Suggest you uninstall adaware and re-install it.
"Sanjaya" wrote in message
> The last couple of days I get an error message when I run Ad-Aware...
> "Your reference file has been compromised. Delete it and restart Ad-Aware"
>
> Ok, I did that... twice. And still get the same message after installing
> the latest
> ref file.
>
> Anyone else having a similar problem?
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