 % gdi/system/user

AAW v7.05
-22/-10/-10 % gdi/system/user

MEM usage is complicated to measure in a valid way, so I'm not going to
try to submit numbers. Mainly leave it to say that the same biography as
seen with resources consumption, it is going on with RAM. (Eg, in casual
portrayal... Memload reports a ~8mb drop in my available ram upon launch
of AAW v5.8. Then, a ~28mb drop upon launch of AAW v7.05.)

The story I read here. AAW has developed a notable eating disorder and
decided our systems are an all-you-can eat smorgasbord. By version 9,
with that graph on its GDI appetite, it will probably crash most any
running w9x system.

AAW is only a system utility, of small role; it's not like we're looking
at a word processor or major graphics app. Why is it steadily growing so
very greedy?
 
Remote possibility: corrupt skin file?
Or, another corrupt file, maybe the refs file?
Click to expand...

Possible, but I did get one complete Smart Scan
yesterday, so the likelihood of corrupt files
does seem remote ....
It runs all right on my machine.
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Good to hear, and helps to confirm that the problem
may be local with the machine I'm using ....
Other than the fact that I miss the old interface, and find its new
form a tad nauseating.
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I didn't spend enough time with it
to really judge, but did notice
the La_La factor did seem to have increased
a bit ....
It is a demanding app ....

But if it was sucking down more memory
and resources than you had available for it,
I think you'll have noticed that, so I am not suggesting
that as cause for the symptom you describe.
....
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This could well be a problem, as I'm using
a 5.5 year-old Compaq with only 192 MB of memory ....

However, most programs run OK, and those that don't,
I tend to avoid unless REALLY needed at the time ....

I also had problems with the *old* generation
of Ad-Aware on this machine ....

It would run OK, scanning quickly,
but always at a similar, but not the same point in the scan,
it would lock up ....

This sort of lock-up was ONLY avoidable,
if I used the custom-scan options
and did it in two separate passes ....

A wild guess as to the cause of this behavior here
is that I use several different partitions
with many dirs/files in each and something in Ad-Aware
can't cope ....
AAW is only a system utility, of small role;

it's not like we're looking at a word processor
or major graphics app. Why is it steadily growing
so very greedy?
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Bloat abounds !!!!

I can't s'plain it ....
 
Using Ad-Aware v1.04 on win98se with no problems.
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Cousin Vic ....

Thanks for the info ....

I think Ad-Aware doesn't like
my particular Win98_SE flavor
for some reason ....
 
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