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Offline mitch

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Re: Ad-Aware is a poorly written anti-spyware program???
« Reply #15 on: April 20, 2006, 02:22:59 AM »
well i did go there to look around and read a few post
i see a few of my "buddies" are still with aaw and they still can't copy someone's instructions right or know about safe mode!

so i sure hope that someone helps with good qualified help and not flaky advice !
it was all i could do to post a "good statement" about them on my site.
i still have aaw on my XP and occasionaly use it, but after several years of just aaw i have found other ways to do the same thing ;-)

and looks like they are counting on help for HJT logs and such

but they are still safe for now, if you do a google it stilll shows their "forum closed" sites and other sites for the first few pages of search ;-)
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Re: Ad-Aware is a poorly written anti-spyware program???
« Reply #16 on: April 20, 2006, 04:06:09 AM »
"i see a few of my "buddies" are still with aaw and they still can't copy someone's instructions right or know about safe mode!"
"so i sure hope that someone helps with good qualified help and not flaky advice !"
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HeeHee
these are very funny posts, guys
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Re: Ad-Aware is a poorly written anti-spyware program???
« Reply #17 on: April 20, 2006, 04:26:29 AM »
but true

ol firetruck posted how to do a pnuk on a stalled scan
someone posted the correct way to do a pnuk and that maybe he should do a scan in safe mode first


well all that got "disappeared"  so some things never change ;-D

much prefer advice from a volunteer than a employee  that knows graphics but could not work the skins topic they had ;-)
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Re: Ad-Aware is a poorly written anti-spyware program???
« Reply #18 on: April 20, 2006, 10:38:41 AM »
Well....
That is a good point, about volunteers vs employees.  The true desire to help others comes from the heart.  This is not to say folks can't get help from the salaried.  Just that when the chips are down, heart always wins out over salary!  ( :hug:  LzD is over flowing with heart!!)

I don't know much, at all, about the internal world of support forums in general, or the Lavasoft forums specifically.  I do know that someone at the old LS forums got my system clean, in just a few days, when a different forum full of volunteer professionals, took a full month, and never figured it out (plus, they were horribly rude :evil:).  I only posted there (at the old LS) out of desperation.  And should I find myself in a similar state, I would probably post there again.  (desperation is desperation!)  Although with the help I get here at LzD, I would not expect things to reach the point of desperation.

So, I guess I haven't said much....but wanted to add the thoughts and perspective of a very non-techie.  (Because it amazes me how differently I view and experience various issues, compared to those highly gifted and skilled in computer and internet technology.)(Because I think the views and experiences of those needing (a lot of) help can inform those who are giving help, and ultimately improve the support they offer.)(If that made sense?)
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Re: Ad-Aware is a poorly written anti-spyware program???
« Reply #19 on: April 20, 2006, 01:28:22 PM »
The old Lavasoft forum was staffed mostly by volunteers, many of whom call LanzDown "home" now.  The new Lavasoft forum is staffed mostly by employees.
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Re: Ad-Aware is a poorly written anti-spyware program???
« Reply #20 on: April 20, 2006, 01:28:52 PM »
Quote from: mitch on April 20, 2006, 04:26:29 AM
well all that got "disappeared"  so some things never change ;-D


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Re: Ad-Aware is a poorly written anti-spyware program???
« Reply #21 on: April 20, 2006, 11:58:28 PM »
Quote from: mitch on April 20, 2006, 04:26:29 AM
but true

ol firetruck posted how to do a pnuk on a stalled scan
someone posted the correct way to do a pnuk and that maybe he should do a scan in safe mode first


well all that got "disappeared"  so some things never change ;-D

much prefer advice from a volunteer than a employee  that knows graphics but could not work the skins topic they had ;-)

I agree, mitch. It *could* be that bad. But this isn´t, the thread is moved to the "resolved" section: http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?showtopic=106&hl=

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Re: Ad-Aware is a poorly written anti-spyware program???
« Reply #22 on: April 21, 2006, 12:45:30 AM »
well things are a changing  ( peter paul and mary)

when i looked at it later ( before i posted) it was not in the resolved section and all of the post by corine were removed and just firetruck were showing without the pnuke part?

so something happened since i saw it and posted about it here and when it got moved to "resolved" hummmm

and if i remember correctly the poster had more than 2 post? he posted back that the pnuk didn't work ( a aaw person had not copied it right) so there were at least 3 post by him !!!!

so untill someone can explain i stand by my comments about disappearing things!

maybe i should say HI to frietruck  now as you are probably reading this ;-DDDDD

my experience with anyone that worked from aaw before it shut down ( except jerry)
if they said it was noon, the first thing i would do is look at a watch to confirm it ! or wait a bit till they corrected and said it was noon at 12 the second time ;-)
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Re: Ad-Aware is a poorly written anti-spyware program???
« Reply #23 on: April 21, 2006, 01:32:50 AM »
well to keep the BP something close to normal i won't bother with that site anymore, and if i do ever go there the first thing i will do is right click and select "select all" and have a copy on my hard drive!(

so go there if you want, do a mispelled pnuke if you want and hope that a volunteer is handy to fix things ;-)

ok what got my attention on that post to begin with
on the old aaw forums i think my first post was a suggestion to someone to try "safe mode" on a problem i can't remember aaw version but it was before 161 and the quickly corrected 162 versions of aaw ! (159?)
can't remember the date but it was even before "the gun" and i did a few more post about "safe mode" and got a PM from AAW+ and that was my first PM and didn't know how to do it ;-D   so left eye might have troubles but most of the mind still works ok


hell hath no furry like a guy who gets his knuckles busted in a closing door from a good forum, but if that is an example of the quality of their post i can see why people would hate to e-mail them !
i do know of one person that did ..they have the $ version, and the "fix was dumb....reboot the system ,check your settings and if this doesn't fix it post again
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Re: Ad-Aware is a poorly written anti-spyware program???
« Reply #24 on: May 06, 2006, 05:07:05 PM »
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no furry like a guy who gets his knuckles busted in a closing door from a good forum, but if that is an example of the quality of their post i can see why people would hate to e-mail them !
i do know of one person that did ..they have the $ version, and the "fix was dumb....reboot the system ,check your settings and if this doesn't fix it post again

It's probably clear enough by even now to most who ever participated at the analysis and help levels of the ORIGINAL forums that you are all still witnessing repeat performances that made them so popularly debatable before.

Nothing more to add, since i prefer to keep an open and fair mind in spite of resurfacing (NON-ASAP) product support web sites.  :thumbsup:
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