Its about 4mb so its not a real big thing.
Dial up maybe 15 minutes. Maybe twice that if really slow dial up.

Stop and start over again, would be my choice.

Thanks...I'll give that a try

Okay...maybe I'm on the wrong site...can you include a link for it? It says an hour and ten minutes...

http://lavasoft.de
personal edition ? is the free one. Once you click download it will suddenly redirect you to some major site for download.

Here is a link that might be useful: AdAware Free Version

Thanks again....that's the site I was on...it takes 1 hr. and 10 min. I might try getting up in the middle of the night and downloading it when everyone else is off their computers....slooooow dial up

Thank you everyone for all your help...I was able to download from the site this morning in twenty seven minutes....GOT IT!

Dont forget to update it every time before you use it.
It is also worthwhile getting Spybot Search and Destroy and SpywareBlaster.

I'm skeered to do too much :o)

Maybee get yourself a thumb drive so when you visit friends etc who may have high speed you can download those kind of things there and bring home to install. Family and friends would be understanding I would think. Or download early in the morning while the sleepyheads are still napping so it goes faster.

thank you owbist...that's what I did...got up early, but read my post above and tell me what "you" think about this modem speed thing. randy thinks it's all right and cat doesn't...

My experience on dialup was sad. I was the very last on the telephone line, way out in the sticks, and on good days I downloaded at 4kb/sec dropping to a whopping 2kb in busy times.

Seriously consider what can go wrong. The computer as a whole can handle huge amounts of data so it is not at risk. The modem will hopefully act at maximum capacity which is a fraction of the computer's capacity. There is no problem - not the way I see it anyway. Time to enjoy your new confuser

On various forums you can see threads on internet speed and people wanting confirmation that they had good downloads. I have always understood the internet is very fluid, your information can pass through numerous servers en route and you have no control over that. So if you hit 3 busy servers on a 5 server hop you cannot expect the best speed. Some web sites are always slow if you visit often you can see that happens.

I, too, am at the end of my phone line out in the sticks....mice occasionally make nests in some of the terminals or boxes and they have to come out and clean things out...sometimes miles from my house, but it would affect my connection...but, and this speed I am setting here like a fat cat

Maybee - I'm the biggest Nervous Nellie on this entire forum, but I've been able to download and install AVG and Spywareblaster with no more problems than a few well-chewed fingernails. The folks here are wonderful about helping. I have dial-up, and two cantankerous PC's (and a laptop that usually behaves). So don't be skeered to do too much. (I usually do one a day until they're all upgraded). Good luck!
-J