..and since this is a Vista forum, and despite your "regardless", I'm not sure why you posted this particular topic here? Even Ad-Aware 2007 has its issues with Vista but Lavasoft has indicated that the new version will be compatible soon. See the link below:
http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?showtopic=8684
Hope this helps.
Grif
Greetings Ladies & Gentlemen:
*respectful bow*
I read the reviews that many gave Ad Aware 2007,& this is just to inform those of you who are interested,that if you wish to download the old version of AD AWARE SE, it can be found at Http://www.spychecker.com
I personally do not have VISTA installed on my system,but regardless,since I had problems with the 2007 version of AD AWARE,I chose to uninstall the entire 2007 system from my Windows XP operating system & re-install the old. I do hope this helps some.
*respectful bow*

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