heather, alias, mike, sidj,,, adaware problem

hello all,, specially heather the 'hill roaming tourist'.

hi guys,
if you recall, i mentioned a couple of weeks ago that i was having
problems getting adaware updated, it would get to 5% then simply
say Error.

since then i have re-installed it many times, but i still get the same
flipping error,,,,,,,,, its like a boomerang, just keeps coming back.
as it stands now, it seems i am 794days out of whack with updates,,
which is to naturally be expected after new install.

am i missing something, or is it now impossible to use adaware unless one
updates to the 'troublesome' 2007 version???
i refuse to put this one on due to the many problems i've heard about it,
and the fact that the adaware personell seem to be distancing themselves
from it? i dont know at all.

any help out there heather??

J

jeanette wrote:
hello all,, specially heather the 'hill roaming tourist'.

hi guys,
if you recall, i mentioned a couple of weeks ago that i was having
problems getting adaware updated, it would get to 5% then simply
say Error.

since then i have re-installed it many times, but i still get the same
flipping error,,,,,,,,, its like a boomerang, just keeps coming back.
as it stands now, it seems i am 794days out of whack with updates,,
which is to naturally be expected after new install.

am i missing something, or is it now impossible to use adaware unless one
updates to the 'troublesome' 2007 version???
i refuse to put this one on due to the many problems i've heard about it,
and the fact that the adaware personell seem to be distancing themselves
from it? i dont know at all.

any help out there heather??

J



I don't have any problems with 2007.

Alias

Hi Jeanette,

Have you tried Spybot Search and Destroy (Free)?

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

Not a solution but a good alternative.

Another one is SuperAntiSpyware (Free version for home users):

http://www.superantispyware.com/

Lavasoft is letting people down (see the lifelong free updates issues), so
you may be better served looking at these alternatives.

Good luck,

Zee
(the hill roaming "local")

"jeanette" wrote in message
...
hello all,, specially heather the 'hill roaming tourist'.

hi guys,
if you recall, i mentioned a couple of weeks ago that i was having
problems getting adaware updated, it would get to 5% then simply
say Error.

since then i have re-installed it many times, but i still get the same
flipping error,,,,,,,,, its like a boomerang, just keeps coming
back.
as it stands now, it seems i am 794days out of whack with updates,,
which is to naturally be expected after new install.

am i missing something, or is it now impossible to use adaware unless one
updates to the 'troublesome' 2007 version???
i refuse to put this one on due to the many problems i've heard about it,
and the fact that the adaware personell seem to be distancing themselves
from it? i dont know at all.

any help out there heather??

J

"oops!!" wrote in message
...
Hi Jeanette,

Have you tried Spybot Search and Destroy (Free)?

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

Not a solution but a good alternative.

Another one is SuperAntiSpyware (Free version for home users):

http://www.superantispyware.com/

Lavasoft is letting people down (see the lifelong free updates issues), so
you may be better served looking at these alternatives.

Good luck,

Zee
(the hill roaming "local")

hi oops, (glad to see you too are a hill roamer, you n' heather will have
much to talk about....... ha ha.)
yes, i already have spybot, and spyblaster, but i guess i have a soft spot
for adaware, but the wheels certainly look like they is falling off.
i read just now that staff have been fired and others are leaving in droves,
sounds like the death knell. (at least for se users.)
i read what alias said, and i do hold his/her comment in esteem, but i have
also read in lots of other places that contradict.
anyhow, i am now basically without adaware as i've unistalled my original
and installed and '.exe' i kept, and like i said, it tells me i'm nearly
800days
out of the loop............ but still adaware wont let me update.
(even the forums are boo-hoo-ing adaware,, they are getting a bad
reputation really quick,, but not so much for the update problems,
but for the fact that not one adaware representitive has stepped up and
explained whats going on.)

J

I wonder why you are having so much trouble with AdAware SE? Prompted by
your post I've just run AdAware, checked for updates and it told me new
signatures were available dated 23 July and as when I last posted they
came down and installed without problem.

What version of AdAware Personal SE are you using? Mine is Build 1.06r1.
--
Mike Maltby



jeanette wrote:

hi oops, (glad to see you too are a hill roamer, you n' heather will
have much to talk about....... ha ha.)
yes, i already have spybot, and spyblaster, but i guess i have a soft
spot for adaware, but the wheels certainly look like they is falling
off.
i read just now that staff have been fired and others are leaving in
droves, sounds like the death knell. (at least for se users.)
i read what alias said, and i do hold his/her comment in esteem, but
i have also read in lots of other places that contradict.
anyhow, i am now basically without adaware as i've unistalled my
original and installed and '.exe' i kept, and like i said, it tells
me i'm nearly 800days
out of the loop............ but still adaware wont let me
update. (even the forums are boo-hoo-ing adaware,, they are getting
a bad reputation really quick,, but not so much for the update
problems, but for the fact that not one adaware representitive has
stepped up and explained whats going on.)

J

Sorry you're having problems Jeanette but it's working OK here as well on
my husbands XP machine and my daughters WinME one. I updated them on
Monday morning before doing the weekly maintenance, I use the new version
on my machine.
Joan


jeanette wrote:
"oops!!" wrote in message
...
Hi Jeanette,

Have you tried Spybot Search and Destroy (Free)?

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

Not a solution but a good alternative.

Another one is SuperAntiSpyware (Free version for home users):

http://www.superantispyware.com/

Lavasoft is letting people down (see the lifelong free updates
issues), so you may be better served looking at these alternatives.

Good luck,

Zee
(the hill roaming "local")

hi oops, (glad to see you too are a hill roamer, you n' heather will
have much to talk about....... ha ha.)
yes, i already have spybot, and spyblaster, but i guess i have a soft
spot for adaware, but the wheels certainly look like they is falling
off.
i read just now that staff have been fired and others are leaving in
droves, sounds like the death knell. (at least for se users.)
i read what alias said, and i do hold his/her comment in esteem, but
i have also read in lots of other places that contradict.
anyhow, i am now basically without adaware as i've unistalled my
original and installed and '.exe' i kept, and like i said, it tells
me i'm nearly 800days
out of the loop............ but still adaware wont let me
update. (even the forums are boo-hoo-ing adaware,, they are getting
a bad reputation really quick,, but not so much for the update
problems, but for the fact that not one adaware representitive has
stepped up and explained whats going on.)

J

Just another +1 for someone using the 2007 version......I have not had any
problem with it, however, I am running XP.
Have you checked any firewall you may have that could be blocking the update
process?? Usually, the 5% hang is due to problems at their end. Wish I
could help more, but, the firewall thing is all I could think of.
Heirloom, old and must go put the foot up

"Joan Archer" wrote in message
...
Sorry you're having problems Jeanette but it's working OK here as well on
my husbands XP machine and my daughters WinME one. I updated them on
Monday morning before doing the weekly maintenance, I use the new version
on my machine.
Joan


jeanette wrote:
"oops!!" wrote in message
...
Hi Jeanette,

Have you tried Spybot Search and Destroy (Free)?

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

Not a solution but a good alternative.

Another one is SuperAntiSpyware (Free version for home users):

http://www.superantispyware.com/

Lavasoft is letting people down (see the lifelong free updates
issues), so you may be better served looking at these alternatives.

Good luck,

Zee
(the hill roaming "local")

hi oops, (glad to see you too are a hill roamer, you n' heather will
have much to talk about....... ha ha.)
yes, i already have spybot, and spyblaster, but i guess i have a soft
spot for adaware, but the wheels certainly look like they is falling
off.
i read just now that staff have been fired and others are leaving in
droves, sounds like the death knell. (at least for se users.)
i read what alias said, and i do hold his/her comment in esteem, but
i have also read in lots of other places that contradict.
anyhow, i am now basically without adaware as i've unistalled my
original and installed and '.exe' i kept, and like i said, it tells
me i'm nearly 800days
out of the loop............ but still adaware wont let me
update. (even the forums are boo-hoo-ing adaware,, they are getting
a bad reputation really quick,, but not so much for the update
problems, but for the fact that not one adaware representitive has
stepped up and explained whats going on.)

J

One other thing I just noticed..........not sure how you have been
attempting to update (probably through the app itself), but, check out this
page of the Lavasoft site:
http://www.lavasoft.com/support/securitycenter/blog/
In the upper right corner is a green button, one side is to update 2007 and
the other side is for the SE version. Just thought it might be worth a try.
Heirloom, old and now the foot is going up

"Heirloom" wrote in message
...
Just another +1 for someone using the 2007 version......I have not had any
problem with it, however, I am running XP.
Have you checked any firewall you may have that could be blocking the
update process?? Usually, the 5% hang is due to problems at their end.
Wish I could help more, but, the firewall thing is all I could think of.
Heirloom, old and must go put the foot up

"Joan Archer" wrote in message
...
Sorry you're having problems Jeanette but it's working OK here as well on
my husbands XP machine and my daughters WinME one. I updated them on
Monday morning before doing the weekly maintenance, I use the new version
on my machine.
Joan


jeanette wrote:
"oops!!" wrote in message
...
Hi Jeanette,

Have you tried Spybot Search and Destroy (Free)?

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

Not a solution but a good alternative.

Another one is SuperAntiSpyware (Free version for home users):

http://www.superantispyware.com/

Lavasoft is letting people down (see the lifelong free updates
issues), so you may be better served looking at these alternatives.

Good luck,

Zee
(the hill roaming "local")

hi oops, (glad to see you too are a hill roamer, you n' heather will
have much to talk about....... ha ha.)
yes, i already have spybot, and spyblaster, but i guess i have a soft
spot for adaware, but the wheels certainly look like they is falling
off.
i read just now that staff have been fired and others are leaving in
droves, sounds like the death knell. (at least for se users.)
i read what alias said, and i do hold his/her comment in esteem, but
i have also read in lots of other places that contradict.
anyhow, i am now basically without adaware as i've unistalled my
original and installed and '.exe' i kept, and like i said, it tells
me i'm nearly 800days
out of the loop............ but still adaware wont let me
update. (even the forums are boo-hoo-ing adaware,, they are getting
a bad reputation really quick,, but not so much for the update
problems, but for the fact that not one adaware representitive has
stepped up and explained whats going on.)

J

Brief flying visit.

Perhaps someone could tell Jeanette that I had exactly the same issue - her
in Oz, me in the UK - but it eventually started working again. It is *not* a
problem with her installation!

The latest on my experience is that I got the 5% problem return - *but only
within a virtual machine!* iow I had Ad-aware running and a VM runniong with
Ad-aware also running in that. I ran the updater in both and the one on the
Host updated okay while the one on the Guest failed at 5%. A little later,
however, it resumed working in the VM installation too. An installation
identical to the one on the Host apart from actual harware vs. emulated
hardware (but in actual fact going through the same hardware - and after all
it did work eventually anyway *without my having to change anything!*).

I only mention this because people are steering her wrong - still! (not you,
H). Mine fixed itself without me changing anything! And it existed and has
been cured in multiple installations. Seems to me almost certainly an LS
server issue or one that Tiscali.co.uk shared along with Jeanettes Aussie
isp. And bare in mind in all the years the build has been out, this has
never happened to me before. So mine and hers going simultaneously sounds
like an external influence.

Right. See ya! Back to boiling water. Apart from the crocks etc *I need a
wash!*


Shane


Heirloom wrote:
One other thing I just noticed..........not sure how you have been
attempting to update (probably through the app itself), but, check
out this page of the Lavasoft site:
http://www.lavasoft.com/support/securitycenter/blog/
In the upper right corner is a green button, one side is to update
2007 and the other side is for the SE version. Just thought it might
be worth a try. Heirloom, old and now
the foot is going up
"Heirloom" wrote in message
...
Just another +1 for someone using the 2007 version......I have not
had any problem with it, however, I am running XP.
Have you checked any firewall you may have that could be blocking the
update process?? Usually, the 5% hang is due to problems at their
end. Wish I could help more, but, the firewall thing is all I could
think of. Heirloom, old and must go
put the foot up "Joan Archer" wrote in message
...
Sorry you're having problems Jeanette but it's working OK here as
well on my husbands XP machine and my daughters WinME one. I
updated them on Monday morning before doing the weekly maintenance,
I use the new version on my machine.
Joan


jeanette wrote:
"oops!!" wrote in message
...
Hi Jeanette,

Have you tried Spybot Search and Destroy (Free)?

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

Not a solution but a good alternative.

Another one is SuperAntiSpyware (Free version for home users):

http://www.superantispyware.com/

Lavasoft is letting people down (see the lifelong free updates
issues), so you may be better served looking at these
alternatives. Good luck,

Zee
(the hill roaming "local")

hi oops, (glad to see you too are a hill roamer, you n' heather
will have much to talk about....... ha ha.)
yes, i already have spybot, and spyblaster, but i guess i have a
soft spot for adaware, but the wheels certainly look like they is
falling off.
i read just now that staff have been fired and others are leaving
in droves, sounds like the death knell. (at least for se users.)
i read what alias said, and i do hold his/her comment in esteem,
but i have also read in lots of other places that contradict.
anyhow, i am now basically without adaware as i've unistalled my
original and installed and '.exe' i kept, and like i said, it tells
me i'm nearly 800days
out of the loop............ but still adaware wont let me
update. (even the forums are boo-hoo-ing adaware,, they are
getting a bad reputation really quick,, but not so much for
the update problems, but for the fact that not one adaware
representitive has stepped up and explained whats going on.)

J

I suppose that answers my question then Shane, you don't have your water
back yet, I asked you earlier in an email I sent to you g
Joan

Shane wrote:
Brief flying visit.
snip
..

Right. See ya! Back to boiling water. Apart from the crocks etc *I
need a wash!*


Shane