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229814 2004-04-16 10:05:00 Hi GUYS,

For some time now, I have found that "Spybot" has not found anything to remove.
All though this would be consided a good thing to happen I find it just a little hard to believe.
I havn't changed my web surfing habits ,so not to sure what to think.

I use XP pro (always updated) With only the XP fire-wall. Using IE6 6 sp1.

Any thoughts or is there some thing mischievous going that perhaps I don,
't know about

Cheers John D
John D (1571)
229815 2004-04-16 11:01:00 I had this trouble with Spybot some weeks ago. I uninstalled the program and then re-installed. Everything was then ok.

The cause... no idea or clues.

Eric
OldEric (3062)
229816 2004-04-16 11:06:00 <obvious>
You have downloaded all the latest updates?
</obvious>
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438)
229817 2004-04-16 11:07:00 Thank's Eric,

I consided doing what you have suggested before making my posting today.

So with your input I shall do as you did and re install .

Cheers John
John D (1571)
229818 2004-04-16 11:28:00 I too have had this problem but not any more thanks Eric Rob99 (151)
229819 2004-04-16 11:39:00 John
Before you do that uninstall , do you check for updates for spy boot if not do so then rerun spybot
beama (111)
229820 2004-04-16 12:01:00 Thanks beama,

Yes, I check for updates every time I go online .

I have reinstalled "Spy-bot" and ran update before running .

All is well again , it finds the the bad stuff again and cleans it out.

Great stuff.

Cheers John
John D (1571)
229821 2004-04-16 14:02:00 Did it find anything serious? ie more than just cookies.

I think that some of the spyware out there targets adaware and spybot to disable them.

You might want to have a look at spyware blaster, it will prevent the activex based stuff from getting installed in the first place.
bmason (508)
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