[lilaco]

using vista.
about a week ago, i changed to ad-aware anniversary free edition.
keep on getting error msg " connection error...check settings" and am not able to up-date.
how do i correct ?????????


HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


herb

[karbo]

I had this problem once with an old version of Ad-Aware. I solved it by uninstalling and reinstalling it.

[lilaco]

thanks for the reply.......................canadian to canadian.
i tried that before i posted................no change.


herb

[rbalaji]

In the setting screen, in the update tab, click on "proxy settings" and make sure the settings are correct (if you are not using a proxy server, there should be no checkmark in "enable proxy".

[lilaco]

thanks for the reply.....no checkmark in enable proxy.
am using default settings that came with the download.
no change.
any other ideas???????????

herb

[rbalaji]

Do you have a firewall? Have you given permission to Ad-aware to go through the firewall? You may want to temporarily disable the firewall and see what happens then.

[battlespyware]

Just my two cents...

Stop using Ad-Aware. MVPS.org has stopped recommending the software for malware removal due to poor real world results. They also have stopped recommending Spybot, I don't agree with that.

I recently posted a video tutorial on how to remove spyware for free. The programs I used were Spybot, Malwarebytes, and several others. I would highly recommed malwarebytes.

Again just my two cents.

Chaz.

[lilaco]

thanks for all your replies.
i finally gave up.................uninstalled the anniversary edition and downloaded the old version # 7 which is what i had before.
lo and behold.................no more problems and my downolads are up-to-date.

herb