# Fuck you, Ad Aware **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 14, 2004, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-ad-aware/239906 "2004-04-14T03:15:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Wasabee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f05b48/32.png) [@Wasabee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wasabee)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-ad-aware/239906/81 "2004-05-10T02:51:22Z")
> [@GaWd](#): > > I guess you didn’t read many of the replies to the OP. How could I? I couldn’t get on the internet remember. :rolleyes: Oh and to the reply above this one, if it was too me: I never download music, games, software, etc etc etc off the internet. I have dialup and a short attention-span. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-ad-aware/239906/82 "2004-05-10T03:53:04Z")
> [@Wasabee](#): > > I never download music, games, software, etc etc etc off the internet. If you say so. All I know is that I have run Adaware on hundreds of PC’s, and the handful of times that it broke the internet connection, it has always been due to Newdotnet spyware (or one of a small number of other spyware programs that always come with the aforemention free downloads) that had plugged into the Winsock layer, and damaged it. Adaware is not your problem; it is the spyware that you, or someone else with access to your computer, allows on your machine. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-ad-aware/239906/83 "2004-05-10T22:17:52Z")
> [@Fear Itself](#): > > If you keep downloading spyware-infested crapware (peer-2-peer music sharing programs, free games, free utilities, free task bars) it is going to happen again. When it does, try [Winsockfix](http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=257) or [WinsockXPfix](http://tntmax.com/Download/Software/WinsockXPFix.exe/view) (for winXP machines) before you reinstall windows, it much less frustrating. I did try the winsock fix. It was suggested on the first page. I could manage to read the replies, just not respond. I tried everything possible. After 2 weeks I had to give up and install XP. My machine is a 4g P2-300 with 64m. Yes, the 4g is the HD size, not the processor speed. 🙂 XP seems to be running fine. Everything runs much faster than it did under 95. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-ad-aware/239906/84 "2004-05-10T23:39:14Z")
> [@Ellis Dee](#): > > My machine is a 4g P2-300 with 64m. Yes, the 4g is the HD size, not the processor speed. 🙂 XP seems to be running fine. Everything runs much faster than it did under 95. When you say “64m”, do you mean 64 megabytes of system memory? If so, wow. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-ad-aware/239906/85 "2004-05-11T01:34:05Z")
> [@Dewey Finn](#): > > When you say “64m”, do you mean 64 megabytes of system memory? If so, wow. It hurts just to think of memory that low, I don’t think I could handle having one! I’m notoriously impatient in front of the computer, and any lag just kills me. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-ad-aware/239906/86 "2004-05-11T01:59:22Z")
I just checked Microsoft’s website and found that the minimum memory supported for XP is 64MB, while the minimum processor speed is 300MHz. So **Ellis Dee** ’s system just barely qualifies to run XP. It would make sense to use such a system for testing purposes, but I can’t imagine how painful it must be to do so as your regular system. ---
**Author:** ![RandomLetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@RandomLetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandomLetters)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-ad-aware/239906/87 "2004-05-11T02:01:31Z")
You got XP running on 64 megs of RAM?? :eek: I know a person who got an el-cheapo eMachine with a 128meg RAM and XP thrashes the harddrive something awful on it. You might wanna look into getting some more RAM - I picked up 128 megs for my Grandmother at Bestbuy for like $10. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-ad-aware/239906/88 "2004-05-11T17:56:56Z")
> [@RandomLetters](#): > > You got XP running on 64 megs of RAM?? :eek: I know a person who got an el-cheapo eMachine with a 128meg RAM and XP thrashes the harddrive something awful on it. You might wanna look into getting some more RAM - I picked up 128 megs for my Grandmother at Bestbuy for like $10. hehheh, yeah, but it runs smoothly and quickly with the 64megs, so all the better. The hard drive (4gig SCSI 2 Cheetah) doesn’t thrash at all. This was a kickass machine back in 95 when I bought it, and seems to be the ideal environment for writing programs. I can’t stand writing on a powerful machine, and then running it on a client’s much slower machine to see an inefficient loop take forever. With this machine, everything I write is about as tight as it’s gonna get. I also checked the XP minimum requirements, and kinda laughed. “128megs memory…64megs minimum.” hehheh. Just one data point, but anecdotally speaking, XP runs great on the minimum requirement specs. The only lag I suffer is the 56k modem. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-ad-aware/239906/89 "2004-05-11T18:03:03Z")
> [@Ellis Dee](#): > > The only lag I suffer is the 56k modem. ☹ Therein lies true hell. 64 meg I could possibly handle… Stick me back on dialup and… :eek: I feel for ya. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-ad-aware/239906.md?page=4)