Answered: Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2009 Pro 8.0.7 - Question

ilyabyk83 · 09-09-2009

Hi all. Question: If I run a selective/costume scan with Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2009 Pro 8.0.7, meaning - If I don't run a FULL SCAN option in there, but I do a costume scan, and I run a scan of only one of my drive, will it pick everything up from that drive still?? I will browse through sites where they will leave a bunch of stuff (same thing same as when you browse some adult site), if I don't scan my computer, it will crush it with time. I have "C:" drive and "D:" drives, one is 205G and the other is 260G. The smaller one is the one where Windows is installed, and that is the drive I want to scan. So if I do a selective scan, and scan only the drive where my Windows is (C: ), will that work?? If I do a full scan, it takes about 40-45 minutes to scan, but if I scan only my C: drive, about half of that time (a bit less really). So can I only scan the drive where Windows is installed to pick all of the **** left by websites up?

Thank You People!

smokeycheech · 09-09-2009

Hello Ilya, Welcome back to the forum!

I have marked your thread as open to encourage those who know about these things to come and take a look

Someone will be with you shortly

Smokeycheech

ilyabyk83 · 09-09-2009

Originally Posted by smokeycheech

Hello Ilya, Welcome back to the forum!

I have marked your thread as open to encourage those who know about these things to come and take a look

Someone will be with you shortly

Smokeycheech

Thank You For That!!

Crush · 09-09-2009

Ilya,

Yes. That sounds logical to me. The directories in question are:

C:\Program Files\(whatever your browser is) and C:\Windows\Temp

But, Malware has a habit of not just affecting System Files, etc. So, I would scan the entire drive just to be sure.

ilyabyk83 · 09-09-2009

Originally Posted by Crush

Ilya,

Yes. That sounds logical to me. The directories in question are:

C:\Program Files\(whatever your browser is) and C:\Windows\Temp

But, Malware has a habit of not just affecting System Files, etc. So, I would scan the entire drive just to be sure.

But the junk left over from all kinds of sites, is it "malware"? How about if I do the exact same thing only with "Malwarebytes"??

Crush · 09-09-2009

Originally Posted by ilyabyk83

But the junk left over from all kinds of sites, is it "malware"? How about if I do the exact same thing only with "Malwarebytes"??

Not necessarally. It could potentially be. No matter the program you use the setup will have to be the same

ilyabyk83 · 09-09-2009

Originally Posted by Crush

Not necessarally. It could potentially be. No matter the program you use the setup will have to be the same

What is better for this purpose?? I want "Real-Time" monitoring as Ad-Watch or Malwarebytes does.

09-09-2009	#1
ilyabyk83 MiLO Join Date: May 2007 Location: Holland, PA, USA Posts: 563 PC Experience: Some Experience	Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2009 Pro 8.0.7 - Question Hi all. Question: If I run a selective/costume scan with Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2009 Pro 8.0.7, meaning - If I don't run a FULL SCAN option in there, but I do a costume scan, and I run a scan of only one of my drive, will it pick everything up from that drive still?? I will browse through sites where they will leave a bunch of stuff (same thing same as when you browse some adult site), if I don't scan my computer, it will crush it with time. I have "C:" drive and "D:" drives, one is 205G and the other is 260G. The smaller one is the one where Windows is installed, and that is the drive I want to scan. So if I do a selective scan, and scan only the drive where my Windows is (C: ), will that work?? If I do a full scan, it takes about 40-45 minutes to scan, but if I scan only my C: drive, about half of that time (a bit less really). So can I only scan the drive where Windows is installed to pick all of the ** left by websites up? Thank You People! __________________ Best Regard Ilya Byk**

09-09-2009	#2
smokeycheech Mod Team Leader Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Skynet HQ (kinda near PCHF bunker) Posts: 2,189 PC Experience: Learning more every day!	Re: Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2009 Pro 8.0.7 - Questi Hello Ilya, Welcome back to the forum! I have marked your thread as open to encourage those who know about these things to come and take a look Someone will be with you shortly Smokeycheech __________________ Prework~Speedfan~CCleaner~Rules~CCCP~BSOD *If an elephant never forgets, how come they never win mastermind?*

09-09-2009	#3
ilyabyk83 MiLO Join Date: May 2007 Location: Holland, PA, USA Posts: 563 PC Experience: Some Experience	Re: Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2009 Pro 8.0.7 - Questi Originally Posted by smokeycheech Hello Ilya, Welcome back to the forum! I have marked your thread as open to encourage those who know about these things to come and take a look Someone will be with you shortly Smokeycheech Thank You For That!! __________________ Best Regard Ilya Byk

09-09-2009	#4
Crush Tech Support Team Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Caldwell, New Jersey Posts: 10,112 PC Experience: Always Learning New Things	Re: Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2009 Pro 8.0.7 - Questi Ilya, Yes. That sounds logical to me. The directories in question are: C:\Program Files\(whatever your browser is) and C:\Windows\Temp But, Malware has a habit of not just affecting System Files, etc. So, I would scan the entire drive just to be sure. __________________ Crush aka Chris [Prework][Afterwork][PCHF Rules][BSOD's][SFC][Screenshots][PC Specs][Donate] I am in fact, quite cool. My graphing calculator confirms this

09-09-2009	#5
ilyabyk83 MiLO Join Date: May 2007 Location: Holland, PA, USA Posts: 563 PC Experience: Some Experience	Re: Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2009 Pro 8.0.7 - Questi Originally Posted by Crush Ilya, Yes. That sounds logical to me. The directories in question are: C:\Program Files\(whatever your browser is) and C:\Windows\Temp But, Malware has a habit of not just affecting System Files, etc. So, I would scan the entire drive just to be sure. But the junk left over from all kinds of sites, is it "malware"? How about if I do the exact same thing only with "Malwarebytes"?? __________________ Best Regard Ilya Byk

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