I've used Adaware spybot scanner on my Windows rig for ... too long to remember. It is an excellent utility for finding and removing nasties that
accumulate on most Windows systems.
Just after xmas, I installed the latest version which includes Adwatch Live - a scanner that works in the background to prevent the little buggers from getting onto your machine in the first place. Therein is the problem. I was prompted by a comment from Tracyanne that Norton Antivirus causes connection problems for some to tell you what happened.
All was well until I installed this little ditty and didn't even notice the little tray icon. Next day... OK, Ok for a few days... then last Friday... problems problems problems! No Connection through the WLAN. After pissing and moaning for some considerable time, shouting at the kids to stop hogging the bandwidth on the other computer with "World of Warcraft", plugging directly into the router, uninstalling everything that I didn't need, using Crap Cleaner several times and flushing the DNS cache about 20 times, I noticed this icon in the system tray. Clicking it, I noticed it was Ad-aware.
"Nah," I thought, "Couldn't be that". So continued acting like a complete twat for another few hours before making the executive decision to disable Adaware AdWatch. BINGO! Connection allowed! Major Tom can finally contact Ground Control.
It seems that AdWatch simply doesn't like some machines, just thought I'd let you know. I can't uninstall it without uninstalling Adaware, so have to disable it every time I boot up. If I forget, I'm soon reminded by the inability to connect. Why do they take a great product and turn it into a slug?
John
Just after xmas, I installed the latest version which includes Adwatch Live - a scanner that works in the background to prevent the little buggers from getting onto your machine in the first place. Therein is the problem. I was prompted by a comment from Tracyanne that Norton Antivirus causes connection problems for some to tell you what happened.
All was well until I installed this little ditty and didn't even notice the little tray icon. Next day... OK, Ok for a few days... then last Friday... problems problems problems! No Connection through the WLAN. After pissing and moaning for some considerable time, shouting at the kids to stop hogging the bandwidth on the other computer with "World of Warcraft", plugging directly into the router, uninstalling everything that I didn't need, using Crap Cleaner several times and flushing the DNS cache about 20 times, I noticed this icon in the system tray. Clicking it, I noticed it was Ad-aware.
"Nah," I thought, "Couldn't be that". So continued acting like a complete twat for another few hours before making the executive decision to disable Adaware AdWatch. BINGO! Connection allowed! Major Tom can finally contact Ground Control.
It seems that AdWatch simply doesn't like some machines, just thought I'd let you know. I can't uninstall it without uninstalling Adaware, so have to disable it every time I boot up. If I forget, I'm soon reminded by the inability to connect. Why do they take a great product and turn it into a slug?
John
