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Technical Help & Discussion => Broadband, Networking, PC Security, Internet & ISPs => Topic started by: KRO on February 10, 2008, 18:31

Title: ad aware playing up
Post by: KRO on February 10, 2008, 18:31: hi, i have had ad-aware SE personal installed for a long time now (it's free) but it now will not update for some reason, it attempt's to, but only manages 5% and then an error pops up, does anyone know of any other good cleaners i could use (preferably free)
my pc seems really quite slow at the moment......
Title: Re: ad aware playing up
Post by: Michelle on February 10, 2008, 20:07: http://www.pc-pals.com/smf/index.php?topic=24309.0

There is something about it here...... not sure how to refer you to a topic so I'll try that, if not search on ad aware
Title: Re: ad aware playing up
Post by: Simon on February 10, 2008, 20:44: Can't add to that, Michelle. :)
Title: Re: ad aware playing up
Post by: Clive on February 10, 2008, 21:23: Aad-aware SE personal is no longer being updated and that's the reason it stops at 5%.
Title: Re: ad aware playing up
Post by: chorleydave on February 10, 2008, 22:17: Whatever you do, don't download AdAware 2007 - it's probably the worse piece of crap ever invented. It only downloads updates when it's in the mood and then won't run half the time.

I uninstalled it recently and replaced it with SuperAntiSpyware Free (Simon's recommendation). I also use Spybot Search and Destroy and they are good enough for me.

Incidentally, I wonder if software creators read this forum. The other week, in a similar thread, I was slagging off AVG Free for taking ages to update. A Couple of days later there was an optional update available. I installed it and AVG is now updating in seconds rather than minutes.

Makes you wonder.....
Title: Re: ad aware playing up
Post by: Clive on February 10, 2008, 23:02: Quote from: chorleydave on February 10, 2008, 22:17
Whatever you do, don't download AdAware 2007 - it's probably the worse piece of crap ever invented.

Couldn't agree more Dave. I ended up uninstalling mine and going back to Adaware SE personal, only to discover Lavasoft were no longer supporting it so I had to uninstall that too! Software manufacturers seem to take one step forward then ten steps back!
Title: Re: ad aware playing up
Post by: Simon on February 10, 2008, 23:29: Quote from: chorleydave on February 10, 2008, 22:17
Incidentally, I wonder if software creators read this forum. The other week, in a similar thread, I was slagging off AVG Free for taking ages to update. A Couple of days later there was an optional update available. I installed it and AVG is now updating in seconds rather than minutes.

Makes you wonder.....

The power of PC Pals! ;D
Title: Re: ad aware playing up
Post by: KRO on February 13, 2008, 21:30: thanks for your replies and help peeps, i have downloaded super antispyware, should i also download spybot search and destroy along side it or leave as is ??
Title: Re: ad aware playing up
Post by: chorleydave on February 13, 2008, 21:43: Personally, I wouldn't bother. I already had Spybot S&D installed before I uninstalled AdAware and installed SuperAntiSpyware, so I left it alone, otherwise, I wouldn't have bothered as I don't think it is going to catch anything that SuperAntiSpyware isn't. Let's face it, if we wanted to we could fill up a hard drive with security programs, but we wouldn't be any more protected than we would be by having one decent one/
Title: Re: ad aware playing up
Post by: KRO on February 13, 2008, 23:21: yes that makes sense, thanks chorleydave...
Title: Re: ad aware playing up
Post by: Lona on February 14, 2008, 02:00: I have ad aware 2007 installed and it updates no problem. :)