Re: Resolution to MS Antispyware VM hang

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From: Kelly (kelly_at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/08/05 

Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 02:20:36 -0600

It is because you set it run upon boot. 

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<ceegee@sorry.nospam> wrote in message 
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> On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 16:42:33 GMT, ceegee@sorry.nospam wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 17:12:45 GMT, kenw@kmsi.net wrote:
>>
>
>>
>>I had the identical problem of a total hang from virtual memory
>>problems with MS Antispyware. I also had a registry entry that I could
>>not delete though it was no effort on my part that made it so.
>>
>>I didn't pay any attention to where Antispyware was scanning when the
>>problems occurred, so can't verify that part.
>>
>>My hard drive recently crashed and had to be replaced so the entry is
>>now gone and I am tempted to try the MS Antispyware Beta again just to
>>see if your hypothesis is valid though I swore after this last go
>>round that I'd never install a beta again. We'll see.
>>
>>Ceegee
> Just a follow up to my above post. I did install the beta again. The
> first time I ran it, I turned off my antivirus software and just ran a
> quick scan. It actually got through without a hitch. The second time,
> I bit the bullet and left the antivirus software running and did the
> deep scan. That also completed.
>
> Don't know if that is some kind of confirmation for your hypothesis,
> Ken, but at least it would seem to be, at least in our two cases.
>
> Ceegee

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