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Originally Posted by Monica Lewinsky
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Originally Posted by raymond6751
I had a similar problem last year. I recall there was a program called Hijack This or something.
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All that program does is tell you that you are screwed. It does very little to solve the problem other than stop the auto-starts that MIGHT be the cause of the problem[s]. |
His words are true - good for finding stuff, and if you aren't good at manual manipulation, Hijack will not do anything for you which is why i don't even mention it.
Pull up a run menu and type in msconfig. That will allow you to selectively control what programs start up. You can safely disable everything in the start tab, but you may get some not so friendly errors under normal operation.
Anyway, disable everything and then run Spybot. Try Spybot if Adaware is having issue.
What ticks me off on Adaware is that I was on its testing committee back during the Becky forum days, and back then they were always telling us it would be 100% free forever. Seems you must buy it now days if you want full functionality. Spybot is still 100% free by the way.
-S