I'm getting a high "grief" factor in loading SAS, updating SAS, and running SAS.

This does not bode well.

Hmmm,,,care to define "grief" Joe?

grief (grēf)
n.

3. Annoyance or frustration
4. Trouble or difficulty

Yep, that describes SAS, version 4.27.0.1002

Slow to open, slow to download updates, slower than catsup. The Quick Scan has always been slow (more than 30 minutes, compared to MBAM's ~3 minutes). And I've had screen freezes with SAS.

 "Grief" is, indeed, le mot juste.

Have you compared its performance with Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware?  You may prefer MBAM instead.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

Thanks, BB and Red Dawn, I'm thinking a reinstall is the way to go too.  Bugbatter, I already have MBAM (thanks to the recommendations here).  I use that more often than SAS, but I like checking with both.

Well, I'm off to uninstall and reinstall.

Thanks again

I have long found SAS slow to load.   I opt to keep the Flash Screen, since I've concluded that nothing can be activated/executed with the program until after that screen finally appears.

As for changes, I believe the recent version has increased the lag-time in looking-for and getting the second portion ("trace" component) of the database update. 

I have the same problem with SAS (both loading & scan time).  I find it difficult to run anything else while it is loading,  I'm running the free version and problem started about a week ago.  Did you have any success by deleting and re-installing?

I have noticed that it takes several minutes to update and blamed that on my dialup connection. I also notice that when shutting down or restarting that End Now box comes up for a brief time before the program finally shuts down...which it normally does before I need to press the End Now button. The scan take awhile, and it reaches a point in the registry section where the number of items doesn't change but it shows a bunch of files flying by up above.

Dale wrote:   "The scan... reaches a point in the registry section where the number of items doesn't change but it shows a bunch of files flying by up above".

I've noted this happens primarily if you're using SpyBot's Immunization (Domains, Secure Domains); or [to a lesser extent] SpywareBlaster (IE Restricted Sites).

There really wasn't a significant difference with a reinstall.  It's still slower than it used to be.  As ky said - the update is slow in the second half - at least 2 minutes for the full update and install.  I wish I could have reported better results - it's really disappointing.  I do close out SAS before shutting down.  I was experiencing the same problem with shut down and the error message.  It appears that the are working on a fix for the update problem.  I've been checking their forums regularly to see if they are responding the reports of slow down and update problems.  Here's hoping...

Hmmm,,,care to define "grief" Joe?

I haven't done an SAS download on the XP machine since late June and have version 4.26.1006. The lastest version is 4.27.1002 and that is apparently the one causing the troubles, so I am going to steer clear of it for time being. On a more postive note, the AntiVir updating problems seemed to have ceased, and A Squared Free is running and updating smoothly.

On the other hand.... :emotion-45:   MBAM still refuses to update on this computer, but works just fine on the Vista XPS. I really appreciate these free products, but because of these occasional glitches, I am glad to not have the paid versions.