I have tried everything you listed in" Ad-aware Definition Update Problems" nothing worked and of coarse I've uninstalled and reinstalled and about ready to give up. Ad-aware has been flawless for years and I guess we are all spoiled be cause we have never experienced anything like this with your product . I hope a fix comes along soon. I'll be checking back soon.

Are you the free AD-AWARE SE
If so, uninstall, put your DNS settings back if you want to,
and download fom this link they put out the other day...
http://download.lavasoft.com/personal/aawsepersonal.exe
I used it and it works fine now. There is another thread about server down that we have all been on
for weeks until they fixed the software a couple of days ago (patched download).
Good luck.

Thanks for your input, lav101

@remmora,

Please see this pinned post at the top of this sub-forum:

Solution For " Error Retrieving Updates. Interrupts At 5% Download Completion "

Should you have the (licensed) Plus or Pro versions of Ad-Aware SE 1.06, please follow the instructions at Lavasoft's Support Center - Login Page

Regards,

Spike

lav101....YOUR AN ANGEL!!!!!!! The link you provided worked, I uninstalled again and used your link to reinstall and finally I have my beloved Ad-Aware back complete with current updates.
Many Thanks,
txguest

YEAH, Thank you Thank you Thank you the link you gave worked.
Bert Regards, Remmora

I am also having trouble with that "error retrieving update" msg at 5%. On the Ad-aware box, there is an icon for Help which directs you to a website which addresses this issue directly. but I did all 5 things suggested there, and still have the problem. My def file is 1.29.07... and I can't figure out how to update it.
I also have loved ad-aware for yrs, and hope there will be some fix for this.

I just saw the note from lav101, and uninstalled it (again!!) and tried your link, and YES, it worked! Thanks!

nevermind