A
Adam L
Great program, but there is a flaw that is not fixed yet.
When the spyware is searching the registry, it will find a
key that it cannot remove. the spyware gets stuck and
then eats up memory until it runs out of memory allocation
and then it hangs.
This problem needs to be fixed before final release. For
us wizards, here's the goaround.
Pay attention to where the antispyware hangs during the
toolbar scan. For example, In my case it was
the "toolbar" spyware.
Then, go into regedit. Go to that location where you find
the position it froze. You will most likely notice the
spyware causing the problem in that registry location.
Highlight the registry folder and try to delete it. You
will find you cannot. Why? Somehow this software has
found a way to enter into the registry and also turn off
all access to the registry key by protection. When the
registry key has no permissions set at all for access it
locks up the Spyware program and causes the memory to
erode away.
You need to right click on the registry key in question.
Then, the quickest way out, is to select permissions -->
advanced settings --> check the box that will allow this
registry key to assume the permissions of it's parent -->
click ok and when you return to the previous screen you
should see all permissions return to this registry key.
Then, you can "ok" out and then delete that key. It's
gone. There may be more than one location of this
registry key causing the problem in both HKLM and HKUsers.
When the spyware is searching the registry, it will find a
key that it cannot remove. the spyware gets stuck and
then eats up memory until it runs out of memory allocation
and then it hangs.
This problem needs to be fixed before final release. For
us wizards, here's the goaround.
Pay attention to where the antispyware hangs during the
toolbar scan. For example, In my case it was
the "toolbar" spyware.
Then, go into regedit. Go to that location where you find
the position it froze. You will most likely notice the
spyware causing the problem in that registry location.
Highlight the registry folder and try to delete it. You
will find you cannot. Why? Somehow this software has
found a way to enter into the registry and also turn off
all access to the registry key by protection. When the
registry key has no permissions set at all for access it
locks up the Spyware program and causes the memory to
erode away.
You need to right click on the registry key in question.
Then, the quickest way out, is to select permissions -->
advanced settings --> check the box that will allow this
registry key to assume the permissions of it's parent -->
click ok and when you return to the previous screen you
should see all permissions return to this registry key.
Then, you can "ok" out and then delete that key. It's
gone. There may be more than one location of this
registry key causing the problem in both HKLM and HKUsers.