.. Ad-Aware removed too much .. ?

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.. hello helpfulls ..

.. was just hoping to find some answers .. or links to.

.. trying to fix a PC that ran Ad-Aware .. and now IE .. Outlook and Kazaa don't work .. they freeze.

.. is this becuase Ad-Aware removed some instances of cydoor and/or client.dll files .. ? I know this is a missing .dll problem.

.. was wondering how people went about fixing this .. I can't find too much info online for this specific problem.

.. thanks.

 

I would boot to a dos prompt, and type:

scanreg /restore
and press enter.......

Select the day prior to running adaware......
that'll put back whatever you deleted.

 

First - download and try running LSPFix www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm

Don't use Adaware (at least until the new one comes out). Use SpybotSD instead.
http://tomcoyote.com/SPYBOT/

 

.. I use spybot .. but this friend ran ad-aware .. and they don't have a clue on a computer.

.. it's missing some .dll that Kazaa uses .. can I just replace this one file .. or would reinstalling kazaa work ..

.. can't get online on the problem pc.

.. spybot cleans so much more than ad-aware .. I don't understand how people can get so much crap on their machine.

.. thanks some more.

 

LSPFix will fit on a floppy.
Another thought might be a dummy dll - if it's appropriate to this version http://cexx.org/dummies.htm

Try to keep kazaa from trying to start and fixing any Layered Service Provider issues should get you on line tho'.

 

Did they make a backup when they ran Ad-aware? If so have them do a restore. Ad-aware should not be used any more until they come out with a new version. Use Spybot instead.

 

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.. I agree .. spybot is superior.

.. I doubt they made a b/u ... so I will try the aforementioned solutions.

.. so does IE .. Outlook .. and Kazaa all use the same .dll file .. ??

.. *client.dll .. ?

 

Exactly the same thing has happened to me.
One way around it is to reinstall Ad-aware, IE will now work. (I have just this minute done this) Then turn off Ad-aware and down load Spybot. Send an e mail to Ad-aware with a really snotty message that no matter how good they think there program is "HOW DARE THEY ! Request instructions to completely remove all traces of their program. You will have to remove registry entries - I'm not confident enough to do this. So I' turned the blasted thing off!

 

Are you surprised that Kazaa doesn't work? Just remember that removing the spyware that comes with the program is an extremely subtle form of stealing...