Ok I tried all the suggestions given in that one "pinned" thread...I ran the windows cleanup, I've defragged the hard drive, I ran spybot s&d, I ran Housecall just earlier, and Ad-Aware still freezes when it gets to "deep scanning local registry." I tried running it from the "Run" command on the windows start menu as suggested, and I don't know what that's supposed to do but it still freezes. When I run a full scan, up to the point that it freezes, Ad-Aware is not finding any objects whatsoever.

I need some input here cuz I have no clue what the problem could be

Hello, I joined this forum to discuss how I get around the freezing problem on my computer. Ad-aware hangs when deep scanning the registry (typelib). When I undo Spybots 1.4 Immunize, SpywareBlaster 3.5.1 restricted sites, and IE Spyad, I can scan with ad-aware 1.06r1 without it hanging or not responding as in task manager status. My problem seems to be when I have my restricted sites zone in IE7 loaded up. If I load Spybots Immunize alone, there is a short hang. If I load SpywareBlasters restricted sites alone, there is a short hang. If I load SpywareBlasters IE cookies and active x alone, there is no hang. If I load IE Spyad alone, there is a long.........hang. This leads me to believe since IE Spyad loads the most, that the more there is, the longer the hang. I realize this is not a solution but just a step toward one. I don't want to have to disable and then enable these programs to run ad-aware. All programs are up to date. My computer is free of all nasties. Windows XP Home SP2. If any administrators see this post please elaborate on my findings. I hope this helps as I am a loyal user of Ad-aware!

Hi ghunt & Music Man,

Have you tried all the steps suggested in this Topic: Unable to complete scan ?

Let us know how you get on,

Regards,

Spike

Yes, I tried everything in that post, that's what I said.

Hi ghunt,

Please try a custom scan, leaving out "deep scanning local registry."

Select "Scan Now" then "Use custom Scanning Options"

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Click on "Customise" then "Select drives and folders to scan"

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Deselect the part of the scan whereit freezes:

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See if Ad-Aware will complete the Custom Scan. If it does, delete/quarantine any items found, then try running a normal Full Scan.

Regards,

Spike

Ok finally got it...

ran custom scan with everything but deep scanning the registry, found 10 objects, removed those...then it completed a full scan.

That's good to hear, ghunt

If problems re-occur, please let us know.

Regards,

Spike