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Postby kelly » Sun Oct 10, 2004 9:16 pm

i down loaded the adaware and followed all instuctions. However I tried to run it six times today and it freezes before it finishes. Kelly
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Postby Geekgirl » Sun Oct 10, 2004 9:27 pm

Try running it in safe mode
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Still no luck

Postby kelly » Sun Oct 10, 2004 9:50 pm

even in safe mode
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Postby Geekgirl » Sun Oct 10, 2004 10:03 pm

Its possible you had a bad install. Remove it from Add/Remove Programs and reinstall.
Let us kno........... :)
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Postby Cactus » Sun Oct 10, 2004 11:25 pm

AdAware gets to a spot where it seems to do nothing...is this what you mean?Or just the PC actually freeze,like the mouse?
It does hit a certain area in its search where it seems to be sitting for a long period of time,be patient..wait till it's finished.


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not working

Postby kelly » Mon Oct 11, 2004 12:20 am

i reinstalled adaware and it still freezes. i let it go for about an hour and came back and i had to reboot. everything was froze. getting a lot of popups too. kelly
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Postby Geekgirl » Mon Oct 11, 2004 12:26 am

Hey kelly,
Please Download the newest version of and post a logfile.

Have you made sure that your Operating System and Internet Explorer are up-to-date by visiting the and downloading all of the Critical Updates and Service Packs?
You are leaving yourself open to vulnerabilites by not getting the necessary patches and updates.

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