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Name: sprank
Date: October 30, 2004 at 12:11:03 Pacific
OS: 98se/XPpro
CPU/Ram: 512
Comment:

Have tried for the past two days to update Ad-aware (build 6.181), but when it tries to update it will only reach 5% then quit. Is Ad-aware having issues, or am I doing something wrong?



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Response Number 1
Name: Abnormal
Date: October 30, 2004 at 12:55:54 Pacific
Reply:

Uninstall it and get the supported version.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download506.html



Abnormal


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Response Number 2
Name: bbqbeef
Date: October 30, 2004 at 15:53:05 Pacific
Reply:

since the lavasoft homepage shows an update available for 6.181 as of 10/26/2004, I would say it is a supported version.

The download does hang at 5% for me too, so I may get the newer version.


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Response Number 3
Name: sprank
Date: October 30, 2004 at 16:05:21 Pacific
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Since it is hanging up at 5% for others I will wait to see if it is fixed within a week.

I thought that the newest SE version you had to pay for?


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Response Number 4
Name: Ray Peate
Date: October 30, 2004 at 16:12:40 Pacific
Reply:

No - Ad-Aware SE Personal remains free!


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Response Number 5
Name: Abnormal
Date: October 30, 2004 at 17:13:14 Pacific
Reply:

bbqbeef, here is your support answer.
I still can't find the build 6.181 support forum.

Web Up-date Not Working !


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Response Number 6
Name: Herself
Date: October 30, 2004 at 17:18:38 Pacific
Reply:

The update causes an error because it's dated 2 yrs ago. (10/26/2002) Forget it and get the free SE version.


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Response Number 7
Name: Abnormal
Date: October 30, 2004 at 20:43:31 Pacific
Reply:

Post with pictures.



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Response Number 8
Name: Tammy1949
Date: October 31, 2004 at 12:02:17 Pacific
Reply:

I could have used this post yesterday. Why don't we always have it this easy, with pictures at this site, to find these needed programs when we need them. This was easy to spot and access is right at your fingertips. Doing a search for them can sometimes be frustrating and time consuming. Wished I knew hao to add pictures. Oh well, maybe someday. lol

I'm not ignorant, I just need more learning!


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Response Number 9
Name: GeoR
Date: October 31, 2004 at 15:07:13 Pacific
Reply:

There is no question about it!
When started, Ad-aware freezes with the message about an error when loading the ref file. Then, it shows there is a new update and when giving the ok to download it, I had the same 5% freeze when trying to update.


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Response Number 10
Name: Abnormal
Date: October 31, 2004 at 15:33:05 Pacific
Reply:

The plan is that support for Ad-Aware 6 is to be phased out the first week of November.

Support For Ad-Aware 6 Ending



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Response Number 11
Name: GeoR
Date: November 1, 2004 at 07:34:45 Pacific
Reply:

I solved the problem by uninstalling Ad-aware, then downloading the latest (Ad-Aware SE Personal edition 1.05) and it worked fine.


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