AdAware 2008 Free versoin stoppes in the middle of the scan?

Question

why? It lets me to change it frm add/remover programmes but I cant totally remove it & go back to the old version. Whats wrong? Thanks for advance!

Answer 1

well first thing first, dont uninstall from the add/remove programs, instead use the uninstall option from the lavasoft section on the start menu, it may be stopping because of an adware problem that may be so severe that ad aware cant solve, so get yourself another anti spyware app, such as spybot S&D download from their website, (should be the first one on google) also you could try super anti spyware. download either one of these and hopefully that should eradicate ur prob.

Answer 2

Reinstall Adaware 2008 so that you can uninstall it without any errors.

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Answer 3

A good program for removing programs that seem to refuse to go no matter what you do is http://www.revouninstaller.com/index.htm... however be careful how you use this.

The ccleaner instructions below should help too.

I always recommend the following be stored on computers and install them myself on any I repair.

Avast Home Edition http://avast.com

Run a full scan once a month. I find this the best free anti-virus software

SUPERantispyware http://superantispyware.com

Update and run a full scan once a week.

Spybot Search and Destroy http://safer-networking.org

Update, Immunize and scan once a week.

ccleaner http://ccleaner.com

Run the Cleaner scan and remove all it finds

Run the Registry scan and fix all issues but repeat this until nothing is detected.

Run this daily.

Comodo Firewall http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

Some people just prefer the Windows one but this is better.

Check that you don't need to defragment monthly and also run a Disk Cleanup monthly too.

Feel free to email me if I can be of further help