aawservice

[skierkid450]

ok, i installed Ad-Aware a while ago, when we got a virus that shitty ass norton couldn't get, but then when i uninstalled it, the process tree remains and still takes up 22,000k how do i get rid of the process for good?

[DMB2000uk]

Is it on your services thing on the administrative tools in the control panel? Set it to manual or disabled to stop it coming back on automatically.

If it isn't there, disable it in the msconfig.

Dan

[skierkid450]

well just found this:

1. Open the Services Management Console (Click Start, Run, type in "services.msc" without the quotes, click OK).

2. Find "Ad-Aware 2007 Service" on the list and double-click it.

3. For the Startup Type, choose "Manual". Click OK and close the Services window.

The program aawservices.exe will no longer start at Windows startup, but will auto-load as needed whenever you run Ad-Aware 2007.
It will remain running after you close Ad-Aware 2007, but you can safely kill it from the Windows Task Manager (Ctrl-Alt-Del, Processes tab).

gonna try that tonight and see what happens

[DMB2000uk]

That is actually my first suggesting, but they tell you to run the msc straight off instead of going via the control panel.

Dan