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..Super Anti Spyware?? #1
wyatt Wyatt W penguin point, drift ice, Antarctica 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1960 MG MGA 1966 MG MGB	Posted: July 04, 2012 06:59AM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 23,301

...I run it about twice a week, it used to take appx 1 hour, now the last couple of times it has taken 12 15 hours, and it still is not finished so I shut it down,it is running right now....what gives?? is it corrupted. I do run the updates too....any ideas. it is the free edition.

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Re: ..Super Anti Spyware?? #2
Wray Wray Lemke ., South Carolina, USA 1956 MG MGA 1958 MG Magnette ZB Varitone 1973 MG MGB 1974 MG MGB GT 1974 MG MGB GT	Posted: July 04, 2012 08:05AM Registered: 11 years ago Posts: 10,984

How much stuff have you been accumulating on your hard drive? The reason it takes longer is its looking through more files. Do you ever clear your temporary internet file cache? If not, go to Cnet and download Ccleaner. It is a great utility that clears out old temporary internet files from the computer. Does a better job than Windows.

The SASW can be set to just look through Windows files and registry and leave the other areas alone. That will save a lot of time on the scan.

But first, go get Ccleaner and clean up the temporary internet files. That will take a lot of useless crap off the computer.

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Re: ..Super Anti Spyware?? #3
Speedy1 John Gonzales-Lusk Los Lunas, NM, USA	Posted: July 04, 2012 08:58AM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 3,340

Are you sure it's just the computer that's corrupted?

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Re: ..Super Anti Spyware?? #4
wyatt Wyatt W penguin point, drift ice, Antarctica 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1960 MG MGA 1966 MG MGB	Posted: July 05, 2012 07:16AM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 23,301

24 hours and still counting...and yup used Ccleaner and disk defrag and deleted temp and dumped recycle bin and even washed behind my ears...

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Re: ..Super Anti Spyware?? #5
refisk Rick Fisk Frankenmuth, Michigan, USA 1959 Austin-Healey Sprite 1961 Austin-Healey Sprite 1979 MG Midget 1500 "Party Midget"	Posted: July 05, 2012 07:34AM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 2,236

In reply to # 2111580 by wyatt 24 hours and still counting...and yup used Ccleaner and disk defrag and deleted temp and dumped recycle bin and even washed behind my ears...

Ya need to stop going to them porn sites Wyatt. thumbs up smiley

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Re: ..Super Anti Spyware?? #6
bobobud bob fuller crystal lake illinois, USA	Posted: July 05, 2012 08:18AM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 6

You only need to check your "C" drive. If you have large picture files on "C" it will take forever. Dump your large files onto a separate hard drive and don' t let SASW check it. Probably doesn't need checking anyway.

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Re: ..Super Anti Spyware?? #7
wyatt Wyatt W penguin point, drift ice, Antarctica 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1960 MG MGA 1966 MG MGB	Posted: July 05, 2012 08:40AM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 23,301

In reply to # 2111597 by refisk

In reply to # 2111580 by wyatt 24 hours and still counting...and yup used Ccleaner and disk defrag and deleted temp and dumped recycle bin and even washed behind my ears...

Ya need to stop going to them porn sites Wyatt. thumbs up smiley

..Haa I wish that were it, it happened right after my internet provider changed our email,and while the teck was helping me with that I mentioned that my firefox was anoying me with the "update" crap, so after 45 minutes of helping me load all kinds of "important" stuff SAS has not worked right...should I uninstall it and start over?? as far as C drive and photos,and a seperate hard drive....I will need the Higgs Boson perfessers ta help...

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Re: ..Super Anti Spyware?? #8
DaSpyda Don Alexander Lakeland, FL, USA	Posted: July 05, 2012 09:25AM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 828

I would uninstall, download a fresh version, install and update - then run again. It doesn't delete any data and will take no time at all.

Be careful with CCleaner: if you delete files in Applications/Programs, it can delete your registry files for Office.

If you still have issues, download and install Megabyte's Antimalware - also free at download.com. Heavy duty and easy to use.

It is ALWAYS a good idea to save your important stuff to an external source.

Use Google Cloud for free, or you can buy an external hard drive at Office Depot or Staples. They backup automatically, and show up on your computer as a separate drive labeled like the others - C, D, E, etc. All you have to do is click on any folder that contains your important stuff and drag it to the new drive's folder. I can't tell you how many times I've had to replace or reformat hard drives and irreplaceable pics were on them - especially now that most people have digital cameras.

Don
1970 MGB
2000 MR2 Spyder

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Re: ..Super Anti Spyware?? #9
JackMG Jack Lindler Greenville,SC, USA	Posted: July 05, 2012 09:44AM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 14,864

Best free anti-spyware/anti-malware on the market:

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Re: ..Super Anti Spyware?? #10
Wray Wray Lemke ., South Carolina, USA 1956 MG MGA 1958 MG Magnette ZB Varitone 1973 MG MGB 1974 MG MGB GT 1974 MG MGB GT	Posted: July 05, 2012 10:52AM Registered: 11 years ago Posts: 10,984

Wyatt, run the program, go to the "scan your computer".

You can uncheck everything but the C drive and do a "Perform Quick Scan" on it. That should not take a long time.

or:

Check the "perform custom scan", check the "selected folders", click "select folders",a new window pops up, click "add", open "my computer", open "C", go down to the Windows folder and click it, then "ok", the "close" the window, then "next". It will take off and scan the Windows folder, the registry, etc. and should not take long.

I agree with the others; it's checking large files that don't need checking.

I just ran it on my computer, which has a lot of stuff, it took about 27 minutes.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/05/2012 11:20AM by Wray.

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Re: ..Super Anti Spyware?? #11
wyatt Wyatt W penguin point, drift ice, Antarctica 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1960 MG MGA 1966 MG MGB	Posted: July 05, 2012 06:15PM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 23,301

...thanks for the help guys, if it all works out, I plan on taking my computer water skiing this week end...

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Re: ..Super Anti Spyware?? #12
LittleBritishCar Rick Anderson Napa, California, USA 1966 MG 1100 "Julia" 1975 MG MGB "Chiquita"	Posted: July 05, 2012 11:14PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 853

A lot of the "free" anti-spyware downloads you find on line actually installs spyware and opens a porthole for much more.

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Re: ..Super Anti Spyware?? #13
DaSpyda Don Alexander Lakeland, FL, USA	Posted: July 06, 2012 02:52PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 828

That's true... download.com is run by CNET, a trusted source in Geekdom.

Also, if you see the same advice in different sources - Time, CNN, local paper - it's usually an indicator of validation from the tech community.

Don
1970 MGB
2000 MR2 Spyder

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Re: ..Super Anti Spyware?? #14
Wray Wray Lemke ., South Carolina, USA 1956 MG MGA 1958 MG Magnette ZB Varitone 1973 MG MGB 1974 MG MGB GT 1974 MG MGB GT	Posted: July 06, 2012 03:54PM Registered: 11 years ago Posts: 10,984

Cnet is the site I use for anything like that. You can trust their reviews.

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Re: ..Super Anti Spyware?? #15
GILMGA Gil Dupre Chattanooga, TN, USA 1962 MG MGA 1974 MG MGB GT	Posted: July 08, 2012 01:08PM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 7,300

do www.dns-ok.us to check if you are clean of malware. I use AVG free virus and spyware

Gil

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/08/2012 01:09PM by GILMGA.

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Re: ..Super Anti Spyware?? #16
Simon Simon Clowes Salem , Oregon, USA 1979 MG MGB "Big Red"	Posted: July 09, 2012 07:58AM Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 7,512

In reply to # 2111638 by bobobud You only need to check your "C" drive. If you have large picture files on "C" it will take forever. Dump your large files onto a separate hard drive and don' t let SASW check it. Probably doesn't need checking anyway.

Actually Bob, to be "safe" eveery drive needs to be checked. Funnily enough a large number of spyware and virus are imbedded in pictures. I even had an issue (some years vack) where a Photo CD created by a chain photography store ended up with viruses in picturesa created from a roll of 35mm film I had them develope. It cost them big in compensation as something like 400 custoemr were affected.

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Re: ..Super Anti Spyware?? #17
Wray Wray Lemke ., South Carolina, USA 1956 MG MGA 1958 MG Magnette ZB Varitone 1973 MG MGB 1974 MG MGB GT 1974 MG MGB GT	Posted: July 09, 2012 08:34AM Registered: 11 years ago Posts: 10,984

Simon, I would have never believed it until I got one. An email from a scammer had a pic embedded in it, which was unusual as it wasn't an attachment, it was so humorous that I clicked on the pic. Wrong. Took me most of the day to get it cleaned out.

It was the only time I've ever encountered a bug like that.

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Re: ..Super Anti Spyware?? #18
riversidedan Dan burnett puyallup, USA	Posted: July 12, 2012 12:41PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 346

S.A.S. IS A VIRUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Re: ..Super Anti Spyware?? #19
DaSpyda Don Alexander Lakeland, FL, USA	Posted: July 12, 2012 01:06PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 828

In reply to # 2118219 by riversidedan S.A.S. IS A VIRUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What is your source for that info????

Don
1970 MGB
2000 MR2 Spyder

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Re: ..Super Anti Spyware?? #20
riversidedan Dan burnett puyallup, USA	Posted: July 12, 2012 01:50PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 346

forgot when it was but raised all kinda hell

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