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| Thread ID: 69441 | 2006-06-01 22:03:00 | spybot update -again and again | effie c (6856) | Press F1 |
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| 459774 | 2006-06-01 22:03:00 | Hi, :help: for the last three weeks in my usual Friday housekeeping session, after looking for spybot updates- says one dated May 5 2006 is available--O K I download that, again, :waughh: as I have each friday since May 5- always it is 1.5 mb in size- what gives? I run my usual scan after the so called installtion - there are no intrusions found Why is this computer playing silly beggars? :badpc: I have XP sp2 included,3MHzCPU,and 40 gb h/d effie c |
effie c (6856) | ||
| 459775 | 2006-06-01 22:37:00 | Hi Eddie I have just updated my spybot and I have noticed mine is the same as yours. I just assumed each time they were fresh definitions to be download albeit the same size ie 1.5mbs. Cant really see any other reason as the updated definitions are installed each time. Smithie |
smithie 38 (6684) | ||
| 459776 | 2006-06-02 01:32:00 | What version no. of Spybot do you have installed? You should have 1.4, otherwise it might be the cause of failure to update |
brig (1359) | ||
| 459777 | 2006-06-02 01:32:00 | Hi Roy, it is three weeks since May 5 so why is the only update available- go back to there - it has to be the same one. Although I had 2 intrusions in the routine Ad Aware scan there have been no such in the last two Spybot scans, although one was found the week before those two, yet, after May 5. It almost suggests the downloads are NOT being installed even if they say thay have been. I would have thought even one intrusion would have appeared over the last two weeks- yet not so Any more clues, anybody effie c |
effie c (6856) | ||
| 459778 | 2006-06-02 01:36:00 | Try uninstalling/reinstalling Spybot. Perhaps you have some kind of malware that is tampering with its ability to update and/or detect malware. | Erayd (23) | ||
| 459779 | 2006-06-02 02:07:00 | Or go here (www.spybot.info) And get the 26/5 detection update. And install them. See if it gives u anymore updates after that. When u check for updates. And if u have the old version of Spybot, download and install 1.4. When u updated thru Spybot, it didnt say there was a checksum error or whatever did it. Which usually means, you should try another server to update. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 459780 | 2006-06-02 02:30:00 | Try uninstalling/reinstalling Spybot . Perhaps you have some kind of malware that is tampering with its ability to update and/or detect malware . I've posted this before too: Spybot has in the ADVANCED area, the ability to check and see if you are scanning for all known malware or not . . . I don't bother checking unless I have the time and it's for giggles, I just deselect all and let 'er ride from there . I use this sequence before I run Spybot every time: Download all new updates . . . if you get a hang up, then try a different site for the updates . . . they are listed under the down arrow next to the (whatever) site you are currently set for; just try another . There's a catch though . . . . . If you leave the download manager running for Spybot, you'll get hung up even longer and you'll get mad at Spybot . Just click on the CHECK FOR UPDATES again, and the download manager will leave, letting you get the name of the updates all over again . . THEN use the new download site . Repeat if it still hangs with a new site . Be sure to put checks in the boxes of the updates you want if they're not there! Then . . . . . go to the IMMUNIZE area and click on the box if it shows all know products are already done . . . just click on the green + on the header and do it again . You should see a number over 10, 277 as of today, June 01, 2006 . If the number is wrong, you've got problems . Next . . . go to the SETTINGS area (either by clicking on the tree area, or using the icon in the text area) . . . and then click on IGNORE PRODUCTS . Here you will place your pointer in the white text area, and right click and click on DESELECT ALL . You are now ready to scan . If you use just the beginners mode in Spybot, you'll not know if it's been messed with or is actually working at all . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 459781 | 2006-06-02 03:26:00 | Hii Surfer Joe, I have v 1.4-= I Iran a fresh search just now, in advanced mode, and there was nothing there( bar english version updates etc- and as I am a second generation Pom I don't need those ;-)) I have immunised each time I get an update. Smithie 38 has sent me a copy of his log and in it ARE updates up to today- -- catch is I cannot see where to get that log to show I have, as I write this, done a manual update, as you recommend- I did not see anthing fresh effie c |
effie c (6856) | ||
| 459782 | 2006-06-02 04:42:00 | Hi, Well I did as ordered and the updates are now dated including this mornings - was that a co incidence that they are now just like Smithie 38 ? or did the activities shame the updater :D I don't know, but thanks all -I think :groan: work, work, work, :D effie c |
effie c (6856) | ||
| 459783 | 2006-06-02 04:47:00 | The English Definitions are not for you, they are just ways that Spybot will work with your English Language version of itself . . . . I suggest you install them . They aren't going to try to teach you English, it's just for a better interface . I also recommend that you might try the Beta version of Spybot . . . it's a little more "cutting edge" in substance even though you might get a false positive from time to time . In ADVANCED MODE go to SETTINGS, and then SETTINGS again (I know, it's redundant but the way it is!), and then drill down to WEB UPDATE, and click on DISPLAY AVAILABLE BETA VERSIONS It'll help a little . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
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