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Spyware-fighting programs or adware-fighting programs detect many standard
installation functions to help protect your computer from stealth installations. These functions include registering services and integrating with
Microsoft Internet Explorer. Generally, you should disable the spyware-fighting programs or adware-fighting programs before you start an intentional installation of any
Microsoft Windows-based program. Then, restart the programs after the installation is finished. We
recommend this approach when you install Groove.
Different spyware-fighting programs and adware-fighting programs have different controls. See
the help topics for the program that you use to determine how to temporarily
disable the program.
To prevent subsequent problems, the Groove
Virtual Office 3.1 installation will stop with an error message if Groove detects that any
one of the following programs is running:
- Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware (Beta)
- Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE
- SpyBot Search & Destroy
If you receive an error message when you install Groove Virtual Office 3.1, disable the spyware-fighting program or adware-fighting program. Then, restart the installation.
After Groove is successfully installed, you may restart the spyware-fighting program or the adware-fighting program.
If you use another spyware-fighting program, and you want to
leave it active when you install Groove, you must answer
Allow to
all the messages that are triggered by the installation. If you block individual pieces of
the Groove installation, Groove will not function
correctly. For a successful installation, Groove must perform many tasks that will be
detected by spyware-fighting programs. These tasks include installing services, copying files, modifying
the registry, and adding extensions to Internet Explorer and to Windows Explorer.
The proliferation of spyware has caused a similar increase in the
number of spyware-fighting programs. Therefore, any list of such
programs quickly becomes incomplete. The following list contains some other common spyware-fighting programs and adware-fighting programs that you may be running:
- Spyware Eliminator
- Spyware Doctor
- Spy Sweeper
- Pest Patrol
- McAfee Antispyware
- NoAdware
- PALSol
- SpyKiller
- Spy Hunter
- XoftSpy
- StopZilla!
For information about how to contact the manufacturer of your spyware-fighting program or adware-fighting program, click the appropriate article number in the following list to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
65416 Hardware and software vendor contact information, A-K
60781 Hardware and software vendor contact information, L-P
60782 Hardware and software vendor contact information, Q-Z
The
third-party products that this article discusses are manufactured by companies
that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or
otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.