Actually, Ad-Aware may not be hanging. In order to scan inside compressed archives, it has to decompress the entire archive, scan each file, and then compress the file again. This can take a substantial amount of time. So start the scan, and then go refill your coffee cup or start a load of laundry. If it still hangs, tell Ad-Aware not to scan compressed files. Click the Settings button on the main screen (its the cog button near the top of the screen). Next, click the Scanning button, and then uncheck the “Scan within Archives” option. Now exit Ad-Aware and decompress the files. Run Ad-Aware, and it will scan the decompressed files. After the scanning finishes, compress them again. Ad-Aware won’t need to scan those files again, unless you change them and then archive them again. In that case you’ll have to repeat the above steps.
If Ad-Aware hangs when it tries to delete the spyware on your system, click the Settings button on the main screen. Next, click the General button on the left and uncheck the “Automatically quarantine objects prior to removal” option. This should fix the problem, but you will no longer be able to restore objects deleted by Ad-Aware.
