Question about Ad-Aware

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Nurktwn

I've had this program forever; never had a problem with it, and I scan
often.

Now, however, it stalls out, usually in the microsoft\windows\currentversion
area. The only things different about the computer are that I've replaced
Norton with AVG and have 12Ghosts as a popup killer to replace Norton. I've
uninstalled Ad-Aware and rebooted; disabled AVG and 12Ghosts; and still, it
won't work.

Any ideas?

Thanks.
 
Nurktwn said:
I've had this program forever; never had a problem with it, and I scan
often.

Now, however, it stalls out, usually in the microsoft\windows\currentversion
area. The only things different about the computer are that I've replaced
Norton with AVG and have 12Ghosts as a popup killer to replace Norton. I've
uninstalled Ad-Aware and rebooted; disabled AVG and 12Ghosts; and still, it
won't work.

Any ideas?

Thanks.
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Have you tried downloading any updates? That might give you what you need.
 
Have you tried doing a bad block scan using scandisk?
I had a similar problem a while ago just as my hard disk started developing
hundreds of bad blocks.
Susan
 
ClubNinja said:
I dont have any use for Ad-Aware now that i found Spy-Bot

:)
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I recently added Spy-Bot to my PC having had Ad-Aware for some time. I ran a
side by side comparison having deliberately visited websites that I
suspected would install spyware.
Each of them missed things that the other found. If you are that paranoid,
leave them both installed.
DD
 
I recently added Spy-Bot to my PC having had Ad-Aware for some time. I ran a
side by side comparison having deliberately visited websites that I
suspected would install spyware.
Each of them missed things that the other found. If you are that paranoid,
leave them both installed.
DD
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This is not an unusual phenomenon with software. Run a half dozen
registry cleaners against each other and you will get a similar
result.

BoB
 
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