Ad-Aware, etc...

[Davej]

So Ad-Aware no longer works. What are Win98 security tools are people
now using? I installed Avast recently but I can't get them to send me
a registration number. Do they dislike Hotmail accounts? Thanks.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Ad-Aware SE will still work but you'll have to update manually. See
http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?showtopic=9794 and Comments section
of
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/01/important_update_for_adaware_s_1.html

Spybot is still supported in Win9x:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/index.html
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


Davej wrote:
> So Ad-Aware no longer works. What are Win98 security tools are people
> now using? I installed Avast recently but I can't get them to send me
> a registration number. Do they dislike Hotmail accounts? Thanks.

 

[Rick Chauvin]

Those posts and procedures are a year old now though.
There are no more definition updates for W98 Ad-Aware SE v1.06r

If you try to update v1.06r manually with a newer update it will
corrupt itself.

Rick



"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%238iHLdzxIHA.2384@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl
> Ad-Aware SE will still work but you'll have to update manually. See
> http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?showtopic=9794 and Comments
> section of
> http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/01/important_update_for_adaware_s_1.html
>
> Spybot is still supported in Win9x:
> http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/index.html
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>
>
> Davej wrote:
>> So Ad-Aware no longer works. What are Win98 security tools are people
>> now using? I installed Avast recently but I can't get them to send me
>> a registration number. Do they dislike Hotmail accounts? Thanks.

 

[MEB]

There should be no difficulty obtaining your number via hotmail from my
experience.. You might want to check though for your settings for the
filtering [if you have done that] in the HotMail account.

As mentioned, SB&D performs the same basic function as AdAware, also
install SpyWare Blaster for additional static protections.
Its generally not recommended to use inoculate, tea timer/auto in SpyBot
Search & Destroy.

There are several other available tools which is support 98.

--
MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
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"Davej" <galt_57@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:62dfd96f-27e6-4d6f-9ae9-3e22374eceac@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
| So Ad-Aware no longer works. What are Win98 security tools are people
| now using? I installed Avast recently but I can't get them to send me
| a registration number. Do they dislike Hotmail accounts? Thanks.
|

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

I'll echo that. We all done tested that one several times in the last few
days, including on new installs of Windows 9x.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Rick Chauvin" <justask@nospamz.com> wrote in message
news:uzxm9pzxIHA.2292@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Those posts and procedures are a year old now though.
> There are no more definition updates for W98 Ad-Aware SE v1.06r
>
> If you try to update v1.06r manually with a newer update it will
> corrupt itself.
>
> Rick
>
>
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%238iHLdzxIHA.2384@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl
>> Ad-Aware SE will still work but you'll have to update manually. See
>> http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?showtopic=9794 and Comments
>> section of
>> http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/01/important_update_for_adaware_s_1.html
>>
>> Spybot is still supported in Win9x:
>> http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/index.html
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>>
>>
>> Davej wrote:
>>> So Ad-Aware no longer works. What are Win98 security tools are people
>>> now using? I installed Avast recently but I can't get them to send me
>>> a registration number. Do they dislike Hotmail accounts? Thanks.
>
>
>
>

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Did you try it again? Use the "lost registration" option.
http://avast.com/eng/home-registration.php

SpywareBlaster -- Excellent static protection against known-to-be-nasty
URLs.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Spybot S&D (do not install Tea-Timer, SDHelper or Immunization. Just use for
static scanning on some schedule like weekly or monthly.
http://www.safer-networking.org/

SuperAntiSpyware comes well recommended by others I trust, though I
personally don't like active background scanners (aka Real-time Protections)
and turn those parts off. I've used it a bit, seems OK.
http://www.superantispyware.com/

If that's your real address, below, you want to change it to something fake
for Usenet use. Make sure any address you use for Usenet can't possibly be
someone else's. I use "None". I don't know how Google Groups does it, but
I'll bet you can give a fake email address to use in posts.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Davej" <galt_57@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:62dfd96f-27e6-4d6f-9ae9-3e22374eceac@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> So Ad-Aware no longer works. What are Win98 security tools are people
> now using? I installed Avast recently but I can't get them to send me
> a registration number. Do they dislike Hotmail accounts? Thanks.
>

 

[lb]

Everything I have read here is great, right on the money information.
Here is a link to the last known working def for Ad Aware from May 13:
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=C62DEB01745D6974

It took me a couple of trys, but it finally loaded without the error
message.

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

That's nice, but when an app like AdAware stops getting updates, it's time
to consider other options. Yes, it wouldn't hurt to have it on hand and to
scan, even with old defs, but then you have to remember to not check for
updates. I'd find that to be an annoyance, because I'd be certain to
absentmindedly click OK when prompted, and then I'd have to go dig up the
D/L you provided (probably store it in the AdAware program folder), and
replace the screwed up ones. As the defs get older and older and more likely
to also be covered by other apps like SuperAntiSpyware.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"lb" <ldbrw@my-dejanews.com> wrote in message
news:d681b1bd-9f8c-4a25-9825-613e1ef35965@w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
> Everything I have read here is great, right on the money information.
> Here is a link to the last known working def for Ad Aware from May 13:
> http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=C62DEB01745D6974
>
> It took me a couple of trys, but it finally loaded without the error
> message.

 

[Davej]

On Jun 5, 6:06 pm, "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote:
> Did you try it again? Use the "lost registration" option.
> http://avast.com/eng/home-registration.php
> [...]

Yes, that option worked. Thanks!

 

[lb]

Gary S. Terhune wrote:
> That's nice, but when an app like AdAware stops getting updates, it's time
> to consider other options. Yes, it wouldn't hurt to have it on hand and to
> scan, even with old defs, but then you have to remember to not check for
> updates. I'd find that to be an annoyance, because I'd be certain to
> absentmindedly click OK when prompted, and then I'd have to go dig up the
> D/L you provided (probably store it in the AdAware program folder), and
> replace the screwed up ones. As the defs get older and older and more likely
> to also be covered by other apps like SuperAntiSpyware.
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS-MVP Shell/User
> http://grystmill.com

The update button no longer works, all people who have tried to update
lately have had to do a manual install of the update as downloaded in
zip format from Lavasoft or a mirror. The updates posted after 5/13
have all given error messages when the program loads. I use all of
the other programs posted, but still think it not a bad idea to keep a
copy of AA on hand just in case it catches something the other might
miss. If you are starved for disk space, then I would consider
removing it for something that is kept current.

>
> "lb" <ldbrw@my-dejanews.com> wrote in message
> news:d681b1bd-9f8c-4a25-9825-613e1ef35965@w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
> > Everything I have read here is great, right on the money information.
> > Here is a link to the last known working def for Ad Aware from May 13:
> > http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=C62DEB01745D6974
> >
> > It took me a couple of trys, but it finally loaded without the error
> > message.

 

[Rick Chauvin]

"lb" <ldbrw@my-dejanews.com> wrote in message
news:0f248e46-121d-4519-bd7d-2db1068cf74f@y21g2000hsf.googlegroups.com
[...]
> The update button no longer works, all people who have tried to update
> lately have had to do a manual install of the update as downloaded in
> zip format from Lavasoft or a mirror. The updates posted after 5/13
> have all given error messages when the program loads. I use all of
> the other programs posted, but still think it not a bad idea to keep a
> copy of AA on hand just in case it catches something the other might
> miss. If you are starved for disk space, then I would consider
> removing it for something that is kept current.

Thanks for posting the link to that last working ref's though, the def's
do work fine in W98/2K/XP.

On Win98SE the updates button wont work you're right, but on XP it does
connect online, however you're prompted that this SE version is no longer
supported.

It's best if one gets a good AV instead like my favorite NOD32 or one of
the other great ones mentioned around here, and as far as AA goes my
analogy is that it's just a mosquito catcher and basic MRU pointer anyway,
but for free it was worthy.

Rick


>> "lb" <ldbrw@my-dejanews.com> wrote in message
>> news:d681b1bd-9f8c-4a25-9825-613e1ef35965@w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
>> > Everything I have read here is great, right on the money information.
>> > Here is a link to the last known working def for Ad Aware from May 13:
>> > http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=C62DEB01745D6974
>> >
>> > It took me a couple of trys, but it finally loaded without the error
>> > message.

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Doh! Anyway, you have some good points. And I, personally, never throw
anything away. Don't always install them, but they're always handy.

Thanks for the link.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"lb" <ldbrw@my-dejanews.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> Gary S. Terhune wrote:
>> That's nice, but when an app like AdAware stops getting updates, it's
>> time
>> to consider other options. Yes, it wouldn't hurt to have it on hand and
>> to
>> scan, even with old defs, but then you have to remember to not check for
>> updates. I'd find that to be an annoyance, because I'd be certain to
>> absentmindedly click OK when prompted, and then I'd have to go dig up the
>> D/L you provided (probably store it in the AdAware program folder), and
>> replace the screwed up ones. As the defs get older and older and more
>> likely
>> to also be covered by other apps like SuperAntiSpyware.
>>
>> --
>> Gary S. Terhune
>> MS-MVP Shell/User
>> http://grystmill.com
>
> The update button no longer works, all people who have tried to update
> lately have had to do a manual install of the update as downloaded in
> zip format from Lavasoft or a mirror. The updates posted after 5/13
> have all given error messages when the program loads. I use all of
> the other programs posted, but still think it not a bad idea to keep a
> copy of AA on hand just in case it catches something the other might
> miss. If you are starved for disk space, then I would consider
> removing it for something that is kept current.
>
>>
>> "lb" <ldbrw@my-dejanews.com> wrote in message
>> news:d681b1bd-9f8c-4a25-9825-613e1ef35965@w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
>> > Everything I have read here is great, right on the money information.
>> > Here is a link to the last known working def for Ad Aware from May 13:
>> > http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=C62DEB01745D6974
>> >
>> > It took me a couple of trys, but it finally loaded without the error
>> > message.