spelbynder Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Running Windows 7... Ad-Aware Anniversary Edition 8.0.7... previously had no problems with this program on this OS... now Ad-Watch Live refuses to initialize itself... keep getting message to "restart computer to finalize installation of Ad-Watch Live"... restart doesn't help, and no documentation on the Lavasoft website... I come here hoping some very smart person will able to help me with this Windows 7 - Office 2010 - Internet Explorer 9 All better than the versions preceding them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Best solution I can think of is remove Adaware and use Malwarebytes which is vastly superior Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit - IE11 - Nod32 - Mbam pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icedrake Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Definitely switch to MBAM. Like Mike said, MBAM is far more superior to Ad-Aware, which is bloated and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted September 19, 2009 Moderators Share Posted September 19, 2009 I'm surprised Ad-Watch is the only issue with the AE build, the whole package won't even install on some computers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello2007 Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 why replace ad-aware with malwarebytes? keep both no harm in that avast, avira, malwarebytes, ad-aware, superantispyware, windows defender--------paragon, macrium reflect, ubuntu, terabyte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ident Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 why replace ad-aware with malwarebytes? keep both no harm in that There is no harm in keeping your old car once you have brought a new one. But it takes up space & chances are you wont be using it, No fate but what we make Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello2007 Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 well if thats how you feel but ad-awares scanner is very good imo and it only takes about 30 secs to do a quick scann its also extremely light on resources with real-time or not. So thats my opinion on it avast, avira, malwarebytes, ad-aware, superantispyware, windows defender--------paragon, macrium reflect, ubuntu, terabyte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spelbynder Posted September 25, 2009 Author Share Posted September 25, 2009 No real helpful responses there... But it takes up space I have a 500gb harddrive that's around 95% free, so no biggie there Windows 7 - Office 2010 - Internet Explorer 9 All better than the versions preceding them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
writeaway Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Interesting. I had the opposite problem. I couldn't get it to stop running - and eating up all the CPU. Once upon a time it was a clean little, well-behaved app but that was before the birth of the monster, Anniversary Edition. I had to get rid of it and that wasn't easy either. It will never darken my hard drive again. Malware Bytes, on the other hand, is sweet on the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New_Age Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Ad-Aware came crap at the end of 2005. use Malwarebytes' Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit Edition | COOLER MASTER Centurion 590 with 4 120mm Blue LED FANS 1 Regular 120MM FAN and a Custom Window Side Panel | AMD Athlon II x4 2.6GHZ Stock| XIGMATEK HDT-S963 92mm | ASRock A780GXE/128 | G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) @800MHZ | CF 2 XFX 4850 1GB @GPU940/MEM1005 | 320GB/OS 160GB/Storage HDDs | LG CD/DVD SATA | Rosewill 600W 2 12v Rail@44 | Ccleaner, Defraggler | Malwarebytes', SUPERAnti-Spyware | Avira AntiVir Personal | Google Chrome v3/4, IE8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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