Bob....you will be happy you are using Spybot, but if I may suggest one
more small program. Put SpywareBlaster on and it will stop a lot of
junk landing on your computer. It is free and small. I will get the
link for you.

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Good luck.....Heather

"Bob" <roburt@grande.net> wrote in message
news:13rmqt2n7qbee94@corp.supernews.com...
> After reading some of the post, I decided to uninstall Ad-Aware 2007,
> and installed SpyBot S&D. It found things that I had no idea was on
> my computer. Some dated back several years ago that left behind
> tracks after uninstalling them. It makes one wonder.
> I suppose Ad-Aware is ok, but it sure bogged me down. I hope to be
> happy with SB-S&D. Time will tell.
>
>
> "Heather" <no.guns@highnoon.invalid> wrote in message
> news:fpfodn$cbb$1@aioe.org...
>>
>> "Ron" <BigELilE05@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:40abb26c-c291-48dd-a390-7a8c6188fc94@p43g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
>>> On Feb 19, 2:22 pm, "Heather" <no.g...@highnoon.invalid> wrote:
>>>> "Al" <albe...@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.
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>
>> According to you, however.....it doesn't play nice with XP!! So you
>> do your thing and I will do mine. (eg)
>>
>
>