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AdAware INSISTS on finding non-existant file

by gearup Oct 11, 2008 4:11AM PDT

everytime I run Adaware (free) it finds a file which does not exist.
It refers to C:|Documents and Settings\user\Recent Count:1.
Neither the file or the folder exists and never has. I cannot find it on my hard drive...ever."Ignoring" it is the obvious solution but would like to find out of there is a fix for this condition.
Have been unable to get an answer from Lavasoft.
Am running Windows XP Home but have had this problem with W98 also.
Computer use3s 3ghx Pentium chip .Has 896 MB ram.
Would appreciate any info whatsoever.

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Did it also mention: Name: MRU Object Category ?
by Marianna Schmudlach Oct 11, 2008 4:33AM PDT
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(NT) Yes. It is an MRU object as per Adaware. But file does not
by gearup Oct 11, 2008 7:59AM PDT
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Digging a "bit deeper" in the Lavasoft forum.......
by Marianna Schmudlach Oct 11, 2008 10:05AM PDT

I found:

MRU objects dosen't pose a real threat to the user. It is shown to make the user aware of the most recently used objects.


http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?showtopic=10019&pid=45160&st=0&#entry45160

Another explanation is, the last sites you typed into the address bar in Internet Explorer.

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?s=6dad096cf507e2f4d689f6d1361f80a8&showtopic=159182&st=0&p=889885&#entry889885

Maybe the "fix" is, to run CCleaner BEFORE you run an Ad-Aware scan? Give it a try Wink

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No CC doesnt work nor does Easy Cleaner.
by gearup Oct 11, 2008 10:24AM PDT

Simply put no search reveals that the so called file exists. So I have decided that I will not use Adaware as it hasnt found anything in a few years. I also do not have ,or use Internet Explorer,never have and never will.Why? I consider it pirated software despite the courts decision. It was stolen from netscape and I wont have it on any machine of mine.
Thanks anyway!

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