AdAwareKilledAdshield!?

From: "Cher Bosch" <Cher.Bosch@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 08:12:27 -0500

Hi List-  I'm lost!  After successfully running AdAware and then
following up with SpyBot, I went to the internet and suddenly was
drowning in pop-ups.  I had previously run SpyBot, SpywareBlaster &
Spyware Guard on this computer many times without apparent effects on
Adshield.  So it appears that AdAware may have gobbled up the 'block
list' for AdShield.  (During this process, I also learned that I had to
unload SpyBot's resident shield or AdAware would find it and identify it
as a spy.)  
 
So, I went to the Adshield web site and it looks like maybe you now
have to pay to get any 'block lists'.  When I hit the download link for
the general list, I can just see a list of ads, but no download dialog
begins.  I thought that before the program came with a list.  I
re-installed the program to make sure that nothing had been harmed, but
it is not working at all... which also makes me think that there really
isn't a block list any more.  
 
There are also lots of other weirdnesses in IE- like no context menu
for example.  However, the the MSN address is looking correct.  A couple
of times I got a context menu, but it only contained buttons for
installing/operateing flash.
 
Any ideas about the source of my problems?
 
Is AdShield still a good choice and has anyone installed it lately?
 
Cher


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