   | Junior Member with 17 posts. | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Anamosa Experience: Intermediate | | Ad Aware tip Do you have AdAware SE? Try this Windows XP Home tip:
Boot to SAFE mode, then run AdAware. You'll be surprised at how much more junk you can find.
Always Quarantine your findings, just incase things start to act strangley. You can always reload them from AdAware. |  | Distinguished Member with 54,745 posts. | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: *Random People Pleaser***Sacra Experience: Having fun | | Why is it a Windows XP Home for AdAware SE?
Did not know AdAware SE find things only by OS unless the spyware is something that only only on XP. | | | Junior Member with 17 posts. | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Anamosa Experience: Intermediate | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by hewee Why is it a Windows XP Home for AdAware SE?
Did not know AdAware SE find things only by OS unless the spyware is something that only only on XP. | I'm not completely clear on what you are asking. | | | Distinguished Member with 54,745 posts. | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: *Random People Pleaser***Sacra Experience: Having fun | | AdAware SE is made for many windows version so why are you saying this is a tip for Windows XP? | | | Junior Member with 17 posts. | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Anamosa Experience: Intermediate | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by hewee AdAware SE is made for many windows version so why are you saying this is a tip for Windows XP? | I said that because I use WinXP Home and I don't know how it would work in any other OS. | | | Distinguished Member with 54,745 posts. | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: *Random People Pleaser***Sacra Experience: Having fun | | Ok then it should work the same for all version of windows.
Thanks for the tip.
By the way how many added things did it find in safe mode? |  | Senior Member with 211 posts. | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: UK Kent Experience: Intermediate | | I tried this on a Win 2000 platform but didn't find any more in Safe Mode - but then there would have to be something there in the first place to be found, so doesn't mean it wouldn't work. |  | Distinguished Member with 37,126 posts. | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Corn Fields of OHIO Experience: Einstein Jr. Indeed | | I tried it too found nothing new.... |  | Distinguished Member with 39,521 posts. | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Dayton,Oh | | I have used that technique on my mother in law's computer ( XP Home ) to get rid of a reoccurring piece of spyware, that wouldn't delete with Adaware under 'normal' mode, but did delete under safe mode. It's a good tip......... 
I have tried it with my 98se box, but not found anything.......and that made me happy 
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27-Mar-2005, 07:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Stoner I have used that technique on my mother in law's computer ( XP Home ) to get rid of a reoccurring piece of spyware, that wouldn't delete with Adaware under 'normal' mode, but did delete under safe mode. It's a good tip......... | Same here. I do't remember what file , but it was removed in safe mode. AND , I believe it was a Win ME machine.
Good tip ridgeroader  >f |  | Distinguished Member with 8,354 posts. | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: London England |
27-Mar-2005, 08:01 AM
#11 | Good tip ridgeroader, any tip to keep nasties away is worth it..
Cheers. |  | Distinguished Member with 5,954 posts. | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Texas Experience: Beginner |
27-Mar-2005, 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Stoner I have used that technique on my mother in law's computer ( XP Home ) to get rid of a reoccurring piece of spyware, that wouldn't delete with Adaware under 'normal' mode, but did delete under safe mode. It's a good tip.........
I have tried it with my 98se box, but not found anything.......and that made me happy | Stoner-Had the same problem with a buddy's pc. The only way I can get AdAware to complete the deletion and not hang is in safe mode. He is running W98SE. I had looked everwhere for a solution and this was one suggested for the hanging on delete. |  | Senior Member with 1,362 posts. | | Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: Oklahoma City, OK, USA Experience: Intermediate |
27-Mar-2005, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Ridgeroader Boot to SAFE mode, then run AdAware. You'll be surprised at how much more junk you can find. |
Appreciate the suggestion - I tried this on both my home pc's - but found nothing. However, I did find on one computer that I couldn't get into safe mode unless I did it without a password enabled - or under Administrator. At least I learned something even if I didn't find any spyware. I know now what to do when I NEED safe mode. Good tip - thanks. |  THIS THREAD HAS EXPIRED.
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