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I'm running XP on an HP.

My ever trusty Ad-Aware seems to have a bug. All of a sudden it just does not work PROPERLY. It stops about a minute into the scan comes up with an error MESSAGE to fast to read and then leaves the screen.

Here are the actions I took so far ; Uninstalled Ad-Aware, ran both Defender and AVG successfully re-booted my PC and re-installed Ad-Aware, to no avail.
I also did a disk check, which ran clean.

My PC has been running virus free, according to the above 3, for a few weeks now.

Any help would be appreciated.

Peace,
MP.Did you update Defender or any other software just prior to the error occurring?
Does the Event Viewer console offer any cluues?
Is Ad-Aware set to dump a debug file on error?Yes I updated both prior to reinstall.

I will check both the Event Viewer and the setting for debugging a file when I get home. To be honest never used the event viewer option on Ad-Aware or changed the debug setting so that should still be at default setting.

Thanks for the help.

Peace,
MP.The Event Viewer is an XP console and it can be opened by entering eventvwr.msc in the Start>Run box.(Slaps head) I will check when I get home. Just did it on my laptop at work and know what your talking about now. Quote

Did you update Defender or any other software just prior to the error occurring?
Does the Event Viewer console offer any cluues?
Is Ad-Aware set to dump a debug file on error?

I got it !

Heres what I did; Looked for updates for both defender and AVG. Only AVG had an update. I ran them both re-booted the PC nad download Spy-Bot, which I haven't used in a long time. I ran spy-bot and it found infections the other two missed or are not capable of finding. Again I re-booted the PC and then I reinstalled Ad-Aware and it installed without a hitch. AND one of the files Spy-Bot did uncover was that *censored* winfixer and it said it was cleaned successfully.

I did set Ad-Aware as suggested above and I did take a look at Event Viewer. A brief lesson on what I'm looking at would be nice. lol

Now I'm running 4 anti/virus apps everyday - Ad-aware, Defender, AVG and Spy-Bot. NOW "SHOULD" these four be enough to KEEP my system clean.

Once again thanks to this place for the invaluable help.

Peace,
MP.


I would plump for an anti trojan scanner as well such as Ewido (XP only) or A² (WinAll). These are both free but both free versions lack real time PROTECTION. There are a few other worthwhile security measures but we'll go through these and your Event Viewer listings tomorrow.I do have Ewido on my PC. I thought it was on free for 14 days or something like that. I'll take a look when I get home and Google some more freebies to choose from.

Thanks,
MP.Ewido is free but realtime protection and automatic updates will cease after the trial period is up.
Emsisoft simply dispense with realtime protection and AUTO updates altogether with it's free version of A².
in both instances, the commercial versions contain all features.The lightbulb goes on! I remember Ewido now. I removed it from my PC for two reasons;
1. Anything I don't use anymore gets the can. Trying to keep my PC clean.
2. For whatever reason this keep showing Ad-Aware as an infected object?

I downloaded it again and am running it as I type.

Thanks again for this lesson.

Peace,
MP.


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