please help: trouble downloading adaware 6.0

I am running Windows XP
dial-up 56K modem
23+ MB available (right? says 235726 K)
(do you need to know more?)

I have tried to download ad-aware 6.0 from two different sites, 2 tries here at MajorGeeks, 1 at another. It is supposed to be 1.45+ MB but each time it downloads 1.2+ and then just quits with no error message, no nothing. When I try to install from the downloaded .exe file I get this message: Could not initialize installation. File size expected=1540293, size returned=1214143.

Before I tried to download I ran the old ad-aware program that I had (5.3.0 or something) and then uninstalled that ad-aware--just wanted to be up to date.

thank you for all the help you can give!

 

Are you using a download manager/speed-up program?

I've had 2 different DL manager proggies do something like that to me.
I just DL'ed it from MG's and had no problems. In fact, it took less then 2 seconds.

 

now you're talking to a complete idiot!
I'm not running the things you're talking about. Can you tell me exactly what to download in order to download ad-aware? this MG thing you're talking about?

Meant to also ask: Could my ZoneAlarm firewal have anything to do with this problem? Or is it possible I deleted something in the previous sweep I made with ad-aware that I now need to do downloads??

thanks so much!

 

Try downloading it here. I have better luck downloading it from BTN.


MG's is Major Geeks.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=506



( click on the link above)

 

halo,
I do appreciate your help but when I click on that link all I get is a blank screen with "Done" down at the bottom.

I tried the link 2 posts above and got the same results, it shut down after dowloading 1.2 MB. I have just defragmented my disk and am about to reboot and try again. I don't think there is anything wrong with these links, it's something to do with my #%(*&^ computer. I have never had this problem before. I think I will try temporarily disabling my firewall if it doesn't work this time (it has messed up a couple of things before but not exactly like this).

 

happy to say . . .

my problems were due to "computer gas" (hee hee)

Defragmenting and rebooting did the trick as I have now successfully downloaded adaware 6.0. Thank you new MajorGeeks friends!

As I am a novice wannabe web master I will be back!

 

i use adaware pro

 

ad-aware installation

I downloaded ad aware for myself with no problems. I tried to download it on my friends super slow computer and here's my problem....It all downloads and installs OK but, when I try to run the progam, it says I'm missing a file. I've downloaded and installed like 4 or 5 times and the same thing keeps happening. Help me help my friend clean up his cpu. He runs windows 95.

 

Re: ad-aware installation

I just checked LavaSoft's site. Adaware is for Windows 98 and above.

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

Copied from the page from the url above:

Ad-aware is compatible with Microsoft® Windows® 98/Me/NT/2000 and XP Home and Professional