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techy ? about ad-ware 6.0

#1 Postby hibiscushouse » Sat Oct 23, 2004 6:17 pm

I'm hoping someone has some suggestions here.
Every time I run a scan, my ad-ware 6.0 stops scanning when it's almost finished. It scans alittle over 19,000 objects, and then just freezes up and won't scan further, nor will it finish so I can delete the junk. When I abort, then it goes back to the beginning.
I'm having an issue since my 8 y.o. found out how to search for things on the internet, and he typed in "boobs" :eek: :roll:
Just like his Dad! :wink:
But, you can imagine what's showing up lately! Even with block-up control.
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#2 Postby coriolis » Sat Oct 23, 2004 6:47 pm

There's another version out. Adaware SE. It's available for free download. Try that - it may not freeze up. I recently upgraded from version 5.1 and it was amazing how many new things it caught.
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Re: techy ? about ad-ware 6.0

#3 Postby Brent » Sat Oct 23, 2004 10:51 pm

hibiscushouse wrote:I'm having an issue since my 8 y.o. found out how to search for things on the internet, and he typed in "boobs" :eek: :roll:
Just like his Dad! :wink:
But, you can imagine what's showing up lately! Even with block-up control.


:eek: :lol:

He's starting early. :wink:
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#4 Postby weatherlover427 » Sun Oct 24, 2004 12:31 am

Brent wrote:
hibiscushouse wrote:I'm having an issue since my 8 y.o. found out how to search for things on the internet, and he typed in "boobs" :eek: :roll:
Just like his Dad! :wink:
But, you can imagine what's showing up lately! Even with block-up control.


:eek: :lol:

He's starting early. :wink:


Yeah for sure. :oops: :lol:

The new edition of AdAware sure seems to be a lot better than the old one. I run it about once a week and after 3 scans it has a total of 98 deleted items. :eek:
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#5 Postby streetsoldier » Mon Oct 25, 2004 3:55 am

I had the older 6.01 version, and took your advice.

The newer Ad-Aware SE took a lot longer, but it went through files I didn't know I HAD, and came up[ with 49 "Objects", all malware or other malignant stuff, and I got rid of the lot.

Thanks for the heads-up! :notworthy:
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#6 Postby hibiscushouse » Mon Oct 25, 2004 5:22 am

He's starting early

Yes, it's a scary thought! My kids now have their very own screen name full of parental controls. :grrr:
I upgraded to SE as well. The new version ID'ed over 500 objects yesterday! :eek: Oh, the horror!
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#7 Postby Lindaloo » Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:34 pm

I downloaded the Adaware SE and it found alot of stuff. Thanks Ed.
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#8 Postby ColdFront77 » Mon Oct 25, 2004 7:12 pm

hibiscushouse wrote:I'm having an issue since my 8 y.o. found out how to search for things on the internet, and he typed in "boobs"
But, you can imagine what's showing up lately! Even with block-up control.

Brent wrote:He's starting early.

Some don't start at all.
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