Unable to complete system scan?

Ad-Aware SE locks up before completing a system scan. Please advise. Thanks for your time.

 

Hi Lis

First, the most common cause(s) of Ad-aware hanging in my experience are;

1. Temporary files - Use ATF Cleaner to clean temps
2. System Restore points - sometimes removing all but the most recent restore point will help.

Now, Ad-aware SE is very outdated, and there are no longer even updates available. Since it's not recommended nor productive to run scans with an out-of-date signature database, I recommend you uninstall and install the latest version, should you wish to continue using Ad-aware. I believe the latest release is Ad-aware 2008

 

Appreciate your reply noahdfear. Ad-Aware 8 will not function on Windows 98se. Spybot, Agnitum and AVG 7.5 are the remaining programs in use. What other free programs may be available, to your knowledge. Please advise. Thanks for your time.

Go Steelers

 

I'm unaware of any, but I've moved your topic to the General Security forum where it will hopefully get more views and possibly some recommendations.

 

Norton may be the answer? Norton Anti-virus 2008 a resource "HOG "? Please advise. Thanks for your time.

 

I find Spyware Terminator works very well. With Win 98 you can use it for scans, just not for realtime protection.

 

Appreciate your reply Grump642.

Requirements for Spyware Terminator: Windows 2000/XP/Vista.

 

Those requirements are for front-end real-time scanning. Their website says manual scanning works with Win 98. Unless I have lost my mind. :http://www.spywareterminator.com/legal/system-requirements.aspx
Just added this link. Hard to find on their site.

 

http://www.spywareterminator.com/leg...uirements.aspx: I receive a "this page cannot be displayed "? Please advise. Thanks for time.

 

If you go to their homepage, on the very bottom(in small type) is system requirements. Click on it and you will see what I was talking about.

 

I just tried the link, and it seems to be working for me? Maybe ...??