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 Post subject: prog for removing a prog
 Post Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 1:51 pm 
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Hi daughters lappy really slow in booting up seems adaware is the culprit but vista wont ley me delete the prog ... ive tried lots of different ways
whats a good prog to use for deleting progs
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 Post subject: Re: prog for removing a prog
 Post Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 2:54 pm 
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i use ccleaner to remove programs etcetera, but that essentially just links to the uninstallers like the default windows one does..

if the uninstaller doesn't work anymore maybe you can try reinstalling adaware? some installers offer to repair/remove besides reinstalling if they can find an existing version of the program.


apart from that i can only think of a few other things...

is adaware still running while you're trying to remove it?

have you tried uninstalling it in safe mode?

you could delete the folders manually, but you'd still be stuck with the registry settings ... ccleaner has an option to scan the registry for faults, but i doubt it would be able to get rid of all the registry references regarding adaware. :?

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 Post subject: Re: prog for removing a prog
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what program is it?
tried malwarebytes or search and destroy?
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

http://www.malwarebytes.org/

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 Post subject: Re: prog for removing a prog
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what program is it?
tried malwarebytes or search and destroy?
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

http://www.malwarebytes.org/



its lavasofts adaware 2007 its obvoiusly paped up ..... i give it another go

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 Post subject: Re: prog for removing a prog
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Lemon =GCHQ= wrote:
nicey=GCHQ= wrote:
what program is it?
tried malwarebytes or search and destroy?
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

http://www.malwarebytes.org/



its lavasofts adaware 2007 its obvoiusly paped up ..... i give it another go

slaps my face to wake up.... ahh u already said...lol

safe mode and uninstall.....

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 Post subject: Re: prog for removing a prog
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nicey=GCHQ= wrote:
Lemon =GCHQ= wrote:
nicey=GCHQ= wrote:
what program is it?
tried malwarebytes or search and destroy?
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

http://www.malwarebytes.org/



its lavasofts adaware 2007 its obvoiusly paped up ..... i give it another go

slaps my face to wake up.... ahh u already said...lol

safe mode and uninstall.....

thanks but it wont install and it wont update
in windows xp in the run i could type msconfig and stop anything from starting up
i cant see the RUN>>>> bit in vista or windowz 7



edit oo oo i may be on my way

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 Post subject: Re: prog for removing a prog
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just type in msconfig in the search

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 Post subject: Re: prog for removing a prog
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feck i dont wanna have to flatten it just coz i cant uninstll a prog :pale:

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 Post subject: Re: prog for removing a prog
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Adaware has grown into a hog of a program TBH, installs a ton of crap in windows directory. In Norton league nowadays. 87Mb installer last time I looked.

Tried Glary's or Tuneup utilities and looked at the Startup Manager?

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 Post subject: Re: prog for removing a prog
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eeeerm done it ...... i wasnt showing all procseses in task manager when i did i could see adaware was running ...stoped it and uninstalled
thanks for all ur help

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