Ad-Aware AE includes two (2) such "system protections" IIRC: Ad-Aware Guard
and Ad-Watch. See if temporarily disabling them before making any changes
in MSCONFIG, etc., and then rebooting makes any difference.
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http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/
Off-the-cuff, I'd say Defender's real-time protections should be more than
sufficient for most home users. Understand that you can still have Ad-Aware
AE installed but with both the Guard service and Ad-Watch disabled.
See Angel's (Ангел) reply about the diff between Windows Messenger (came
pre-install on your computer) and Windows LiveMessenger (must be
intentionally installed manually).
--
~PA Bear
Jim Wood wrote:
> PA, you may have something there. I had just installed the "Anniversary
> Edition" of AdAware/free yesterday, and was forced to go through hoops to
> keep it from running all by itself. I had used previous versions just as
> a
> scanner, turned off the rest of the time, but this latest version wants to
> run all the time and may have to be uninstalled to keep it from doing so!
> Off the cuff, now, can I depend on Windows Defender for much the same
> action?
>
> So, what is the difference between Windows Messenger and Windows Live
> Messenger? Is that little chess pawn the default icon for both? I do use
> Messenger (of some sort!) from time to time, but don't like it starting by
> itself... my ugly face pops up and scares me first thing in the morning!
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>> You're not confusing Windows Messenger with Windows Live Messenger, are
>> you?
>>
>> One or more options/settings in an ever-growing number of third-party
>> applications may be disallowing the change from "sticking." These include
>> anti-spyware applications (e.g., Ad-aware's Ad-Watch, Spybot Tea Timer,
>> SpywareBlaster, SpySweeper, Spyware Doctor, CounterSpy, WinPatrol, etc),
>> anti-virus applications & security suites (Norton, McAfee, ESET/NOD32,
>> Kasperky, Trend Micro, etc.), and third-party firewalls (e.g., Zone
>> Alarm,
>> etc.).
>>
>> Note that temporarily disabling the application(s) or rebooting into Safe
>> Mode may not disable the application's system protections.
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>>
>>
>> Jim Wood wrote:
>>> I'm running Vista and have disabled startup for Windows Messenger
>>> through
>>> the msconfig/Startup panel. Sometimes, but not always, after receiving
>>> automatic updates, Messenger starts on its own again, and the checkmark
>>> is
>>> mysteriously back in the box in the Startup panel. Do certain updates
>>> reconfigure msconfig items, or should I be looking for some other reason
>>> for settings to change?
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