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Ad-Ware bad?
Name: Roger Date: April 16, 2003 at 19:21:00 Pacific OS: Windows XP Home CPU/Ram: Pentium 4/ 256
Comment:
I used ad-ware on my friends computer twice before but now I used it a 3rd time and now I cant get the Internet to work. It refuses to renew the IP address on a router and on USB. I cant even use the acc--t set-up disk that came with it!!! PLZ help
Name: rac Date: April 17, 2003 at 05:57:52 Pacific
Reply:
Use AdAware 6 regularly without any problems. It doesn't touch anything that deals with your network connection, so the problem you have was caused by something else.
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Response Number 4
Name: Abnormal Date: April 17, 2003 at 07:46:20 Pacific
Reply:
This and other questions below.
Build 160 causes that problem, latest build is 162.
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