Spybot detect again Download accelerator plus

[TeMerc]

Have there been any incidences after removing DAP Spybot froze and would not work? I have a user who wrote in and inquired saying this is what happened and I found this thread while researching.

Thanks.

[wyrmrider]

Tom

Did this freezing continue or was it just a crash?
If this is a person spybot could be choking on the push downloaded ad files
they were zip files but may be encrypted- there may be megabytes
I've had spybot die many times when conflicts with other programs although not as often as with ad-aware
I try and run them with everything else shut down
Now if it spybot will not start at all
Well first I'd try safe mode and post up a hjt
remove and reinstall spybot
spybot will not remove all of dap- nothing will
your reader could try pest patrol, msas or counterspy, spyware doctor, aluria
each will find things the others miss (with some overlap)
I do not know if anybody else targets

Symantec has a write up as does Pest Patrol- print them out and go hunting

He may find hundreds of files and megabytes of files= I have several times
do a search on speedbit, dap, ads, ads1, etc etc and delete
you'll get a feeling what most of their files are called
you will see that they scatter files over many directories and in obtuse places
I still have this "reinstaller" -can't find it
I block with hosts and I think Erick blocks with ie-spyads
DAP will try and access the interent even after running ALL of the above anti-spyware tools- sometimes after months of delay
post back

Wyrmrider

[TeMerc]

The user has stated that Spybot freezes after giving the 'Congratulations nothing found' message, and then they get the 'program not responding' dialog box, and they must end program to close.

They have DLed several copies from different mirrors and are still having problems with Spybot.

I am trying to get more info as they are not an experienced user, and its via email as well.

[wyrmrider]

Tom
I just noticed there are some added dap detections in the latest update
I'cant recall that crash- been a while
I would not say DAP the most carefully designed app in the world
does this happen with a safe mode scan?
does sound like a resource conflict
what os are we dealing with?
can we shut down other running tasks and see if that helps
if it does then isolate?

wyrmrider

[TeMerc]

I'm beginning to think this is a software conflict and may not be related to DAP. Spybot freezes after a clean scan. Asking for more info.

Thanks.

[wyrmrider]

Keep me posted
DAP also saves all downloads, this can get quite big allso
and why would it need a WEB BUG?

[ammar]

just got DAP without realizing all this stuff with it!

do you guys recommend any other download accelerators? and are there any tools out there to completely remove DAP?

thanks

[Threshold]

Slightly offtopic, but anyway. http://getright.com/ is what I use, ammar. Haven't used DAP for ages. Never knew it had all that crap in it, but I knew something was wrong with it.