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Thanks for everything MrG

Everyone is entitled to an opinion, and you are correct that once you buy the product the false-positives do go down. But it still is a shady company that tricks people into buying their product. This is FACT...not OPINION. And! You probably are infected if all that you are using is a firewall and SD, but you just don't know it.

Exactly. It is well known that Spware Doctor gives lots of false positives and IS A SCAM. Everyone knows this. Cowboy & Xonk...take our advise. Ditch it, and get real protection.

Extract it again, and when it asks where to extract it to, browse and select 'desktop'. You already extracted it somewhere, but I don't know where the default location is on your PC.

I'm not sure what you're doing wrong. I think you are choosing "run" instead of "save"? When you download it choose "save", and tell it to save to your desktop (somewhere easy). Then install it.

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Agreed. Can this thread just be removed please?

Just let Spybot fix those things. They aren't any type of malware. But you're Windows Security Suite is turned off and Spybot is warning you that it should be turned on. Spybot will turn it on for you if you tell it to. No worries with the problems showing. And keep Spybot.

Yeah, well if you're using a Windows version that is ME or 98 DAF won't work. If you're using 2000 then you need a program to unzip the folder. Let me know your situation so that I can help you more. If you aren't logged on as Administrator then try that first. If that doesn't work then you need your permissions repaired.

yes

Yeah, that is a good idea even tho Notepad as a search function. lol

What OS are you running?

Yep. Spyware Doctor isn't a good idea in my opinion.

Also, Spybot and Adware aren't enough to determine if your PC is clean. If you truly want to check your PC please follow the instructions that I listed above. NTRegopt isn't a bad idea, but a thorough check would be good if your PC is running really slow.

Great topic. I would like to hear people's thoughts on this too. I am going to upgrade soon, and I have been wondering the same things. Thanks in Advance.

haha...agreed. But can't you use Windows search feature? I use RegSeeker because it's faster than Windows. But I understand what you mean. The thing, is that a search feature isn't really what CC was designed for. But maybe MrG will take it into consideration and implement that.

Great advise. Backups are sooo important. If you need some suggestions on backup software let us know. But CCleaner is safe to use for cleaning your apps.

I would follow Andavari's advise and leave that alone. Also, a slow PC isn't necessarily a tuning problem. You could have spyware as well which will slow down your PC. Also, which OS are you running? First, follow this guide. Then, post here. Hope you get it straightened out.

Welcome Well you had to download it in the first place to get it. Why would you not be hesitant to dowload it and then be hesitant to upgrade it? And why would you be hesitant to download from the author's website. It's other websites offering it that you need to be careful about. Just thought I'd point that out. Enjoy!

Hi Elvin and Welcome Sorry that it took so long for a response. (This may, or may not be worth posting at this point.) You can go to www.ccleaner.com > Features; which will give you the following information. "Application Cleaning: As well as cleaning up old files and settings left by standard Windows components, CCleaner also cleans temporary files and recent file lists for many applications. Including: * Firefox, Opera, Media Player, eMule, Kazaa, Google Toolbar, Netscape, Office XP, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip and more... " Let us know if you have anymore questions.

hmmm... That isn't usually advised.

Really? I've never heard of this problem before. Why are people renaming it in the first place?

Uh, are comfortable using regedit? If not please don't do that. You could royally screw yourself. Click on DAF Med in my sig. DAF > Tools > Repair Permissions > Go Let us know how that goes.

It could have gotten filtered to your junkmail maybe?

Yep. I got the same email. I bet no one got one actually.