Blair Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Lavasoft Ends Support for Free Version? http://www.lavasoftsupport.com has displayed this message now since March 26th: The Lavasoft support forums are off line temporarily due to a software upgrade. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and the forums will be back as soon as possible.Registered customers can send an inquiry to our technical support Email address as always. Lavasoftsupport.com is the free support forum for the free personal version of Adaware SE. Ad-Aware SE Plus, Professional Home, and Corporate users get email support here: http://www.lavasoftusa.com/customer_support/ Links are still available to the forum from the website, and from the help/support section of the software, however a post from Mike Wood of Lavasoft at broadbandreports.com seem to indicate the free support forums are history ?As for public forums, we will have this available through our research site. These forums will be for helping users by actually improving the response time by interacting with our research department directly.? Lavasoftsupport.com forums are staffed by mostly volunteer members, known as Team Lavasoft. These members are also in the dark as to the future of the forums, but many have already begun offering unofficial support on other sites. GeeksToGo.com has added a separate forum with many members of Team Lavasoft to their already busy site here: Unofficial Lavasoft Support Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinetix63 Veteran Posted April 15, 2005 Veteran Share Posted April 15, 2005 Meh - get Spybot S&D - much better :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowcra Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 :dead: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rojack Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 surely the loss of the forums doesn't represent such a big blow... the free updates are still available :) also there are many online forums capable of dealing with ad-aware queries... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted April 15, 2005 Veteran Share Posted April 15, 2005 *patiently waits for anti spyware. is it out yet? (scream in the background: *nooo) awww :( :( :( *patiently waits for antispyware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leesmithg Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 So they won't answer e-mails for the free version? They will still give spyware defs still? They have never answered an e-mail I have sent them since they first launched ad-aware, so whats new! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan - Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 just use spybot serch and destryo or microsoft antispyware does this mean the ad aware is no longer free :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electronic Punk Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 The Lavasoft support forums are off line temporarily due to a software upgrade. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and the forums will be back as soon as possible. Sounds more like a software upgrade to me? Hardly the cospiracy it seems made out to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelsinho Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 thanks for the heads up (Y) hehe I have MS is very better even if I need purchase it on the future :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhav Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 you can easily find support for adaware using google. no big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyLarry Veteran Posted April 15, 2005 Veteran Share Posted April 15, 2005 ???????? Run Web Update, see if there are any updates. Set up your scanning properties, Scan, Delete anything nasty. Your Done. I just gave you all the support you will need. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3thal Veteran Posted April 15, 2005 Veteran Share Posted April 15, 2005 Not a big deal. There are other programs out there like Microsoft's app that does a much better job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0m8er Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Who cares, Ms AntiSpyware is way better! :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted April 15, 2005 Veteran Share Posted April 15, 2005 I've never needed support anyways, so I guess it really doesn't matter to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APL88 Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 I've never needed support anyways, so I guess it really doesn't matter to me. 585779931[/snapback] Do they mean "Tech Support" or "Support" as in updates and definitions for the program? There is obviously a big difference. I love Microsoft Anti-Spyware Beta, but it is beta. I also use Spyware Blaster which is an excellent application for protection. I really don't ever get Spyware, maybe once this past year I had one problem. But still, this is an excellent free application and I would hate to see them stop producing updates for the definitions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 who needs tech support anyways? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APL88 Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 who needs tech support anyways? 585779961[/snapback] Are you sure they mean tech support? I get the impression they mean updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceDogg Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 I've never needed support anyways, so I guess it really doesn't matter to me. 585779931[/snapback] Me too. was just about to post that, but thought I had better read ALL the comments first. It's pretty simple to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APL88 Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Again, do we know for certain they mean "tech" support Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWahbinator Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 who needs tech support anyways? 585779961[/snapback] Yeah, if all you need to do is press the scan button, I don't think you need help :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valerus Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Meh - get Spybot S&D - much better :) 585778399[/snapback] Is it noticeably different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEVER85 Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Is it noticeably different? 585781109[/snapback] Nope. If anything, Spybot S&D is worse than Ad-Aware SE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APL88 Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Nope. If anything, Spybot S&D is worse than Ad-Aware SE. 585781166[/snapback] I concur. Spybot is not the "best" by any means. but the imune feature is nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idoia Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 A? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 their loss, not mine. won't affect me a bit, whether it's tech support/support or no more free app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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