AdAware 2007 Free

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"Heather" <no.guns@highnoon.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Ron" <BigELilE05@msn.com> wrote in message
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>> On Feb 19, 2:22 pm, "Heather" <no.g...@highnoon.invalid> wrote:
>>> "Al" <albe...@joimail.com> wrote in message
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>>> >I was using AdAware SE without any apparent problem, and suddenly I
>>> >couldn't download updates. I uninstalled it and replaced it with the
>>> >newer AdAware 2007.
>>>
>>> OK.....do you still have the old one (SE) on your HD that you can
>>> reopen? I never went to 2007 due to the bad reports I kept reading and
>>> I am able to download a zip file of new defs for AdAware SE from
>>> Lavasoft. Just downloaded one dated yesterday.
>>>
>>> Uninstall the new one first.....then put SE back on. Or just run with
>>> Spybot S & D, for that matter. It finds more than AdAware ever did and
>>> also checks Firefox......AdAware doesn't.
>>>
>>> Cheers....Heather
>>
>> BTW, Adaware 2007 does work with FF.
>>
>> http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index...howtopic=14224
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> According to you, however.....it doesn't play nice with XP!! So you do
> your thing and I will do mine. (eg)
>

I agree. Adaware 2007 just did not play nice with XP on my system either.
Was going to reinstall SE but didn't think there was much reason if updating
was going to be a nuisance.
So just using spybot, and being a bit more careful of what gets opened.

I'm also running Winpatrol, so I get alerted to a lot of stuff that both
Spybot and Adaware never got upset about.

[Bob]

I have noticed about the same thing as you. Each time I open the program,
the Update feature is turned off with a red X. I have to go into Settings,
and reset everything to default, close, go back to the opening screen and
the Update is turned on. Then I can Update the program.
I never have found anything (not that I want to) other than cookies. The
old program was much better in my opinion. Now it's all about the $$$.


"Al" <albertr@joimail.com> wrote in message
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>I was using AdAware SE without any apparent problem, and suddenly I
>couldn't download updates. I uninstalled it and replaced it with the newer
>AdAware 2007.
> It doesn't seem to be as good. After using it for several weeks, I still
> haven't found any "Criticals". I just get cookies. It is harder to
> update definitions. And it is slower. When I try to update, it attempt
> to upsell me. The program seems less user friendly.
>
> Two questions:
> Is anyone else finding that AdAware 2007 doesn't get the "criticals?"
> Can anyone recommend a good alternative free anti-spyware/malware program?
> Al
>
>

[Joan Archer]

You could always give SUPERAntiSpyware a try.
I'm not overly fond of the new version of Ad-Aware either <g>
Joan

"Al" <albertr@joimail.com> wrote in message
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> I was using AdAware SE without any apparent problem, and suddenly I
> couldn't download updates. I uninstalled it and replaced it with the
> newer AdAware 2007.
> It doesn't seem to be as good. After using it for several weeks, I still
> haven't found any "Criticals". I just get cookies. It is harder to
> update definitions. And it is slower. When I try to update, it attempt
> to upsell me. The program seems less user friendly.
>
> Two questions:
> Is anyone else finding that AdAware 2007 doesn't get the "criticals?"
> Can anyone recommend a good alternative free anti-spyware/malware program?
> Al
>
>

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[Bob]

Joan, I have SUPERAnitSpyware, and since I've had it, I have never had a hit
on anything with it, and it's kept up to date. I'm beginning to wonder
about it. Guess I should be happy that my computer is all that clean.




"Joan Archer" <archer_joan@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> You could always give SUPERAntiSpyware a try.
> I'm not overly fond of the new version of Ad-Aware either <g>
> Joan
>
> "Al" <albertr@joimail.com> wrote in message
> news:13rm71g9feko130@corp.supernews.com...
>> I was using AdAware SE without any apparent problem, and suddenly I
>> couldn't download updates. I uninstalled it and replaced it with the
>> newer AdAware 2007.
>> It doesn't seem to be as good. After using it for several weeks, I still
>> haven't found any "Criticals". I just get cookies. It is harder to
>> update definitions. And it is slower. When I try to update, it attempt
>> to upsell me. The program seems less user friendly.
>>
>> Two questions:
>> Is anyone else finding that AdAware 2007 doesn't get the "criticals?"
>> Can anyone recommend a good alternative free anti-spyware/malware
>> program?
>> Al
>>
>>
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[jmv]

"Bob" <roburt@grande.net> wrote in message
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> Joan, I have SUPERAnitSpyware, and since I've had it, I have
> never had a hit on anything with it, and it's kept up to date. I'm
> beginning to wonder about it. Guess I should be happy that my
> computer is all that clean.

I got fed up with Ad-aware, switched to SUPERAntiSpyware, and
never found much of anything on my home or work computer. I was
beginning to think it was useless until last week when I tested it on a
laptop computer at work, that was seriously infected with spyware,
and it got rid of all of it.

I thought that was a pretty good test as my home and work computers
have Spyware Blaster, Spybot's immunizations, and WinPatrol running
on them, which prevents allot of spyware from getting on them.

[Joan Archer]

The usual things on here are just tracking cookies but I know it works
because it found a few that Ad-Aware had missed <g>
As said I'm not that happy with Ad-Aware 2007 quite often when I go to
update, after it tells me it has caused a problem and needs to close <g> I
think in the near future I will take it off this system completely.
Joan

"Bob" <roburt@grande.net> wrote in message
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> Joan, I have SUPERAnitSpyware, and since I've had it, I have never had a
> hit on anything with it, and it's kept up to date. I'm beginning to
> wonder about it. Guess I should be happy that my computer is all that
> clean.
>
>
>
>
> "Joan Archer" <archer_joan@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:47bb30e4$0$26077$88260bb3@free.teranews.com.. .
>> You could always give SUPERAntiSpyware a try.
>> I'm not overly fond of the new version of Ad-Aware either <g>
>> Joan
>>
>> "Al" <albertr@joimail.com> wrote in message
>> news:13rm71g9feko130@corp.supernews.com...
>>> I was using AdAware SE without any apparent problem, and suddenly I
>>> couldn't download updates. I uninstalled it and replaced it with the
>>> newer AdAware 2007.
>>> It doesn't seem to be as good. After using it for several weeks, I
>>> still haven't found any "Criticals". I just get cookies. It is harder
>>> to update definitions. And it is slower. When I try to update, it
>>> attempt to upsell me. The program seems less user friendly.
>>>
>>> Two questions:
>>> Is anyone else finding that AdAware 2007 doesn't get the "criticals?"
>>> Can anyone recommend a good alternative free anti-spyware/malware
>>> program?
>>> Al
>>>
>>>
>>
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