Spybot Error

I'll mention this now also.  It appears that since this webpage has completely downloaded, now I can post in the normal text box at the bottom of this thread.   Here comes 5 scr. shots of the second scan.

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HTH= Hope this helps....

Pleas scroll back up this thread, and see if you have seen all the posts I madeback up past Fay's post , maybe 2-3 above.   I don't think u have seen all of them.Thanks.......

WC, I can't make much of those scans because I can't see enough of the Registry values, but they look like tracking cookies. You should always run ccleaner before doing scans with the malware and antivirus applications. That would prevent unnecessary detections of tracking cookies in the malware scanners. I'm not going to have time to look at this for about a week and a half, and this spybot does not look like an improvement over the older version. Fay's comments make me think it would be best for you to uninstall this one, delete the folder in program files, and reinstall the old spybot.

Repa, There's 2 spybot folders in C:\\ programfiles  I made screen shots.   The 1st. folder in the list doesn't have much in it, but the 2nd one has lots in it.  Do I delete both folders?

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If you intend to reinstall the old version, uninstall the present version and then delete all spybot folders you find in C:\Program Files and or C:\Program Files (x86)

Repa Thanks!....

Please check thee 3 pics & tell me if I did the correct options?

1.      Should I have checked any of these boxes?

2.      Same question?   Should I have checked any of these boxes? 
3.      I installed all the updates shown, except Teatimer, including the 2 at the bottom, listed under "Other Files".  Was that correct?

4.  Then I ran a scan that said No Threats Found.    This time it only took about 20 minutes, just as it did before I had uninstalled it.   So far I'm well pleased to have this old 1.6.2 version back!

Thanks.....


What happened to the speed test that used to be on the webpage when you arrived at DSLReports, I couldn't find it?  Thanks..

You should enable  Internet Explorer Protection - SDHelper within the program since you didn't select it while doing the install. Resident SDHelper is a second layer of protection for Internet Explorer. The immunize function blocks installers by their ActiveX ID, whereas SDHelper blocks badware that tries to enter using a different method. Thus Internet Explorer cannot download bad files. You start SDHelper by selecting Mode on the menu bar, then click Advanced mode and select Yes in the warning popup window that appears. In the left column, click on Tools > Resident. There you can tick the checkbox next to Resident “SDHelper” active in order to activate SDHelper. Leave the check box next to Teatimer unchecked.

Click Tools on the menu bar to get to the speedtests at dslreports.

I checked Internet Explorer Protection - SDHelper box at first but then unchecked it...I thought i had seen that before....
I'll see if I can get that  SDHelper  box checked....Thanks....

Yes, it needs to stay in Advanced Mode for SDHelper to work from what I have read before.

wcturner wrote:

1.  Click Tools on the menu bar to get to the speedtests at dslreports.
The first test I did was "Flash" the top one, & got a Download Speed of 5514 KBs, Upload was 421 KB.   Next highest was 3rd. one on list, Download 5319KB Upload 424KB.   Some what better than when I was trying to download the new spybot app. the other day, don't you think?

2.  This page sure acts funny before it fully downloads!   Probably just my machine.   It slowly scrolls left to right, the message text that I'm writing in now starts closing together so tight you can not write in it.    Do you know why it does all that?
Thanks....

 No, something has changed. Forumotion must have made some upgrades as this reply box looks very different than when I last posted. But I am not experiencing the problem you expressed. You've mentioned similar things before with your other computer, if I remember right. Probably just because you live in Kentucky (lol)!

I decided to go back to the old version also.  Right now just don't have the energy to play with the new one and figure it out.
Repa,  if you do install the new one at some point, would like to know what you think about it.

Fay

I probably won't install it until my current version of Spybot will no longer do the definition updates because of format or compatability changes and I have to update the software to get them.

Probably just because you live in Kentucky (lol)!  That's probably it! ;^) I don't like it, do u?

I'm, now reminded of a question I need to ask regarding installing new versions of Apps, be it antivirus, browsers, or anything.   Til just recently, I always thought I NEEDED to install the latest version, of 'whatever".   The reason being is I assumed that if I didn't have the latest version that I would be susceptible to the latest viruses because I would not be up to date with the latest "Updates" to prevent the bad guys from infecting me.   My thoughts were how could my computer be protected without the newest version, with all of it's added, latest virus definitions.  Hope I stated the question properly so as to be understood.?    So, Repa, I guess I am all wrong with that kind of thinking, correct & why?   (I don't know where this large text came from)

I came right back to EDIT this 2 seconds after posting the question:  When I clicked "Send" & this posted, half of  the text above was extra large, & returned to the size u see in the post now?   Kentucky Murphy

As long as you can get the latest definition updates for your virus and malware scanners without error, you are fine with the older version. Software updates aren't always an improvement (remember Adaware?) and that seems to be the case with Spybot. Not sure about Avast, and since my old version is working fine, I'm hesitant to update that one also - sometimes the changes in the software are inefficient, cause your computer to slow down, and contain no net improvement in malware detection. You have to google them and read the reviews to see what others are saying about them - pro and con.

SPYBOT -   I did not have  the types of problems wc did.   I just really did not like it.  Right now just do not have the energy to mess with  figuring it out. Did not have it very long, but seemed really confusing.  Sometimes I wonder why companies can't leave a good thing alone ( well not entirely alone but no need to make such large design changes).  Sometimes "new and improved"  is not always better -  ask coca cola.  LOL  
I have not read reviews on the new version so do not know what other people think of it.
Maybe I am just old and set it my ways.

AVAST -  yes  I have the new version.  Have not really noticed any problems.  Have not really messed with the settings a lot.  Don't really know as much about it as I should. 
It does have a software updater - you may not like - but it can be turned off.


Fay

Of course I know WC, just asking if you did. Keep it simple and stick with the things you know how to do - set a restore point when you begin your scans, and if you have to remove any malware and something doesn't go right, you will have a registry backup that you know where it is and how to get to it. That is what I do, btw. I don't backup the registry from Spybot.